In brief
UMSL Tritons find success as individuals, teams The 2010-11 intercollegiate athletics season has seen quite a few successes for the University of Missouri–St. Louis Tritons. JaCee Ellis, senior utility player on the softball team, was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year, while first-year head coach Brian Levin was named GLVC Coach of the Year. Levin led the Tritons to the GLVC regular season title with a 20-5 league mark and a 31-20 overall record. Daniela Viotti, a freshman on the women’s golf team, was named GLVC Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year. Viotti led the Tritons to five team titles this season. Sophomore Shweta Galande, who earned Freshman of the Year honors last year, qualified for the NCAA Division II Championships for the second year in a row. Ryan Penfield, a senior on the men’s golf team, was named to the GLVC All-Conference Team, while head coach Troy Halterman was named the GLVC Coach of the Year. For the first time since 2001, the men’s golf team is heading to the NCAA Division II Championships. The Tritons qualified for the national tournament by tying for fourth place in the Midwest/South Central Regional in Georgetown, Ky. Junior guard Gerald Fulton capped off one of the most successful recent seasons by UMSL’s men’s basketball team by being named to the GLVC All-Conference First Senior Ryan Penfield led the UMSL Tritons men’s golf team with a 74.17 scoring average and posted six top10 finishes during the year. (Photo by Danny Reise)
Team. Fulton led the Tritons to a 16-11 record – the most wins since the 1990-91 team finished with 22 victories – and was named to the Daktronics Inc. All-Midwest Region First Team.
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