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Coastal Carolina ChantiCleersDepartment of athletiCs2011-12 year in review

Department of athletiCs

Mission stateMentThe Coastal Carolina University Department of Athletics provides our stu-

dent-athletes the opportunities and preparation to reach their potential as responsible and productive citizens through academic, athletic and personal success. In providing student-athletes the opportunity to achieve excellence in these three areas we are developing ChAmpIons for LIfe.

VisionChanticleer Athletics wILL become the premier Division I fCs Department

of Athletics in the country.

PhilosoPhyThe Coastal Carolina University Department of Athletics promotes suc-

cess in collegiate athletics without compromising excellence in academics or compliance. Department staff and coaches encourage student-athletes to maintain a balance between athletics, academics and the social aspects of the collegiate experience. Athletic participation has the ability to provide an added dimension to the overall college experience of a student and to benefit the student in their personal and professional challenges.

DiVersity stateMentThe Coastal Carolina University Department of Athletics, through our mis-

sion of developing ChAmpIons for LIfe, embraces diversity among its stu-dent-athletes, coaches, and staff. As a Department of Athletics, we are com-mitted to creating an inclusive community regardless of socioeconomic status, religion, gender, ethnicity, age, disabilities and sexual orientation.

GuiDinG PrinciPles:each day the following principles will be the focus of the Department of

Athletics staff:• eDUCATe our student-athletes on the importance and value of academic

success and earning a degree from Coastal Carolina University.• InvesT the resources necessary to develop competitive sports programs

that compete for conference, regional and national championships on an annual basis.

• CreATe and implement programming to teach personal growth characteristics and opportunities to each of our student-athletes.• DeveLop the athletic department’s annual operating and capital project

budgets by maximizing current funding streams and creating new revenue opportunities.• CommITmenT To InTegrITy by developing and maintaining a compre-

hensive internal and external compliance program.• fInAnCIAL sTAbILITy by implementing a zero based budget process

that identifies and addresses actual unit and sport program funding requirements.

• CreateanenvironmentwherethespiritofgenDer eqUITy and respeCT for DIversITy are fundamental components of the decision making pro-cess.

• UnITy through the creation of a family environment that values each and every employee.

• embrACe oUr CommUnITy through public service projects and initiatives.

coastal carolina senior aDMinistratiVe staffDirector of AthleticsHunter YurachekSenior Associate Director of Athletics for Internal OperationsBruce GregoryAssociate Director of Athletics for Student-Athlete EnhancementSenior Woman AdministratorCari RosiekSenior Associate Director of Athletics for External OperationsMark PayneNCAA Faculty Athletics RepresentativeSharon ThompsonAssistant Director of Athletics for ComplianceLauren AshmanAssistant Director of Athletics for Sports PerformanceDwayne BeamAssistant Director of Athletics for Media RelationsMike CawoodAssociate Director of Athletics for Community OutreachJess DannellyAssistant Director of Athletics for AcademicsSamantha KostAssistant Director of Athletics for MarketingKevin OlivettAssistant Director of Athletics for Facilities and OperationsBryan PaarExecutive Director of the Chanticleer Athletic FoundationMark RoachAthletics Business ManagerLauren BarkerAssistant to the Director of AthleticsStella CooperDirector of Athletics TicketingMichael JacobsSpecial Assistant to the Director of AthleticsAnne MonkEquipment CoordinatorDan MorphisDirector of Athletics TrainingJeff PoundsDirector of Speed, Strength and ConditioningJosh StonerAdministrative Assistant to the Director of AthleticsMelissa Todd

Department of Athletics Headlines ...................................... 2-3Facility Enhancements ........................................................ 4-5Champions in Academics ..................................................... 6-8Champions in the Community ................................................. 9Champions in the Department .............................................. 10Department of Athletics Revenue and Support ...................... 11Honors by Sports Program ................................................12-20NCAA Appearances and Big South Championships .................. 21

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Department of athletiCs

Dear friend of Coastal Carolina Athletics:

on behalf of our coaches, administrative and support staff and more than 425 student-athletes, thank you for your continued support of Chanticleer Athletics.

The 2011-12 academic year was once again filled with tremendous achievements by our student-athletes – in the classroom, on the playing fields and in the community. As you review this annual re-port, I hope that you, too, will be proud of the achievements of our student-athletes. Their success is a by-product of your generous commitment to their University.

success does not happen by chance, it is a result of many – students, alumni, donors, faculty and staff, parents, sponsors and volunteers – who share our vision and support our programs. In the end our student-athletes remain at the core of everything we do as we create opportunities for each of them to succeed academically, athletically and as members of this community, and most importantly, as Champions for Life.

During the 2011-12 campaign Coastal Carolina was a leader in the big south Conference and placed teams and individuals on the national stage during post-season competition. Among our many accolades: •13of17sportsprogramsfinishedthirdorhigherintheBigSouthConference. •FourteamswontheirrespectiveBigSouthregularseasonand/orchampionships. •Fourteamsadvancedtopost-seasoncompetition. •Individualsfrommenandwomen’sgolf,andmenandwomen’strackandfieldwereinvitedtocompeteinNCAARegionalevents. •Men’sSoccerwasrankedashighasninthinthenationbySoccerAmerica. •Sixstudent-athletesearnedAll-Americanselections.

Academically, our student-athletes also enjoyed tremendous success in 2011-12: •Of17sportsprograms,14teamsachievedcumulativeGPAsof3.0orhigher,includingall10ofthewomen’steams. •Collectively,student-athletesachievedacumulativeGPAof2.985,whichexceedsthecumulativeaverageforallCoastalCarolina

University students. •79student-athletesearnedtheirdegreesfromCoastalCarolinaUniversity. •CoastalCarolinaseniorstandoutsTuckerFrawleyandMarcusLottwerenamedAcademicAll-America,aschosenbytheCollege

sports Information Directors of America (CosIDA).

Again, on behalf of the entire Coastal Carolina University Department of Athletics, I thank you for your generous support. I hope you enjoy reading this report and celebrate your instrumental role as a part of the Chanticleer Athletics family.

go TeAL!

hunter yurachekDirector of Athletics

hunter yuraChekDirector of Athletics

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six naMeD all-aMerican• CoastalCarolina’smen’s soccerprogramearned twoAll-American selectionswithfirst teampickAshton

Bennett and third team honoree Pedro Ribeiro.• ThebaseballteamaddedtwomoreAll-Americans,DanielBowmanandAaronBurke,whowerebothnamed

to the Louisville Slugger All-American third team, as selected by Collegiate Baseball.• FootballcornerbackJoshNormanwasnamedAll-Americanbyfourdifferentpublications.• JavelinthrowerJasonFlanagancappedhiscareerwithasecondteamAll-AmericanhonorattheNCAAOut-

door Track and Field Championship.

Department of athletiCs heaDlines

Men’s soccer DoMinates conference; aDVances to seconD rounD of ncaa tourney• Men’ssoccerearneditsninthoverallandsecondconsecutiveNCAATournamentappearanceaftercom-

pleting a 17-3 regular season record to earn an at-large berth. The Chanticleers ranked as high as ninth innumerouspollsduringtheseasonbeforefinishingtheseasonranked16thwithan18-4recordinthefinalNSCAApoll,theofficialpollrecognizedbytheNCAA.

• Coastalposteda9-0recordinconferenceactionforits10thBigSouthregularseasonchampionship.• TheChanticleersrankedtopsinthenationinbothscoringoffense(3.0goalspergame)andtotalgoals(66).

• AfterdefeatingSouthernConferencechampionElon3-2intheNCAAfirstroundattheCCUSoccerField,Coastal took top-seeded and eventual national champion North Carolina to the brink of elimination in the second round, but ultimately fell 3-2 in Chapel Hill.

softball returns to ncaa reGional• TheChanticleersoftballteamreturnedtotheNCAARegionalforthefirsttimesincethe2006seasonandforthefifthtime inschoolhistory.CoastalwastheNo.4seedin the Athens Regional and posted a 1-2 record, defeating Georgia Southern but fall-ingtoGeorgiaandNorthCarolina.Coastalfinishedtheseasonwith44wins,tyingtheschool record.Coastalearned itsberthtotheRegionalafterwinningtheprogram’sfirstBigSouthTournamenttitlesince2006.ThewinoverGeorgiaSouthernwastheprogram’sfirstNCAARegionalwinsince2000.

WoMen’s track anD fielD rePeats as chaMPions• TheChanticleerwomen’strackandfieldteamwoneightindi-

vidual event championships and 19 All-Big South Conference honorsonthewaytoasecondconsecutivechampionship,theseventh in the last nine years.

baseball claiMs sixth straiGht biG south reGular season anD tournaMent titles• ThebaseballteamwontheBigSouthregularseasontitleandtheBigSouthTournamentforthesixthconsecutiveseason,breakingthepreviousrecordsetin2011tobecomethefirstschoolinleaguehistorytowinfiveconsecutiveBigSouthTournamentchampionships.

• OntheCCUcareerlists,DanielBowmansetthestandardsforgamesplayed(246),gamesstarted(244),atbats(963),hits(309),RBI(206)andtotalbases(526),whilerankingthirdinrunsscored(215),thirdindoubles(55),secondintriples(12)(oneshyoftheCCUrecord),andthirdinhomeruns(46).

• Coastalalsowon40gamesforthesixthconsecutiveseasonandreachedanNCAARegionalforthesixthconsecutiveseason.

sellers naMeD first heaD lacrosse coach• JaimeSellerswasintroducedasthefirstheadwomen’slacrossecoachAug.9,2011,forCoastal’s18thintercollegiateteamthatwillbeginplayinthespringof2013.ShecomestoCoastalCarolinaafterthreeseasons(2009-11)asanassistantcoachatStanfordUniversitywhereshewasresponsibleforthedefense and scouting. Sellers graduated from the College of William and Mary in 2008 after a 66-goal season, breaking a more than 30-year old school single-season record and ranking 13th nationally in goalspergame(3.47).

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Department of athletiCs heaDlinesMoGlia naMeD heaD football coach• JoeMoglia, formerhead coachof theUnited Football League’sOmahaNighthawks,washiredas theheadfootball coachatCoastalCarolinaUniversityonDec.20,2011.Moglia,whobeginshis20thyearworkinginfootball inthe2012season, isalsochairmanoftheboard for TD Ameritrade, a position he has held since 2008. From 2009-10 Moglia served as executiveadvisortotheheadfootballcoachattheUniversityofNebraskainpreparationforachieving his original lifelong pursuit, being a collegiate head football coach. In 2010, Corn-huskerfootballstudent-athleteselectedMogliatoreceiveNebraska’sprestigiousU.S.GrantSharpAdmiral’sTrophyforLeadershipandService.Beforeenteringthebusinessworld,Mo-gliawasafootballcoachfor16years.HewontwoIvyLeaguechampionshipsasdefensivecoordinatoratDartmouth(1982-83),setdefensiveandspecialteamsrecordsatLafayette(1978-80)andturnedaroundtwohighschoolprograms.

VisitMyrtlebeach.coM/coastal carolina to host 2013-15 biG south basketball tournaMents• BigSouthConferenceCommissionerKyleB.KallanderannouncedthatVisitMyrtleBeach.comwillbethenewtitlesponsoroftheBigSouthMen’sandWom-en’sBasketballChampionshipsforthenextthreeyears,whichwillbeheldinCoastalCarolinaUniversity’snew3,200-seaton-campusStudentRecreationandConvocationCenter.TheVisitMyrtleBeach.comBigSouthBasketballChampionshipswillbeacombinedtournamentfortheseventhtimeinleaguehistoryandthefirstsame-siteeventsince2002whentheconferencestageditsbasketballpostseasoninRoanoke,Va.CoastalCarolinaishostingthefulltournamentforthefirsttime;CCUpreviouslyheldthemen’ssemifinalsandfinalsin2010and2011.Inadditiontothetitlesponsorship,theconferencealsoannouncedthatthecombinedtournamentwillnowfeatureallBigSouthmen’sandwomen’sbasketballteams--23intotal.The12men’steamsand11women’sprogramswillplay21gamesoverasix-daystretchfromTuesday,March5throughSunday,March10,2013.

forMan naMeD heaD Volleyball coach• JozsefForman,formerassociateheadcoachatAuburnUniversity,wasnamedthesixthheadvol-

leyball coach in Chanticleer history. Forman helped take the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament for the firsttimeafterrecordingaprogram-best21wins.

heWitt naMeD heaD WoMen’s tennis coach• CatherineHewitt,aConwaynativeandformerstandoutontheUniversityofSouthCarolinawom-en’stennisteam,wasnamedthesecondheadwomen’stenniscoachinCoastalCarolinahistory.HewittisamemberoftheProfessionalTennisRegistryandholdsprofessionallevelcertificationthroughtheUnitedStatesProfessionalTennisAssociation.

henDerson anD soDerberG earn ncaa at-larGe biDs• Women’sgolfteammemberBrittanyHendersonreceivedanat-largebidtocompeteintheNCAAWomen’sGolfCentralRegional.ShesettheBigSouthChampionshipall-timelowroundscorewitha68ontheseconddayandthetournament’sall-time54-holescorewitha2-under241.HendersonledCoastaltofourtop-10finishes,includingaregularseason-bestfourth-placefinishattheDr.DonnisThompsonInvitational.

• Men’sgolfteammemberSebastianSoderbergearnedanindividualat-largeberthtothe2012NCAAMen’sGolfAthensRegional.Itmarkedthe13thcon-secutiveyearCoastalCarolinahasbeenrepresentedintheNCAApostseason.In2011-12,hehadthreetop-fivefinishes,includingmedalisthonorsattheFurmanIntercollegiate,andhadatotaloffivetop-20finishesin11events.

flanaGan finishes 16th at ncaa chaMPionshiPs• Men’strackandfieldjavelinthrowerJasonFlanagancappedhisprestigiouscollegiatecareerwithSecondTeamAll-AmericanhonorsattheNCAAOutdoorTrackandFieldChampionshipinDesMoines,Iowa.Flanaganthrewfor68.70m(225-04)onhissecondattemptofthedaytoplace16th.

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faCility enhanCementscoastal carolina baseball/softball staDiuM Project aPProVeDConstruction for the $10.2 million Coastal Carolina University Baseball and Softball Complex is set to begin in fall 2012. The renovations will put both programs’ facili-ties among the nation’s best.

The close proximity of the baseball and softball stadiums, combined with the $1.2 million Boni Belle Baseball and Softball Practice Facility that was completed last spring, will give Coastal Carolina perhaps the best overall baseball-softball combined facilities in the nation.

Both the Coastal softball and baseball teams will play their 2013 home games at other local venues before returning to their new confines in 2014.

The renovations will keep the current playing surfaces intact while building new grandstands, restrooms, concessions stands, coaches offices, student-athlete locker rooms and lounges, team meeting space, state-of-the-art scoreboards, video instruction system, athletic training rooms, laundry facilities, premium fan areas and media areas. In addition to providing all the amenities of the nation’s best venues, the baseball and softball renovations will make Coastal Carolina fully compliant with the American with Disabilities Act.

The softball stadium renovation will expand seating from 300 to 500 and includes standing room for overflow crowds. Overall, the new softball building will be 9,000 square feet.

The 33,000-square-foot baseball project expands the 850-seat Watson Stadium to include 2,500 permanent seats, with the potential to accommodate up to 6,000 for events such as NCAA postseason tournaments. The current configura-

tion will accommodate the extra 3,000-plus fans on grass berms down the right and left field lines and a boardwalk around the outfield wall.

In addition to the impact the facilities will have on the baseball and softball programs, the new area between the stadiums will enhance the football gameday experience, offer-ing an expanded concourse area for fans to enjoy numerous festivities.

baseball stadium grandstand

softball stadium from down the first base line

baseball-softball renovation aerial view

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faCility enhanCementsricharD WarD, M.D. sPorts PerforMance center oPens•OpenedinlateAugust2012andwasdedicatedinhonor of Dr. Richard Ward in November.•600-plussquarefeetofopenrehabspace•HydroworxInstafitTherapyPoolwithvariablespeedwatertreadmillandresistancejetwiththerapy massage hose•TwoHot/ColdPlungePools•KeiserFunctionalTrainer•MontioredRehabSystemfunctionallegpress•Cardiovascularequipment•Privatephysicianexamroom•Treatmentareawith12treatmenttables•Sixstationtapingarea•Officespaceforathletictrainingstaff

boni belle baseball & softball Practice facility DeDicateDThe recently constructed baseball and softball hitting and practice fa-cilitywasnamedinhonorofBoniBelleBrooksonApril14.BoniBelleis the daughter of Tami Springs-Brooks and the late Bob Brooks.

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Champions in aCaDemiCs79 ccu stuDent-athletes GraDuate in 2011-12

Atotalof79Chanticleerstudent-athletesreceivedtheirdegreesfromCoastalCarolinaUniver-sityin2011-12:50intheMaycommencementand29intheDecembercommencement.

Topping the list of new graduates were DIAnA morTLoCK and TUCKer frAwLey, who earned GPAs of 4.00 and 3.94, respectively. Twelve student-athletes graduated with honors, earningcumulativeGPAsof3.5-3.749 (cum laude),3.75-3.999 (magna cum laude)or4.0 (summacumlaude).

CHANTICLEERHONORSGRADUATES•JULIA bALDwIn,women’ssoccer-magnacumlaude•JessIe benChLey,women’ssoccer-magnacumlaude•mIKI bUneA,women’stennis-cumlaude•JACob Downey,men’ssoccer-magnacumlaude•TAyLor epLey,women’sbasketball-magnacumlaude•TIm frAnKLIn, football - cum laude•TUCKer frAwLey, baseball - magna cum laude•KeITh hessLer, baseball - cum laude•KyLe KLIng,men’scrosscountry/track&field-magnacumlaude•mArCUs LoTT, football - magna cum laude•DIAnA morTLoCK,women’stennis-summacumlaude•rICh wITTen, baseball - cum laude

fraWley anD lott naMeD acaDeMic all-aMerica

Coastal Carolina senior standouts TUCKer frAwLey and mArCUs LoTT were named Academic All-America, as chosen by the College sports Information Directors of America (CosIDA).

frawley, a catcher, earned first Team baseball Academic All-America distinction graduating magna cumlaudewithacareerGPAof3.94,havingearnedaperfectGPAof4.0forsevensemestersasaphysicsmajor. frawley joins former teammate Austin fleet as the only Chanticleer baseball players to earn Aca-demic All-America honors.

Lott, a safety, was a second Team football All-America selection and graduated magna cum laude with a3.89GPAinmiddleleveleducation.LotthasmadeaBonlyfivetimesinhisacademiccareer,withthreeofthose being b-pluses. he joins Josh hoke as Chanticleer football players to be honored with the prestigious award. In addition, Lott was also one of 11 finalist for the fCs ADA post-graduate scholarship.

IncludingFrawleyand Lott, 29 Chanticleershave earned36AcademicAll-Americahonors since the1978-79season.

lott, fraWley anD Mortlock are biG south scholar-athletes of the year

seniors mArCUs LoTT (football), DIAnA morTLoCK (tennis) and TUCKer frAwLey (baseball) were all named big south scholar-Athletes in their respective sports.

Lott,asafety,helda3.89GPAineducationwhilemaking31consecutivestartsfromhisfreshmanyearuntilinjur-ing his wrist his senior season.

mortlock posted a 4.00 gpA in marketing in two years at Coastal. she held a 45-14 singles mark and was a two-time all-conference selection in doubles play.

Frawleycaught89.9percentofCoastal’s560inningsandposteda3.94GPAinphysics.Hewasoneof12semifinal-istsfortheJohnnyBenchawardinadditiontobeingdraftedinthe8throundoftheMLBFirst-YearPlayerDraft.

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Champions in aCaDemiCsfour earn acaDeMic all-District; four teaMs honoreD for acaDeMics

four Coastal Carolina student-athletes were named to their respective sports’ Capital one Academic All-District Iv Team, as selected by the College sports Information Directors of America (CosIDA).

football: mArCUs LoTT (3.89GPAinEducation)–FirstTeamAll-DistrictIVmen’s basketball: sAm mCLAUrIn (3.48GPAinCommunication)–FirstTeamAll-DistrictIVbaseball: TUCKer frAwLey(3.91GPAinPhysics)–FirstTeamAll-DistrictIVMen’sCrossCountry/TrackandField:KyLe KLIng(3.87GPAinMarketing)–FirstTeamAll-DistrictIV

The Coastal Carolina men’s AnD women’s Cross CoUnTry TeAms, the men’s AnD women’s soCCer TeAms, the men’s goLf TeAm AnD men’s TennIs TeAm were recognized for their excellence in the classroom by their re-spective coaches associations.

men’s soccer player CyprIAn heDrICK was named a nsCAA first Team scholar All-American, while mArCUs LoTT and TIm frAnKLIn were named to the football Championship subdivision Athletics Directors Association Academic All-star team. In addition, CoUrTney boe, JessICA ALexAnDer and brITTAny henDerson were named to the ngCA All-American scholar Team; ChArLIe wInegArDner and sebAsTIAn soDerberg earned gCAA All-America scholar Team honors and DAnny heIDeCKer, yUsUKe KesUDA, Leo ChrIsTofIDes and sAm bArr were tabbed as ITA scholar Athletes.

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Cyprian Hedrick

coastal stuDent-athlete acaDeMic facts•Forthe2011-12academicyear,179CoastalCarolinastudent-athletespostedatleasta3.0GPAtoearnrecognitionontheBigSouthPresidentialHonor

Roll recognition. •Infall2011,24student-athletespostedaperfect4.0GPA—earningCCUPresident’sHonorRollhonors,while23accomplishedthefeatforSpring2012.•Inthespringof2012,89student-athletesearnedDean’sListrecognition(atleasta3.5GPAforthesemester),while100student-athletesrecordedDean’s

List recognitions in fall 2011.• Overall,themeancumulativeGPAforstudent-athletein2011-12was2.985,ascomparedto2.862forgeneraldegree-seekingstudents.• ThecumulativeGPAforallwomen’steamswas3.203,comparedto2.969forfemaledegree-seekingstudents.ThecumulativeGPAforallmen’steamswas

2.864, compared to 2.741 for male degree-seeking students.• OfCoastal’s425student-athletes,179(42.1percent)postedaGPAbetween3.0-4.0forthe2011-12academicyear.•All10women’ssportsprogramshaveteamcumulativeGPAsabove3.0andfourmen’ssportsprograms(golf,crosscountry,tennisandsoccer)haveteam

cumulative GPAs over 3.0.•CoastalCarolinatiedforthefifth-highest2010-11NCAAGSR(GraduationSuccessRate—whichtracksthegraduationratesbeginningwiththefreshmanclassof2004)intheBigSouthConferenceat81percent.(Radford86%;Winthrop86%;Campbell84%;Gardner-Webb83%;COASTAL81%;HighPoint81%;CharlestonSouthern75%;Liberty70%;VMI69%;UNCAsheville65%.).

38 stuDent-athletes earn PresiDent’s list Distinction Thirty-eight Coastal Carolina student-athletes garnered perfect 4.0 gpAs to earn CCU president’s List honors during either the fall 2011 or spring 2012

semesters. In addition, nine Chanticleers earned the distinction both semesters. FALL2011PRESIDENT’SLIST SPRING2012PRESIDENT’SLIST FALL 2011 ANDSPRING2012PRESIDENT’SLIST•DevIn brADLey, baseball •brIAn hArrIson, football •JUsTIn CreeL, baseball•TUCKer frAwLey, baseball •mArCUs LoTT, football •nICCoLo mAsTromATTeo, football•Jon pACK,men’sbasketball •ChAD mCfIeLD, football •Leo ChrIsTofIDes,men’stennis•shAnIKA mADDox,women’sbasketball •CAmeron grIggs,men’strack&field •TAmArA hAwKIns, softball•TyLer mCCArThy, football •KATIe reDDIngTon, cheerleading •sAmAnThA pALKA, volleyball•JULIA bALDwIn,women’ssoccer •CheLseA pIneDA, softball •JessIe benChLey,women’ssoccer•morgAn ThomAs,women’ssoccer •CoUrTney boe,women’sgolf •mADDIe phILLIps,women’ssoccer•CACIA pIerre, softball •brITTAny henDerson,women’sgolf •DomInIqUe De wIT,women’stennis•sAm bArr,men’stennis •KeLsey ThUrsTon, lacrosse •DIAnA morTLoCK,women’stennis•mIKI bUneA,women’stennis •AnnA Lowe,women’sgolf•mIKAeLA KrIsTofersson,women’stennis •TorI sTrengArI,women’ssoccer•KyLe KLIng,men’scrosscountry/track&field •morgAn ThomAs,women’ssoccer•brITTAny Connor,women’strack&field •sAnTresA JAmIson,women’strack&field•emILy mArChInI,women’scrosscountry/track&field •mAry LAwrenCe,women’strack&field•KeLsIe mAUCK, volleyball

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Champions in aCaDemiCs2011-12 biG south PresiDential honor roll179 Coastal Carolina Student-Athletes Posted at Least a 3.0 GPA for the 2011-12 Academic Year

Daniel Bowman (Baseball)Devin Bradley (Baseball)Alex Buccilli (Baseball)Josh Conway (Baseball)Patrick Corbett (Baseball)Justin Creel (Baseball)Adam Eggnatz (Baseball)Tucker Frawley (Baseball)Tyler Herb (Baseball)Tripp Martin (Baseball)Jacob May (Baseball)Tyler Poole (Baseball)Josh Powell (Baseball)Javier Reynoso (Baseball)Ben Smith (Baseball)Chris Suseck (Baseball)Austin Wallace (Baseball)Rich Witten (Baseball)Lauren Barger (Cheer)Shannon Brahn (Cheer)Caitlin Carroll (Cheer)Nikita Fiore (Cheer)Nicala Maltese (Cheer)Tamara Panek (Cheer)Kelsey Peterson (Cheer)Alexandria Quill (Cheer)Katie Reddington (Cheer)Alexandra Richards (Cheer)Ashleyanne Thomas (Cheer)Ariel Wiest (Cheer)Quinn Backus (Football)Jamaul Boswell (Football)Jared Bozarth (Football)Chris Carter (Football)Cody Craig (Football)Kaleb Dees (Football)David Duran (Football)Derrick Frasier (Football)Chad Hamilton (Football)Brian Harrison (Football)Kevin Hart (Football)Aramis Hillary (Football)Tyler Johnson (Football)Marcus Lott (Football)John Masley (Football)Niccolo Mastromatteo (Football)Tyler McCarthy (Football)Chad McField (Football)Kenneth Page (Football)Michael Quick (Football)Alex Ross (Football)Jeffery Salley (Football)Zach Silverberg (Football)Jazmond Strong (Football)Craig Weick (Football)Marcus Whitener (Football)Trevor Witcher (Football)Charles Ashford (Men’s Basketball)Sam McLaurin (Men’s Basketball)Dexter Moore (Men’s Basketball)Danny Nieman (Men’s Basketball)Jon Pack (Men’s Basketball)Andrew Dorn (Men’s Golf)Brandon Liu (Men’s Golf)Peter Valasek (Men’s Golf)Kevin Vanden Heuvel (Men’s Golf)Ty Wengel (Men’s Golf)

Ben Wheeler (Men’s Golf)Charlie Winegardner (Men’s Golf)Tucker Coons (Men’s Soccer)Robby Joe Daniels (Men’s Soccer)Ricky Garbanzo (Men’s Soccer)Sean McCormick (Men’s Soccer)Shawn McLaws (Men’s Soccer)Justin Portillo (Men’s Soccer)Henrik Robstad (Men’s Soccer)Kjartan Sigurosson (Men’s Soccer)Sam Barr (Men’s Tennis)Leo Christofides (Men’s Tennis)Danny Heidecker (Men’s Tennis)Mo Hookaylo (Men’s Tennis)Yusuke Kusuda (Men’s Tennis)Tim Bryson (Men’s Track & Field)Tyler Cummings (Men’s Cross Country/Track)Michael Deitzler (Men’s Track & Field)Cameron Griggs (Men’s Track & Field)Jason Jensen (Men’s Track & Field)Joseph Keitt (Men’s Cross Country/Track)Kyle Kling (Men’s Cross Country/Track)Spencer Lange (Men’s Cross Country/Track)Jake McKown (Men’s Track & Field)Reggie Nelson (Men’s Track & Field)Evan Niciphor Evan (Men’s Cross Country/Track)Shane Norris (Men’s Track & Field)Chad Phillips (Men’s Track & Field)Tyler Swanson (Men’s Track & Field)Darren Tymczak (Men’s Track & Field)Cameron Wells (Men’s Cross Country/Track)Ashley Bagwell (Softball)Jazmin Daigle (Softball)Tamara Hawkins (Softball)Kory Hayden (Softball)Beth Kassuhn (Softball)Paige Lloyd (Softball)Sarah Maples (Softball)Kelsey McNaughton (Softball)Cacia Pierre (Softball)Chelsea Pineda (Softball)Kiana Quolas (Softball)Sara Rasley (Softball)Stacy Snellings (Softball)Lauren Alejo (Volleyball)Simone Autry (Volleyball)Kindra Bailey (Volleyball)Lian Bernett (Volleyball)Lindsay Gill (Volleyball)Meghan Laffin (Volleyball)Katie Martin (Volleyball)Kelsie Mauck (Volleyball)Samantha Palka (Volleyball)Sam Skryd (Volleyball)Kira Carter (Women’s Basketball)Shatia Cole (Women’s Basketball)Kayla Cook (Women’s Basketball)Taylor Epley (Women’s Basketball)Courtney Grambley (Women’s Basketball)Jena Hamrick (Women’s Basketball)Olivia Irick (Women’s Basketball)AJ Jordan (Women’s Basketball)Shanika Maddox (Women’s Basketball)Savanah Pippin (Women’s Basketball)Alexx Puckett (Women’s Basketball)Jessica Alexander (Women’s Golf)Courtney Boe (Women’s Golf)

Frida Castillo (Women’s Golf)Eugenia Guerra (Women’s Golf)Brittany Henderson (Women’s Golf)Kaitlin Higginbotham (Women’s Golf)Hayley Martin (Women’s Golf)Jessie Benchley (Women’s Soccer)Ashley Day (Women’s Soccer)Kim Fehrenbach (Women’s Soccer)Gina Goryoka (Women’s Soccer)Anna Lowe (Women’s Soccer)Maggie McGavin (Women’s Soccer)Ali Morin (Women’s Soccer)Cisca Okoko (Women’s Soccer)Maddie Phillips (Women’s Soccer)Sarah Russo (Women’s Soccer)Cami Skladany (Women’s Soccer)Megan Spencer (Women’s Soccer)Christina Stern (Women’s Soccer)Chelsea Strange (Women’s Soccer)Tori Strengari (Women’s Soccer)Morgan Thomas (Women’s Soccer)Miki Bunea (Women’s Tennis)Dominique De Wit (Women’s Tennis)Maria Hesketh (Women’s Tennis)Mikaela Kristofersson (Women’s Tennis)Diana Mortlock (Women’s Tennis)Caitlin Baker (Women’s Track & Field)Anna Carnegie (Women’s Track & Field)Brittany Connor (Women’s Track & Field)Jessica Dennison (Women’s Cross Country/Track)Danielle England (Women’s Track & Field)Santresa Jamison (Women’s Track & Field)Seanna Kautz (Women’s Cross Country/Track)Taylor Keen (Women’s Track & Field)Mary Lawrence (Women’s Track & Field)EMily Marchini (Women’s Cross Country/Track)Anjulia Nicholson (Women’s Track & Field)Shelby Nicosia (Women’s Cross Country/Track)Shantelle Patterson (Women’s Track & Field)Leah Presnar (Women’s Track & Field)Janel Reeves (Women’s Cross Country/Track)Samantha Simile (Women’s Track & Field)Stephanie Taylor (Women’s Cross Country/Track)Symphony Thompson (Women’s Track & Field)Keegan Woodson (Women’s Track & Field)

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Champions in the Communitychanticleer soccer helPs Make uPstart Miracle leaGue soccer a success

Throughout the year the nationally ranked Coastal Carolina men’s soccer team gave back to those with special needs by volunteering their time with the grand strand miracle League soccer program.

on monday nights, dozens of special-needs children, volunteers and CCU soccer players met on the miracle League baseball field to play. goals were set up on the field and the action even spilled out onto the adjoining lawn to make room for more players and more room to roam.

chanticleer stuDent-athletes aDoPt Pee Dee eleMentary school; initiate school suPPly DriVe

In october, sAAC partnered with pee Dee elementary school in its annual community service project, “Chants for Kids.” Coastal student-athletes collected much-needed school supplies for the elementary school, such as no. 2 pencils, crayons, construction paper, dry erase markers, scissors, magnetic tape, wash-able glue sticks, erasers, pencil bags, hand sanitizer, back packs, stickers, index cards, sidewalk chalk, finger paint and folders.

several student-athletes from various teamsalos volunteered as mentors at pee Dee elementary assisting students with daily school assignments and serving as positive role models.

In addition, sAAC presented pee Dee elementary school with a $2,500 check at the end of the year that was used to help sponsor the school’s annual field day.

WoMen’s basketball helPs With oPeration christMas chilD

The Coastal Carolina women’s basketball team extended a hand to the samaritan’s purse operation Christmas Child; the team stuffed 21 boxes with gifts for the children served by the organization.

chants sPreaD holiDay cheer to six local faMilies

The Coastal Carolina student-Athlete Advisory Committee (sAAC), with help from the Department of Athletics and the CCU community, raised $3,500andcollectedfood,toysandclothingtohelpsixlocalfamiliesenjoyChristmas.

other coMMunity serVice ProjectsThe Coastal Carolina University student-athletes participated in numerous community service projects in 2011-12. below are projects adopted by the teams.

•MiracleLeague(Baseball,Men’sSoccer,Women’sSoccer,Softball) •Shepherd’sTable(Women’sBasketball)

•HabitatforHumanity(AthleticAdministration) •ChantforaDay(Football)

•WaccamawElementary(Men’sBasketball) •CROWprogram(FootballandVolleyball)

•WomeninPhilanthropyandLeadership(Women’sBasketball) •DigPink(Volleyball)

•CoastalAnimalRescueGolfTournament(Men’sandWomen’sGolf) •MyrtleBeachMarathon(Women’sSoccer)

•MyrtleBeachTrackandFieldClubDay(Men’sandWomen’sTrack&Field)

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Champions in the DepartmentstuDent-athlete excellence aWarDs

The Coastal Carolina Department of Athletics hosted the “Student-Athlete Excellence Awards,” at the Embassy Suites in Myrtle Beach on April 22. The night culminated with sArAh mApLes and AshTon benneTT being named the female and male Athletes of the year; mArCUs LoTT being named the presidential student-Athlete of the year; and JessIe benChLey and KyLe KLIng being named the female and male scholar Athletes of the year.

The Linda C. vereen Academic excellence Award was awarded to the women’s goLf TeAm, as they represent Coastal Carolina University Department of Athletics with the highest combined grade point average. The program posted a solid 3.577 GPA and has won this award in 2004, 2005, 2010 and 2011.

The individual awards portion began with the student-athletes showing their appreciation to wesLey fonDren, assistant professor of communication in the Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts, who was named the student-Athlete faculty member of the year. The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee awards the Student-Athlete Faculty Member of the Year for his or her academic, athletic and personal support toward the success of student-athletes.

In addition, the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee presented the Department of Athletics staff member of the year award to sAmAnThA KosT, an academic advi-sor in Student-Athlete Academic Support Services.

The sofTbALL TeAm was awarded the Comeback Team of the year. After posting a 25-33 record in 2011, the team ended the 2012 season with a 44-19 record, which ties the softball all-time mark for wins in a single season. Additionally, the Chanticleers won the program’s first Big South title since the 2006 season, made its first NCAA Re-gional since 2006 and won its first NCAA Regional game since 2000.

sarah Maplesfemale athlete of the year

ashton bennettMale athlete of the year

Marcus lottPresidential

student-athlete of the year

jessie benchleyfemale

scholar-athlete of the year

tucker frawleyMale

scholar-athlete of the year

Department of athletics staff Member of the year

samantha kost

faculty Member of the year Wesley fondren

2011-12 Women’s Golf teamlinda c. Vereen academic excellence award

2012 softball teaminaugural comeback team of the year

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Department of athletiCs revenue anD support

GoccusPorts.coM“The Official Website of Chanticleer Athletics”

More and more people are getting their news about Coastal Carolina Athletics through the department’s official website www.GoCCUSports.com. While the number of page views (how many times the website was looked at and/or revisited during the month) fell one percent from 2010-11 to 2011-12, the number of unique visitors (a first time visitor from a particular computer per month) increased by an impressive 12.7 percent.

PaGe VieWs 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 5,307,965 5,492,355 5,225,177

unique Visitors 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 577,170 685,046 728,422

reVenue Generation (tickets/sPonsorshiP/Donations) 2010-11 ActuAl 2011-12 ActuAl V A r i A n c eFOOtBAll ticKet reVenue (Gross) • Season $ 161,206 $ 162,005 $ + 799 • Single Game $ 139,761 $ 122,738 $ - 7,023 • Total Revenue $ 300,697 $ 284,743 $ - 15,954

BASKETBALL TICKET REVENUE (Gross) • Season $ 25,840 $ 47,768 $ + 31,928 • Single Game $ 22,269 $ 17,270 $ + 4,999 • Total Revenue $ 48,109 $ 65,038 $ + 16,929

BASEBALL TICKET REVENUE (Gross) • Season $ 34,202 $ 25,775 $ - 8,427 • Single Game $ 35,000 $ 51,238 $ + 16,238 • Total Revenue $ 69,202 $ 77,013 $ + 7,811

tOtAl ticKet reVenue (Gross) $ 418,278 $ 426,794 $ + 8,516

SPONSORSHIP REVENUE (Gross) $ 400,000 $ 440,000 $ + 40,000

OffSETTING REVENUE AGREEmENTS (Gross) $ 173,303 $ 204,500 $ + 31,197

TOTAL REVENUE (Gross) $ 991,581 $ 1,071,294 $ + 79,713

CHANTICLEERATHLETIC

FOUNDATION 2011-12 VAriAnce OVer 2010-11

C A S H D O N AT I O N S $ 2 6 2 , 6 1 2 I n c r e a s e o f 9 8 %

PLEDGE PAYmENTS $ 7 3 2 , 7 3 0 I n c r e a s e o f 3 %

G I f T- I N - K I N D $ 8 8 , 8 0 4 D e c r e a s e o f 5 6 %

P L E D G E S $ 3 , 8 7 1 , 2 6 0 D e c r e a s e o f 2 9 %

The Coastal Carolina University Department of Athlet-ics consists of a team of nearly 150 coaches and staff and 425 student-athletes who dedicate their energies and talents on a daily basis to achieving excellence as representatives of Coastal Carolina University. While the student-athletes and their coaches are the faces of the Coastal Carolina Athletics program, they depend on the people behind the scenes who provide vital support for their successes. In addition to the administration and coaching staffs, the Coastal Carolina Department of Athletics consists of the following areas:

Academic Support Services Administrative Support Business Operations Equipment Services Facilities and Operations Life Skills Marketing and Promotions Media Relations NCAA Compliance Sports Turf Management Sports Medicine and Nutrition Speed, Strength and Conditioning Ticket Office Video Services

The hard work and dedication of those of each of these departments enables the Coastal Carolina Univer-sity Department of Athletics to develop CHAMPIONS FOR LIFE.

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honors By sports program

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CypriAn hedriCk

pedro riBeiro

Men’s soccer (18-4; 9-0 biG south reGular season chaMPions)• EarnEdanat-LargEbirthtothEnCaatournamEntforthEninthtimEinsChooLhistory•Won10thbigsouthrEguLarsEasonChampionshipaftErrECordinga9-0markinLEaguEpLay• finishEdthEsEasonrankEdfirstinsCoringoffEnsE(3.0goaLspErgamE)andtotaLgoaLssCorEd(66totaLgoaLs)• JuniorashtonbEnnEttLEdthEnCaaWith23totaLgoaLs,totaLpoints(53)andpointspErgamE(2.41).hEaLsorankEdsECondingoaLspErgamEWith1.05

• ashtonbEnnEttnamEdm.a.ChErmanntrophysEmifinaList• CoastaLWasrankEdashighasninthinnumErouspoLLsbEforEfinishingthEsEasonrankEd16thinthEfinaLnsCaapoLL• a4-3WinovErELoninthEfirstroundofthEnCaamEn’ssoCCErChampionshipWasthEfirstWinforabigsouthmEmbErinstitu-tionsinCECoastaLdEfEatEdnorthCaroLina(3-0)in2003

• tWoofCoastaL’sfourLossEsWErEatthEhandsofthECoLLEgECupChampionnorthCaroLina(3-2)andrunnEr-upCharLottE(2-1).• CyprianhEdriCkWasdraftEd30thovEraLLbysportingkansasCityinthEmLssupErdraft• hEadCoaChshaundoCkingrECordEdhis167thWinEarLiErinthEsEason,passingpauLbantaonthECoastaLCaroLinaaLL-timEWinsList

first team all-Big south ConferenCeAshton BennettCyprian HedrickPedro RibeiroKjartan SigurdssonJustin PortilloLuis FazScott Angevine

Big south ConferenCe all-freshman teamRicky GarbanzoHenrik RobstadKjartan Sigurdsson

Big south attaCking player of the yearAshton Bennett

Big south Defensive player of the yearCyprian Hedrick

Big south freshman of the yearKjartan Sigurdsson

Big south CoaCh of the yearShaun Docking

other honors:• Ashton Bennett: VCU Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 4)• Cyprian Hedrick: VCU Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 4)• Henrik Robstad: VCU Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 4)• Luiz Faz: VCU Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 4)• Scott Angevine: VCU Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 4)• Justin Portillo: VCU Invitational Fair Play Award (Sept. 4)• Ashton Bennett: Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Sept. 6)• Ashton Bennett: Big South Attacking Player of the Week (Sept. 7)• Cyprian Hedrick: CCU Invitational Defensive MVP (Sept. 11)• Luis Faz: CCU Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 11)• Ricky Garbanzo: CCU Invitational MVP (Sept. 11)• Kjartan Sigurdsson: CCU Invitational All-Tournament Team (Sept. 11)• Cyprian Hedrick: College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Sept. 12)• Scott Angevine: Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 13)• Henrik Robstad: CCU Tournament All-Tournament Team (Sept. 18)• Ashton Bennett: CCU Tournament All-Tournament Team (Sept. 18)• Kjartan Sigurdsson: CCU Tournament All-Tournament Team (Sept. 18)• Cyprian Hedrick: CCU Tournament All-Tournament Team (Sept. 18)• Cyprian Hedrick: Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 27)• Ashton Bennett: Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Oct. 3)• Ashton Bennett: Big South Conference Attacking Player of the Week (Oct. 4)• Pedro Ribeiro: Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Oct. 17)• Scott Angevine: Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 18)• Ashton Bennett: Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week (Oct. 24)• Ashton Bennett: Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Oct. 24)• Ashton Bennett: College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Oct. 24)• Ashton Bennett: Big South Conference Attacking Player of the Week (Oct. 24)• Ashton Bennett: College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Nov. 7)• Pedro Ribeiro: Big South Conference Attacking Player of the Week (Nov. 8)• Ashton Bennett: NSCAA All-South Atlantic First Team (Dec. 9)• Cyprian Hedrick: NSCAA All-South Atlantic First Team (Dec. 9)• Pedro Ribeiro: NSCAA All-South Atlantic First Team (Dec. 9)• Scott Angevine: NSCAA All-South Atlantic Second Team (Dec. 9)• Ashton Bennett: NSCAA First Team All-American (Dec. 9)• Pedro Ribeiro: NSCAA Third Team All-American (Dec. 9)• Cyprian Hedrick: NSCAA First Team Scholar All-American (Dec. 20)

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honors By sports programbaseball (42-19, 18-5 1st biG south | biG south tourney chaMPions)•rEaChEdsixthstraightnCaarEgionaLand11thinthELast12yEars•Won6thstraightbigsouthrEguLarssEasonandtournamEntChampionships•finishEdsEasonrankEd3rdinnCaaintEamEra(2.53)

first team all-Big south ConferenCeOF – Daniel BowmanC – Tucker Frawley3B – Rich WittenRP – Aaron Burke

seConD team all-Big south ConferenCeDH – Alex BuccilliSP – Josh ConwaySP – Tyler HerbRP – Ryan Connolly

Big south all-aCaDemiC teamTucker Frawley

Big south player of the yearDaniel Bowman

Co-Big south pitCher of the yearAaron Burke

Big south CoaCh of the yearGary Gilmore

Big south sCholar-athlete of the yearTucker Frawley

other honors:• Ryan Connolly: The Crons Brand Big South Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 27)• Daniel Bowman: Big South Choice Hotels Player of the Week (March 12)• Daniel Bowman: NCBWA National Hitter of the Week (March 12)• Rich Witten: Big South Choice Hotels Co-Player of the Week (April 16)• Daniel Bowman: CollegeSportsMadness.com Big South Player of the Week (April 24)• Daniel Bowman: Big South Choice Hotels Player of the Week (April 30)• Daniel Bowman: CollegeBaseballInsider.com Big South Player of the Week (April 30)• Rich Witten: CollegeBaseball360.com Primetime Performer (May 2)• Tucker Frawley: Capital One Academic All-District 4 team (May 3)• Tucker Frawley: Johnny Bench Award Semifinalist (May 16)• Rich Witten: Big South Choice Hotels Player of the Week (May 21)• Aaron Burke (co-MVP), Ryan Connolly (co-MVP), Alex Buccilli, Daniel Bowman and Rich Witten: All-Big South Tournament (May 26)• Daniel Bowman: Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-American (May 31)• Aaron Burke: Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-American (May 21)• Tucker Frawley: CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-America First Team (June 1)• Jacob May and Rich Witten: NCAA Columbia All-Regional Team (June 3)• Major League Baseball Draft Picks: Josh Conway (4th Round), Tucker Frawley (8th Round)• Daniel Bowman: ABCA Second Team All-Region (June 27)• Aaron Burke: CollegeBaseballInsider.com Second Team All-American (July 6)• Daniel Bowman: CollegeBaseballInsider.com Honorable Mention All-American (July 6)

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honors By sports programsoftball (44-20; 13-8 2nd biG south | biG south tournaMent chaMPions)•firstnCaarEgionaLappEaranCEsinCE2006•WonfirstnCaarEgionaLgamEsinCE2000•firstbigsouthtournamEntChampionshipsinCE2006•tiEdthECoastaLCaroLinasoftbaLLaLL-timEmarkforWinsinasingLEsEason•kELLEygrEEnCoLLECtEdhEr400thCarEErWininaviCtoryovErgEorgEmason

first team all-Big south ConferenCe3B: Kory HaydenP: Kiana QuolasUT: Sarah Maples

Big south all-aCaDemiC teamSarah Maples

Big south Co-freshman of the year Kory Hayden

other honors:• Kory Hayden: Big South Conference Choice Hotels Softball Player of the Week (Feb. 19)• Kiana Quolas: Big South Conference The Crons Brand Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 19)• Kiana Quolas: Big South Conference The Crons Brand Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 26)• Kiana Quolas: Big South Conference The Crons Brand Pitcher of the Week (Mar. 18)• Chelsea Pineda: Big South Conference Choice Hotels Softball Player of the Week (April 9)• Ashley Bagwell: Big South Conference The Crons Brand Pitcher of the Week (Apr. 29)• Kiana Quolas: Big South Conference The Crons Brand Pitcher of the Week (May 6)• Sarah Maples: Big South All-Tournament Team• Ashley Bagwell: Big South All-Tournament Team• Kiana Quolas: Big South All-Tournament Team• Brooke Donovan: Big South All-Tournament Team• Sarah Maples: Big South Tournament MVP

WoMen’s outDoor track & fielD (biG south chaMPions)•nCaaEastprELiminaryroundpartiCipants:danielleEngland(javelin),kierragabe(highjump),maryLawrence(polevault),shantellepatterson(hammer)andEricapeake(200m)

all-Big south ConferenCeErica Peake (100m, CHAMPION; 200m, CHAMPION; 4x100m relay, CHAMPION; 4x400m relay, CHAMPION; long jump, CHAMPION)Kierra Gabe (high jump, CHAMPION; long jump, second; triple jump, second)Letitia Sayman (10,000m, CHAMPION; 5,000m, second)Shantelle Patterson (hammer, second)Mary Lawrence (pole vault, CHAMPION)Anjulia Nicholson (discus, second)Christian Johnson (1,500m, second; 800m, third)Ashley Davis (4x100m relay, CHAMPION; 100m hurdles, third)Santresa Jamison (4x400m relay; CHAMPION, 400m, second)Qwontajah Thompson (4x100m relay, CHAMPION; 4x400m relay, CHAMPION; 400m, third)Christina Davis (400m hurdles, third)Gabrielle Lee (4x100m relay, CHAMPION)Sharmaine Barnes (4x400m relay, CHAMPION)

Big south most outstanDing traCk athleteErica Peake

Big south most outstanDing fielD athleteKierra Gabe

Big south CoaCh of the yearAlan Connie

Big south all-aCaDemiC teamEmily Marchini

other honors:• Letitia Saayman: Big South Conference Track Athlete of the Week (March 21)• Kierra Gabe: Big South Conference Field Athlete of the Week (March 21)• Erica Peake: Big South Conference Track Athlete of the Week (April 11)• Brittany Connor: Big South Conference Field Athlete of the Week (April 18)• Ashley Davis: Big South Conference Track Athlete of the Week (May 10)

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honors By sports program

kierrA GABe

diAnA MortloCk

WoMen’s inDoor track & fielD (biG south runners-uP)all-Big south ConferenCeKierra Gabe (high jump, CHAMPION; triple jump, champion)Darriale Henley (60m, CHAMPION; long jump, second)Erica Peake (60m, third; 200m, second, 4x400m relay, second)Ashley Davis (60m hurdles, third)Santresa Jamison (400m, second)Sharmaine Barnes (400m, third, 4x400m relay, second)Sophie Perry (Mile, second)Christian Johnson (Mile, third)Letitia Saayman (Distance Medley relay, third)Christina Davis (Distance Medley relay, third)Jessica Dennison (Distance Medley relay, third)Shelby Nicosia (Distance Medley relay, third)Qwontajah Thompson (4x400m relay, second) Samantha Simile (4x400m relay, second)Shantelle Patterson (shot put, third)

Big south all-aCaDemiC teamMary Lawrence

women's most outstanDing fielD performerKierra Gabe

other honors:• Erica Peake: Big South Conference Women's Indoor Track Athlete of the Week (Feb. 2)

WoMen’s tennis (18-6; 6-2 biG south 3rd reGular season | tournaMent runner-uP)Big south tennis flight ChampionsSinglesNo. 4 – Katie Fosnacht

DoublesNo. 2 – Katie Fosncaht/Mikaela KristoferssonNo. 3 – Maria Hesketh/Kourtney Kowal

all-Big south ConferenCeSinglesMiki Bunea

DoublesMiki Bunea/Diana Mortlock

Big south all-aCaDemiC teamDiana Mortlock

Big south women ’s tennis sCholar -athlete of the yearDiana Mortlock

other honors:• Katie Fosnacht: Big South Conference Freshman of the Week (Feb. 1) • Katie Fosnacht: Big South Conference Freshman of the Week (Feb. 14)• Miki Bunea: Big South Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Week (Mar. 6)• Katie Fosnacht: Big South Conference Freshman of the Week (Mar. 6)• Katie Fosnacht: Big South Conference Freshman of the Week (Mar. 27)• Diana Mortlock: Big South Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Week (Apr. 17)

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honors By sports program

Anthony rAFFA

Brit tAny henderson

Men’s basketball (19-12; 12-6 2nd biG south)•madEthirdConsECutivEpostsEasonappEaranCEagainstoLddominioninthECit•dEfEatEdtWobCssChooLs(LsuandCLEmson)inonEsEasonforthEfirsttimEinsChooLhistory•rECordEdthird-straightsEasonWith12ormorEWinsinbigsouthforthEfirsttimEinsChooLhistory•sammcLaurinsEtthECarEErbLoCkEdshotrECordWith155•hEadCoaChCLiffELLisWonhis700thCarEErgamE•CoastaLfinishEd10thinthEnCaaWitha48.7fiELdgoaLpErCEntagE

seConD team all-Big south ConferenCeChris GradnigoAnthony Raffa

Big south all-aCaDemiC teamSam McLaurin

other honors:• Anthony Raffa: CollegeHoopsNet.com December All-Big South Conference Team (Jan. 4)• Anthony Raffa: CollegeHoopsNet.com January All-Big South Conference Team (Feb. 2)• Anthony Raffa: CollegeHoopsNet.com Big South Conference Player of the Year (Feb. 2)• Sam McLaurin: CoSIDA Academic All-District Team honoree (Feb. 3)• Anthony Raffa: National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District III Second Team (March 14)

WoMen’s Golf (biG south runners-uP)•brittanyhEndErsonsEtthEbigsouthChampionshipaLL-timELoWroundrECordWitha68ondaytWo•brittanyhEndErsonsEtthEsEtthEbigsouthChampionshipaLL-timELoW54-hoLEtotaLWitha2-undEr241•brittanyhEndErsontiEdfor68thinthEnCaaCEntraLrEgionaLasanat-LargEindividuaL

Big south Championship meDalistBrittany Henderson

all-Big south ConferenCe teamBrittany HendersonJessica AlexanderKaitlin HiggibothamFrida Castillo

Big south all-aCaDemiC teamBrittany Henderson

other honors:• Brittany Henderson: Big South Conference Choice Hotels Women’s Golfer of the Week (Feb. 17)• Courtney Boe: National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team (July 6)• Jessica Alexander: National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team (July 6)• Brittany Henderson: National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team (July 6)

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honors By sports program

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Men’s outDoor track & fielD (biG south runners-uP)•nCaaEastprELiminaryroundpartiCipants:Jasonflanagan(javelin)•JasonfLanaganfinishEd16thatnCaaChampionships•JasonfLanaganpLaCEd21statthEu.s.oLympiCtEamtraiLs

all-Big south ConferenCeTyler Askew (long jump, CHAMPION; 4x100m relay, third)Jason Flanagan (javelin, CHAMPION)Burton Jones II (triple jump, CHAMPION; high jump, second; triple jump, third)Shane Norris (110m hurdles, third)Russel Kanner (400m hurdles, third)JaDarrell Barnette (triple jump, second)Corey Jameson (4x100m relay, third)Joseph Wilson (4x100m relay, third)Ronnie Jackson (4x100m relay, third)

Big south all-aCaDemiC teamKyle Kling

other honors:• Jason Flanagan: Big South Conference Field Athlete of the Week (March 21)• Jason Flanagan: Big South Conference Field Athlete of the Week (April 4)• Jason Flanagan: Big South Conference Field Athlete of the Week (May 3)• Shane Norris, Tre’von Gee, Russel Kanner, Carrington Fernandors - shuttle hurdle relay team: Big South Conference Track Athlete of the Week (May 3)• Kyle Kling: Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District IV (May 31)• Jason Flanagan: USTFCCCA Second Team All-American (June 7)

Men’s Golf (biG south runners-uP)•sEbastiansodErbErgtiEdfor14thatnCaasouthEast-athEnsrEgionaLasanat-LargEindividuaL.

all-Big south ConferenCe teamSebastian Soderberg Roberto Ballesteros

Big south all-aCaDemiC teamSebastian Soderberg

Big south freshman of the yearBen Wheeler

other honors:• Sebastian Soderberg: Big South Conference Choice Hotels Men’s Golfer of the Week (Sept. 22)• Sebastian Soderberg: Furman Intercollegiate Individual Medalist (March 16-18)• Sebastian Soderberg: Big South Conference Choice Hotels Men’s Golfer of the Week (March 28)• Ben Wheeler: Big South Conference Choice Hotels Men’s Golfer of the Week (April 5)• Sebastian Soderberg: PING/GCAA All-East Region (May 30)• Charlie Winegardner: Golf Coaches Association of America All-American Scholar Team (July 19)• Sebastian Soderberg: Golf Coaches Association of America All-American Scholar Team (July 19)

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football (7-4; 3-3 3rd biG south)

first team all-Big south ConferenCeLB - Andrae JacobsDB - Josh Norman

seConD team all-Big south ConferenCeWR - Matt HazelTE - Jamie ChildersOL - Jamey CheatwoodOL - Tim FranklinDL - Chris ThomasLB - Desmond StewardPR - Niccolo Mastromatteo

Big south all-aCaDemiC teamMarcus Lott

Big south sCholar-athlete of the yearMarcus Lott

other honors:• Aramis Hillary: Big South Conference Choice Hotels Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 5)• Quinn Backus: Big South Conference The CRONS Brand Freshman of the Week (Sept. 19)• Josh Norman: Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 10)• Josh Norman: Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 7)• Marcus Lott: Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District 4 team (Nov. 10)• Philip George: Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 14)• Niccolo Mastromatteo: Big South Conference Special Teams Player of the Week (Nov. 14)• Josh Norman: Buck Buchanan Award Watch List (Nov. 15)• Josh Norman: American Football Coaches Association Football Championship Subdivision All-American Team (Nov. 7)• Marcus Lott: Second Team Capital One CoSIDA All-America (Nov. 8)• Josh Norman: First Team Football Championship Subdivision Associated Press All-American (Dec. 15)• Jamie Childers: Football Championship Subdivision Senior Scout Bowl Participant (Dec. 17)• Tim Franklin: Football Championship Subdivision Senior Scout Bowl Participant (Dec. 17)• Bryan Brooks: Football Championship Subdivision Senior Scout Bowl Participant (Dec. 17)• Josh Norman: First Team All-American by Phil Steele (Dec. 27)• Josh Norman: Second Team All-American by The Sports Network (Dec. 27)• Marcus Lott: Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star Team (Jan. 3)• Tim Franklin: Football Championship Subdivision Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star Team (Jan. 3)• Josh Norman: Buck Buchanan Award Finalist (Jan. 6)• Josh Norman: East-West Shrine Game participant (Jan. 21)• Josh Norman: Senior Bowl participant (Jan. 28)• Josh Norman: 2012 NFL Combine participant (Feb. 25-28)• Josh Norman: 2012 NFL Draft fifth round selection by Carolina Panthers (April 28)

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honors By sports programMen’s tennis (14-6; 5-2 2nd (tied) biG south)•intErCoLLEgiatEtEnnisassoCiationaLL-aCadEmiCtEam

Big south tennis flight ChampionSinglesNo. 4 - Matias Di Pasquale

all-Big south ConferenCeSinglesYusuke Kusuda

Big south all-aCaDemiC teamDanny Heidecker

other honors:• Leo Christofides: Big South Conference Men’s Tennis Player of the Week (Feb. 1)• Danny Heidecker: Big South Conference Men’s Tennis Player of the Week (Feb. 8)• Yusuke Kusuda: Big South Conference Men’s Tennis Player of the Week (Mar. 6)• Garik Yedigarian: Big South Freshman of the Week (Feb. 21)• Danny Heidecker: Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar Athlete (July 7)• Yusuke Kesuda: Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar Athlete (July 7)• Leo Christofides: Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar Athlete (July 7)• Sam Barr: Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar Athlete (July 7)

WoMen’s basketball (13-15; 6-12 8th Big South)•shatiaCoLEbECamEonLythEsECondChantiCLEErtoEarnfourbigsouthfrEshmanofthEWEEkpLaudits•oLiviairiCkfinishEdCarEErasCoastaLCaroLina’ssEvEnthaLL-timELEading3-pointshootErWith117CarEErmakEs

Big south all-freshman teamShatia Cole

Big south all-aCaDemiC teamTaylor Epley

other honors:• Shatia Cole: Big South Conference The Crons Brand Freshman of the Week (Nov. 15)• Angelic Henry: CollegeSportsMadness.com Big South Conference Player of the Week (Nov. 28) • Shatia Cole: Big South Conference The Crons Brand Freshman of the Week (Dec. 20)• Shatia Cole: Big South Conference The Crons Brand Freshman of the Week (Jan. 24)• Shatia Cole: Big South Conference The Crons Brand Freshman of the Week (Feb. 7)• Olivia Irick: CollegeSportsMadness.com All-Big South Conference Fourth Team (March 5)

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WoMen’s cross country (3rd at biG south chaMPionshiP)•aLL-aCadEmiCtEambythEu.s.traCkandfiELdandCrossCountryCoaChEsassoCiation(ustfCCCa)

Big south all-ConferenCe teamChristian Johnson

Big south all-aCaDemiC teamJanel Reeves

other honors:• Emily Marchini: Big South Conference Choice Hotels Women’s Runner of the Week (Sept. 8)

Volleyball (13-20; 5-9 5th big south)Big south all-freshman teamLian Bernett

Big south all-aCaDemiC teamLauren Alejo

other honors:Katie Martin: Big South Conference Freshman of the Week (Oct.24)

Men’s cross country (7th at big south championship)•aLL-aCadEmiCtEambythEu.s.traCkandfiELdandCrossCountryCoaChEsassoCiation(ustfCCCa)

Big south all-aCaDemiC teamCameron Wells

other honors:• All-Academic Team by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA)

WoMen’s soccer (2-15-2; 2-7-1 10th big south)•2011nationaLsoCCErCoaChEsassoCiationofamEriCa(nsCaa)CoLLEgEtEamaCadEmiCaWard

seConD team all-Big south ConferenCeAlyssa Clark

Big south all-aCaDemiC teamJessie Benchley

other honors:• Cami Skladany: Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 30)

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OASTALAROLINANIVERSITYATHLETISNAAAEARANESISOTHONERENEHAIONSHIS

sasser Cup winner -- all-sports Champion 6 6

BaseBall (12)1991, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,

2005, 2007, 2008**, 2009, 2010**, 2011, 2012

Men's BasketBall (2)1991, 1993

Men's Cross Country (2)2002, 2003

WoMen's Cross Country (7)1996, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2005,

2006, 2007

FootBall (2)2006, 2010

NAAHAIONSHIAEARANESMen's GolF (13)

2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005*, 2006*, 2007*, 2008,

2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

WoMen's GolF (7)2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010,

2011 *, 2012

Men's soCCer (9)1992, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003,

2004, 2005, 2010, 2011

soFtBall (5)1998, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2012

WoMen's tennis (2)2001, 2007

I SOTH ONERENE HAIONSHISBaseBall (28)

Reg. SeaSon: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008,

2009, 2010, 2011, 2012TouRney: 1986, 1991, 1992, 2001, 2002,

2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

Men's BasketBall (9)Reg. SeaSon: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991,

2010, 2011TouRney: 1990, 1991, 1993

Men's Cross Country (3)1993, 1995, 1996

WoMen's Cross Country (12)1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001,

2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008

FootBall (4)2004, 2005, 2006, 2010

Men's GolF (13)1988, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002,

2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

WoMen's GolF (5)1992, 1998, 2005, 2009, 2011

Men's soCCer (20)Reg. SeaSon: 1986, 1987, 1989,

1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011

TouRney: 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010

WoMen's soCCer (4)Reg. SeaSon: 2003, 2007, 2008,

2010

soFtBall (12)Reg. SeaSon: 1990, 1992, 2001,

2002, 2003, 2006TouRney: 1992, 1998, 2000, 2001,

2006, 2012

Men's tennis (6)Reg. SeaSon: 1994, 1996

TouRney: 1988, 1989, 1993, 1994

WoMen's tennis (4)Reg. SeaSon: 2001, 2011

TouRney: 2001, 2007

WoMen's indoor traCk & Field (5)

2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

WoMen's outdoor traCk & Field (7)

2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012

Men's outdoor traCk & Field (2)2003, 2006

VolleyBall (7)Reg. SeaSon: 1987, 1989, 1996,

2008TouRney: 1996, 1998, 2009

WoMen's indoor traCk & Field (6)

1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007

WoMen's outdoor traCk & Field (12)

1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010,

2011, 2012

Men's outdoor traCk & Field (9)

2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012*

VolleyBall (3)1996, 1998, 2009

* - advanced from regional to national championship

** - advanced from regional to

super regional