Tobie, Fernando Alvarez and Santiago Munoz were All-Region selections and Steve Burke was named Co-Coach of the Year. Kruse and Munoz then made the NCCAA All-Tournament team. Heading into the 2012 season, Steve Burke will be looking for his 500th career win; he currently has 498. Coach Burke leads the record for all-time wins for coaches in both the NAIA and NCCAA. Judson men’s soccer also has the most program wins in the NAIA.
Cross Country In the fourth year of the program, both the men’s and women’s cross country teams had great success. For the first time in the history of the programs, two runners qualified for the NAIA National Meet. Nate Nevius qualified at the CCAC Championships, making it possible for the
Men’s lacrosse team earns their first milestone win on April 9 with 18-1 men’s team to send a representative for the first time since 1994. Sarah Miller became Judson’s third female runner to participate in four years at the national meet as she also qualified at the CCAC Championships. The women’s team received votes for the NAIA National Poll four different times in 2011, earning the team national recognition. Nevius, Miller and Gabby Nystrom were named to the All-CCAC second team; Nevius and Miller each won NCCAA National Runners of the Week awards. At the NCCAA National Meet, the men finished in seventh place while the women took eighth. Both the men’s and women’s teams finished sixth at the CCAC Championships. Tim Ciochon and Murphy Kurth became Judson’s first-ever NAIA scholar-athletes, too.
Volleyball
Two-Time CCAC Player of the Week, Carissa Oelke
Carissa Oelke and Kasey Smith earned awards for the volleyball team in 2011. Oelke was named to the All-CCAC second team and was a two-time CCAC Player of the Week. Oelke also led the team with 424 kills and 419 digs averaging 3.42 kills per set. Smith gained NAIA and NCCAA scholar-athlete status with her grade-point average. Volleyball finished the year at 10-25 and 4-8 in the CCAC and posted a five-match winning streak in the middle of the season. The winning streak was the longest since the 2006 season for Judson. In 2012, Judson
will also have a new coach at the helm since Coach Jill Pearce resigned her post at the end of the 2011 season.
Tennis In the fall season, the women’s tennis team went 5-4 and earned two NCCAA National awards. Antigone Lowery and Alexa Schofield both were named NCCAA National Players of the Week. On the men’s side, they went 2-2 and John Mittvick was named NCCAA National Player of the Week.
Golf The men’s and women’s golf teams successfully competed in several fall meets in 2011. The men opened up the fall season in fourth of eight teams at Clarke. The women ended the fall in fourth of five teams at the CCAC meet. The men’s team achieved their top finish against Clarke University while the women achieved their top finish at the CCAC meet. Katlyn Anderberg was named the NCCAA National Golfer of the Week and was the women’s top golfer. Caleb Hess was the men’s top golfer leading them in six of their seven meets. After opening both programs with their first season in 20092010 and coaching for two and a half years, Chris Watson resigned his post as the head coach at the end of the 2011 season.
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