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
2007-08 SPOTLIGHT ARCHIVES
2006-07 SPOTLIGHT ARCHIVES
 

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