athletics athletics
>> S o f t b all : C on f erence C arolinas R egular S eason C h amps With a record of 35-12 overall and 17-1 in Conference Carolinas, the Lady Cobras Softball Team captured the 2008 Conference Carolinas regular season championship. Unfortunately, Coach David Hanna and the ladies were defeated by Pfeiffer University and eliminated from the conference tournament. This was the first time in the last two years Coker Softball was unable to advance to the NCAA Regionals. The Lady Cobras racked up on several post-season honors: Shelly Catlett (Cope) was named Conference Carolinas Player of the Year, First Team AllConference, Daktronics Second Team All-Region and C.G. Timberlake Coker College Athlete of the Year. Kimberly Atkinson (McBee) was named First Team All-Conference, Daktronics First Team All-Region, and NFCA/Louisville Slugger Second Team All-Region. Ashton Williamson (Pelion), Jessica Blackwell (Hartsville), and Miranda Klees (Murrells Inlet) were each named First Team AllConference, while Eunice Nettles (Pelion) and Anna Lucas (McBee) were named Second Team All-Conference. Freshman Haleigh Rogers (Ward) was named Coker College Freshman Female Athlete of the Year. Head Coach David Hanna picked the Conference Carolinas Coach of the Year award. The Lady Cobras also had four student-athletes named NFCA Academic All-Americans: Catlett, Lucas, Whitney Watts (Conway) and Somer Bigham (Florence ’07). 1. 0
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1.1: Shelly Catlett
1.2: Kimberly Atkinson
1.3: David Hanna
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5.0: Julio Gomez 1.1
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2.0: Coker’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) was recently featured in
3.0: A select group of men’s soccer alumni returned to campus in April for a match against current Cobras.
“Athletic Management” magazine for its athlete auction that raised over $3,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
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