Armstrong Atlantic State University Quick Facts
Founded: 1935 Enrollment: 7,650 Colors: Maroon & Gold Nickname: Pirates Web site: www.aasupirates.com
Recap
President Linda Bleicken
Athletics Director Lisa Sweany
Success in the spring continued with the Armstrong baseball and softball teams both capturing Peach Belt regular season titles with the baseball team also winning the PBC Tournament crown. Armstrong women’s golf notched its first league crown with an 11-stroke victory in the 2012 PBC Championships and sent Jenna Birch to the NCAA National Championships as an individual. Armstrong men’s golf also advanced to the NCAA Regionals.
The Armstrong Atlantic State University athletic department enjoyed an unprecedented 2011-12 campaign, collecting a league-record seven Peach Belt Conference Championships, earning the school’s ninth and 10th NCAA Division II National Championships with crowns in men’s and women’s tennis while also capturing its first Peach Belt Conference Commissioner’s Cup. A glimpse into how special of a year it would be for the Pirates came in the fall when the Armstrong volleyball team won a school- and PBC-record 31 straight games to begin the year, finishing the season with a PBC regular season title and an NCAA Championships berth. The Armstrong women’s soccer team would not only earn the PBC regular season and tournament titles but also advance to the NCAA DII Final Four.
The Armstrong tennis teams then put an exclamation point on the outstanding season by completing undefeated seasons en route to the men’s third NCAA DII National Championship and the women’s seventh, both won at the DII Spring Sports Festival in Louisville. The women upset No. 1-ranked BYU-Hawaii, 5-2, for the title while the top-ranked men blanked No. 2 West Florida, 5-0, in the championship match.
Highlights
Women’s Soccer
* A school-record 18 student-athletes earned AllAmerica honors for the Pirates in 2011-12, led by PBC Players of the Year Kristina Pascutti (women's soccer), Brittany Wolf (volleyball), Georgi Rumenov (men's tennis), April Jowers (softball) and Zach Taylor (baseball). * Armstrong celebrated the 35th Anniversary of Women's Athletics in a February celebration on campus and all former female student-athletes for the Pirates were awarded with an Armstrong "A" letter. * The Pirates featured four Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in 2011-12 with Kelli Bahr and Kristina Pascutti (women's soccer), Shelby Duff (softball) and Clayton Miller (baseball). * Armstrong collected its most points in the Learfield Sports Director's Cup standings and finished 24th in the national all-sports competition sponsored by NACDA.
[Regular Season Champions] [tournament Champions] [national semifinalists]
Volleyball
[Regular Season Champions]
Women’s Golf
[tournament Champions]
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