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WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT:
Wesleyan honors 2008-2009 athletes
at awards ceremony
Rocky
Mount, NC
- The North Carolina Wesleyan
Department of Athletics honored its
2008-2009 athletic teams and
student-athletes on Tuesday night,
April 21st, in the Dunn Center.
Major awards of the night went to
Athletes of the Year Brittany Insley
of volleyball and Antti Saari of
men's tennis, while volleyball's
Sydney Bens and baseball's Zollie
Woodlief were named Student-Athletes
of the Year. The program also
featured the 2nd Annual Wesley
Awards that recognized both team and
individual accomplishments, followed
by a highlight video featuring all
Battling Bishop squads.
In
addition to the major awards, each sport
presented three individual awards:
the Mo Bauer Sportsmanship Award,
the Scholar-Athlete Award, and Most
Valuable Player. Below are all
of Wesleyan's 2008-2009 award
winners, as well as Wesley
recipients.
CROSS COUNTRY
Mo
Bauer Sportsmanship Award:
Juliana Richardson
Scholar-Athlete Award: Juliana
Richardson
Most Valuable Player: Juliana
Richardson
FOOTBALL
Mo
Bauer Sportsmanship Award:
Aaron Durant
Scholar-Athlete Award: Travis
Kivett
Offensive Most Valuable Player:
Orlando Webb
Defensive Most Valuable Player:
Quinderra Spellman
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Mo
Bauer Sportsmanship Award:
Aubrey Bonorden
Scholar-Athlete Award: Mikey Case
Most Valuable Player: Reva
McCloud
MEN'S SOCCER
Mo
Bauer Sportsmanship Award:
Tom Sharp
Scholar-Athlete Award:
Arkadiusz Trochowski
Co-Most Valuable Players: Danny
Persson & Benjamin Schmedes
VOLLEYBALL
Mo
Bauer Sportsmanship Award:
Sydney Bens
Scholar-Athlete Awards:
Barbara DeRatt & Sydney Bens
Most Valuable Player: Brittany
Insley
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Mo
Bauer Sportsmanship Award:
Dani Abbey
Scholar-Athlete Award:
Desiree' Driver
Most Valuable Player: Essence
Chambers
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Mo
Bauer Sportsmanship Awards:
Lamont Stokes & Tyler Murray
Scholar-Athlete Award:
Alphonzo Frazier
Most Valuable Player: Trey
Drake
MEN'S
GOLF
Mo
Bauer Sportsmanship Award:
Luke Oakley
Scholar-Athlete Award: Luke
Oakley
Most Valuable Player: Luke
Oakley
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Mo
Bauer Sportsmanship Award:
Joanne Youngblood
Scholar-Athlete Award: Leila
Heinonen
Most Valuable Player: Jaime
Galasso
MEN'S TENNIS
Mo
Bauer Sportsmanship Award:
Fred Lemongo
Scholar-Athlete Award: Antti
Saari
Most Valuable Player: Antti Saari
SOFTBALL
Mo
Bauer Sportsmanship Award:
Tara Strickland
Scholar-Athlete Award: Tiffany
McCord
Most Valuable Player: Whitney
Moshier
BASEBALL
Mo Bauer Sportsmanship Award:
Zollie Woodlief
Scholar-Athlete Award: Daniel
Moore
Most Valuable Player: TBA at
conclusion of NCAA Tournament
2ND ANNUAL WESLEY AWARDS
Biggest Upset: Softball @
USA South Conference Tournament
Best Come-From-Behind Win:
Men's Soccer vs. Virginia Wesleyan
Best Finish: Baseball @ USA
South Conference Tournament
Comeback Player of the Year:
Administrative Assistant Martha
Proctor
Female Freshman of the Year:
Mackenzie Tingle, Volleyball
Male Freshman of the Year:
Alex Murray, Men's Basketball
Female Breakthrough Player:
Leila Heinonen, Women's Tennis
Male Breakthrough Player:
Zollie Woodlief, Baseball
Best Female Record-Breaking
Performance: Brittany Insley,
Volleyball
Best Male Record-Breaking
Performance: Quinderra
Spellman, Football
Best Overall Women's Team:
Volleyball
Best Overall Men's Team: Men's
Tennis
2008-09 SPOTLIGHT ARCHIVES
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