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Publication Credits The 2016 Averett University softball media guide is a publication of the Averett sports media relations office. Design, layout, writing and editing by Sports Information Director Drew Wilson. Photographs by David Conner II, Drew Wilson, Averett University and other contributors.
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THE UNIVERSITY About Averett University Academic Success at Averett Danville, Virginia About the Averett Softball Program Averett’s Athletics Facilities Cougars in the Community
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COACHES & PERSONNEL Head Coach Bren Taylor Assistant Coaches M.K. Pegram and Ronnie Dix Medical Support Staff Administration & Athletics Support Staff THE TEAM 2016 Roster Player Bios THE 2016 SEASON 2016 Opponents USA South Conference USA South Conference History THE 2015 SEASON IN REVIEW 2015 USA South Conference Championship & NCAA Regional 2015 USA South Conference In Review 2015 Results 2015 Statistics RECORDS, ACHIEVEMENTS & COUGAR CLUB MEMBERSHIP All-Time Coaching Records Conference Championships & NCAA Tournament Appearances All-Time Honors & Awards Year-By-Year Results Cougar Club Membership Information
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University Information President: Dr. Tiffany M. Franks Location:. Danville, Va. Founded: 1859 Enrollment: 900 Nickname: Cougars Colors:. Blue and Gold Afilliation: NCAA Division III Conference: USA South Director of Athletics: Meg Stevens Athletic Dept. Phone: (434) 791-5700 Facility: Cougar Field Athletic Trainer: Thomas Underwood Training Room Phone: (434) 791-7270 Softball Team Information Head coach: Bren LaFlamme Taylor (Averett ‘98) Office Phone: (434) 791-5677 Email: softball@averett.edu Career Record: 118-82-1 (5 seasons) Record at Averett: 118-82-1 (5 seasons) 2015 Record: 35-5-1(22-1 USA South) All-Time Program Record: 424-576-1 (167-268 Conference) USA South Conference championships: 3 NCAA Appearances: 2 (2004, 2015) Sports Information SID: Office Phone: Email: Fax: Athletics site: Media Information Webcast: Newspaper: TV Stations:
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Founded in 1859 as a school for young women in Danville, Va., Averett University grew to a fully accredited, co-educational, four-year college in 1971. Today, the university attracts students from 24 states and 21 foreign countries.
Averett UNIVERSITY
QUICK FACTS ABOUT AVERETT:
l FOUNDED: 1859 l STATUS: Fully accredited, private, coeducational, residential four-year college l STUDENT BODY: 900 undergraduates from 24 states and 21 countries l ACADEMICS: 30-plus majors, minors and special programs l STUDENT-FACULTY RATIO: 14 to 1 l AVERAGE CLASS SIZE: 13 l RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION: Averett welcomes students of faith and non-faith backgrounds l VALUE: Financial aid packages lower costs by almost 40%, on average, making an investment in our small, private school comparable to that of a large state school. l LOCATION: Our main campus is in a quiet residential neighborhood in Danville, Virginia, a historic riverside town surrounded by countryside. Area attractions include lakes, parks, museums, arts and cultural centers, minor league baseball and auto racing.
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Big dreams become bold futures at Averett University. Our growing enrollment is testament to that! This unique, vibrant, liberal arts university is small enough to support you and expansive enough to challenge you with small classes, attentive professors and an academic philosophy centered on student learning, experience and success. We embody the small-college experience: close community, rigorous academics and a rich student life. What’s more, we improve on it, with a focus on personal attention that’s an Averett distinction. Averett will help you build a foundation for life – wherever life takes you. Find yourself at Averett.
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WHY AVERETT? 1. QUALITY EDUCATION
A quality education and the student experience is priority No. 1 and evident every day. This university is: l Faithful in supporting each student while challenging them to give and be his or her best. l Devoted to small classes taught by highly qualified and attentive professors. l Loyal in our academic philosophy, which is centered on student learning, experience and success. l Focused on the small-college experience within a close, safe and caring community. l Dedicated to rigorous academics that will graduate students of ability and conviction. l Committed to a rich student life of athletics, student clubs and activities and performing arts. l Attentive to improving the student experience with a focus on personal attention and excellence of services and resources. l Steadfast in maintaining our high graduate placement rates into jobs and graduate schools.
2. AFFORDABILITY
A college education is expensive … we don’t have to tell you that. But it should not be out of reach! Averett makes a quality education affordable by: l Awarding approximately $20 million in total in financial aid and scholarships to our students (our spending on financial aid has increased three times faster than our spending on operating expenses over the past decade). l Generously giving financial aid to 99% of our full-time undergraduate students and by designing scholarship packages that lower the cost of attending by almost 40% for most students. No student pays the full cost to attend Averett. l Soliciting financial supporters of Averett – our graduates, foundations, donors and friends – continue to help us pay our operating costs and provide student scholarships. l Increasing tuition annually by only 4% compared to the national average of 8% at most colleges and universities. l Keeping costs down – students’ costs at Averett are less than those of 80% of other private colleges in Virginia. l Consulting with families individually to maximize aid and set up workable payment options.
3. PRESTIGE
Averett is ranked as a top tier Regional College in the 2011 Best Colleges guide from U.S. News & World Report. Averett rated particularly well in these categories: l 76% of Classes Under 20 Students l 12 to 1 Student to Faculty Ratio l 83% of Faculty Who are Full-time l 38% Minority Students
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Being a student-athlete at Averett University is more than going to class during the week and making big plays on game day. Averett’s coaches want their student-athletes to walk across the stage at graduation with a diploma in one hand and a ring on the other hand.
Academic SUCCESS
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Averett softball senior Taylor Dix is one of several Averett players who define the term “student-athlete” at Averett. Dix, who is majoring in pschology, received Academic All-America Second Team recognitiion from the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) as a junior. In addition, she has earned USA South Academic All-Conference honors multiple times. In order to earn Acadmic All-Conference recognition, a studentathlete must have a minimum 3.00 GPA in each semester of the school year. In addition, Dix was named the 2015 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team and the 2015 Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) Academic All-State Team.
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Averett aims to help you achieve your “big dreams” in order for you to fulfill your “bold future.”
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The Office of Student Success, located in the Galesi Family Student Success Center, offers free academic support to Averett’s more than 300 student-athletes, as well as other members of the campus community. In accordance with Averett’s mission statement, we are here to help you achieve your “big dreams” in order for you to fulfill your “bold future.” Our counselors offer confidential, personable service in person. Our aim is to help with general learning skills and offer individualized tutoring for almost every course. We also provide assistance and accommodations for student-athletes with learning disabilities. The center offers group study nights for math, the sciences and sociology. In addition, we can help you prepare for standardized tests, such as the GRE or Praxis. Finally, we also proctor some exams and the director oversees CLEP exams.
TUTORING PROGRAMS Averett’s Office of Student Success offers individual assistance to students for any class or project. Individual tutoring sessions may be scheduled by appointments and the center also offers walk-in study group sessions at scheduled times each week.
STUDY HALL Averett’s Department of Athletics requires all freshmen to participate in study hall each week to ensure that all first-year students have an opportunity to begin their academic careers on the right foot. The study hall program also is made available to any student-athlete who may require additional academic support during their time at Averett.
LEARNING DISABILITY SERVICES The Office of Student Success works with special needs students who require classroom and testing
CHAMPS/LIFE SKILLS PROGRAM Averett University and the Department of Athletics encourage student-athletes to take part in the NCAA’s CHAMPS/Life Skills Program (Challenging Athletes’ Minds for Personal Success). Averett offers various workshops and activities throughout the academic school year to promote student-athletes’ ownership of their academic, athletic, career, personal and community responsibilities. The CHAMPS/Life Skills Program assists student-athletes in identifying and applying transferable skills and encourages the development of character, integrity and leadership skills.
CAREER SERVICES Averett teaches success by providing students with career development support. Located in the Galesi Family Student Success Center, the Gregory Career
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accommodations to ensure needs are met. We can provide guidance as well if you think you may need testing for a disability, such as Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD).
Services Center serves students and alumni. We help student-athletes identify career interests and training needs and assist them with résumés, cover letters and portfolios. We offer career fair and recruitment opportunities and provide training in such skills as interviewing and etiquette. We offer access to our free job listings and help student-athletes search for jobs, internships and graduate school opportunities.
WRITING CENTER Averett’s Writing Center works one-on-one with student-athletes to help them make their writing more vibrant, clear and effective. We assist students in all stages of the process from generating ideas to proofreading the final draft. Our goal is to support your long-term development as a writer, giving you new skills to use in future projects.
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Danville VIRGINIA
Danville is the Heart of Southern Virginia. It has all the qualities of small-town charm as well as the assets of a city ready to burst with excitement. Sitting majestically on the banks of the Dan River, Danville exceeds expectations with a wide variety of activities ranging from outdoor festivals and events to concerts featuring nationally-acclaimed artists in a renovated amphitheatre. Shopping choices abound in our revitalized downtown, as well as national favorites conveniently located throughout the city. Victorian architecture, history, art, science, culture to outdoor adventure ... whatever you desire, Danville has it.
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Averett University is located in the heart of Southern Virginia. In Danville, you can ... WORK
With a diverse economy that includes career opportunities in research, technology, advanced manufacturing, retail, health care and education, Danville, Va., has a place for you to work.
PLAY
Danville is a great place to play, have fun and get away from the everyday hustle and bustle. Maybe you want to relax by fishing in the Dan River or strolling down the scenic Riverwalk Trail. If biking is your forte, Danville has 7.5 miles of multiuse trail and 15 miles of dirt, mountain bike trails that will surely impress you. The city has a place for you to play as well, including 10 recreation centers, 26 athletic fields, 24 playgrounds and 475 park acres. The Danville Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department offers diverse programs for all ages from preschoolers to senior citizens, from basket weaving to belly dancing. Children of all ages will find a summer camp designed especially for them, whether it’s an Averett Sports Camp or something through the city. Everyone will enjoy Danville’s special events such as the annual Festival in the Park, concerts at the Carrington Pavilion and various other festivals at the Community Market.
VISIT
Danville is known for its southern hospitality, but what will keep you wanting more is its vast history, beautiful architecture and a variety of entertainment. Danville is the home of the last capital of the Confederacy, the train wreck of the Old 97 and many other museums and attractions. There’s always something to do in Danville. Visit the Crossing at the Dan that encompasses the Carrington Pavilion, Farmers Market and Danville Science Museum. The Carrington Pavilion hosts nationally known artists for the Harvest Jubilee
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Concert Series and local bands during Fridays at the Crossing events. The Farmers Market is open every Saturday morning from May through October and offers the best and freshest local produce, as well as baked goods and unique gift items. If sports are an interest, you’ll want to check out the Danville Braves, the rookie league baseball affiliate for the Atlanta Braves. Danville is sure to catch your attention from the beginning, making you a fan for life.
LIVE
Nestled along the banks of the Dan River, Danville is full of southern charm. You will discover its relaxing atmosphere and very comfortable cost of living. Danville’s rich cultural heritage has fostered several museums, a symphony orchestra and various performing and visual arts, providing ample opportunities for cultural activities. The moderate climate with four distinct seasonal changes make it easy to enjoy many outdoor activities and venues. Danville offers a variety of housing options, whether you prefer a downtown loft apartment, a home in the heart of town, the suburbs, on a golf course or in an elegant retirement community.
PHOTOS (clockwise from top left of opposite page): The Atlanta Braves’ rookie league affiliate is located in Danville; The Community Market hosts a farmers market every Saturday from May through October; The Carrington Pavilion hosts notable concerts during the summer; The Danville Braves compete from June through the end of August; The historic train station is also home to the Danville Science Center; The Sutherlin Mansion, a Civil War landmark, is also the museum of history and fine arts; Danville offers a scenic Riverwalk Trail along the Dan River.
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The Averett softball program boasts two NCAA Regional appearances, a conference tournament championship, two regular season championships, three All-Americans, regional honors and numerous all-conference players.
SOFTBALL
TRADITION & PHILOSOPHY
Despite being relatively young in age, Averett University’s softball program is rich in history and tradition. The program began play in the mid-1980s and since then has produced multiple conference championships, two NCAA Tournament appearances and a number of individual honors such as All-Americans, conference players of the year and regional awards, in addition to countless all-conference selections. In recent years, Averett’s softball program has earned national recognition. In 2015, the program was ranked as high as 13th in the country. Averett also boasted the top team batting average in Division III. The softball team focuses on a number of aspects geared toward the studentathlete. The Averett coaching staff and program provide a family atmosphere while developing each student-athlete as a player and person.
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AVERETT ATHLETICS OVERVIEW
As a part of the softball program, the players and coaches are a tight-knit, close group that come together to achieve their common goals. The team’s slogan is “ONEAU” to symbolize “one team, one play, one game, one season at a time.” Averett players remain like sisters for the duration of their years at Averett University and beyond. The bonds that players form with each other and their school as a part of this program are long-lasting. Softball alumni show great support for the program and remain Averett Cougars for life.
Baseball Averett’s baseball team, which began play in 1997, has been an annual contender in one of the toughest DIII conferences in the country. The Cougars won the 2003 USA South championship and appeared in the NCAA Tournament. The program has produced several All-Americans and pro draft picks. Men’s Basketball The Averett men’s basketball program has five conference championships, four NCAA Tournament appearances and several All-Americans to boast. Women’s Basketball The Averett women’s basketball program has risen to the top half of the conference in recent years. The Cougars have six 11-win seasons in the last eight years.
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT Softball players must be willing and able to fully commit themselves to reaching their potential in the classroom, on the field, in the weight room and in the Averett Community. As a part of the program, softball players are counted on to work extremely hard and compete everyday to be the very best person and softball player they can be. The Averett coaching staff strives to help the members of the team achieve success, especially in the classroom. Their goal is to have the highest team grade point average on campus.
SCHEDULE STRENGTH Averett plays a tough USA South Conference schedule that features at least one ranked team each season. Since 1998, the conference has featured at least two schools in the NCAA Tournament 10 times.
Men’s & Women’s Cross Country The cross country programs have seen a steady improvement in recent years. The women’s team has a conference title to its credit.
Outside of the USA South Conference slate, Averett plays a number of competitive opponents from the region, including annually ranked teams from the neighboring Old Dominion Athletic Conference. Playing a strong schedule, both in the USA South Conference and non-conference, helps the Averett softball team prepare for the postseason.
Football The Averett football team has claimed one conference championship, produced more than 100 all-conference performers and numerous professional players despite its young existence (program began play in 2000). Men’s Golf The men’s golf program at Averett boasts the 2003 Division III NCAA national championship and has made three NCAA appearances as a team. Men’s Soccer The men’s soccer program, which enjoyed several NCAA Tournament appearances early in its existence, has returned to the top of the conference in recent years. The Cougars have made seven straight conference tournament appearances. Women’s Soccer The women’s soccer team earned its first USA South Conference championship in 2012, winning a program-best 17 games and making its first NCAA Tournament appearance. Men’s Tennis The men’s tennis program has a history of success, ranging from 11 conference titles to numerous All-Americans. Women’s Tennis The women’s tennis program has claimed six conference championships and produced several individual award-winners. Women’s Volleyball The Averett women’s volleyball team is one of the most successful programs in the region. The Cougars have won 15 conference titles, made four NCAA appearances and have totaled numerous individual conference awards, including five All-Americans.
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Cougar Field
Cougar Field is home to the Averett University softball team. Located on the school’s North Campus, Cougar Field serves as the Cougars’ own 1.0-acre ballpark and practice facility. The park is a natural grass field with dimensions of 210 feet down the lines and 225 feet to center field. The field features home and visitor dugouts, a batting cage, multiple soft-toss nets, a press box and bleacher seating. Before the 2012 season, Cougar Field received several upgrades. A state-of-the-art LCD scoreboard was installed in left field, and the outfield fence was fitted with a navy blue windscreen with yellow piping.
COUGAR FIELD & ATHLETICS FACILITIES
Frank Fulton Indoor Batting Facility
The Frank Fulton Indoor Batting Facilty is a training facility for Averett University student-athletes. The Frank Fulton Indoor Batting Facilty is a 5,500-square-foot building located on Averett’s North Campus. The turfed facility features two long, netted batting cages, one short cage and two pitching mounds that allow student-athletes to train year-round. Funded by an anonymous donor’s $200,000 gift, the Frank Fulton Indoor Batting Facilty was constructed in 2014 and is named after the father of longtime Averett baseball coach Ed Fulton.
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NORTH CAMPUS FACILITIES The E. Stuart James Grant Convocation and Athletic Center and North Campus Athletics Facility were opened in the fall of 1998. It is a 55,863-square-foot facility that houses offices for all of Averett’s coaching and administrative staff members. Located in the Grant Center, the main athletics complex, are classrooms used by Averett’s physical education department, six home and six visitor locker areas, an athletic training room used for treatments of all athletes, and a fitness room accessible by all Averett students, faculty and staff. The grounds surrounding the Grant Center include five fields used by all of the outdoor sports for practice and play. Football and men’s and women’s soccer use Daly Field, which features state-of-the-art synthetic turf and lights, adjacent to the football field house and press box. The stadium seats more than 2,500 faithful Cougar fans and also boasts a twostory press box, which can accommodate up to 30 media representatives and game day personnel. The 7,830-square-foot football field house is the home to offices for all of the football coaching staff, as well as a separate locker room for the football players. There is also a weight room for strength training and as many as four film-study rooms can be utilized at one time by the football team for game preparation. In addition to Daly Field, Averett’s baseball team plays and practices on its own 2.75 acre Owen-Fulton Field. The field is a pitcher’s ballpark, with 410 feet between the plate and the center-field wall, and has stands for fans, batting cages, and its own press box. The Averett softball team practices and plays on the one-acre Cougar Field, which is adjacent to
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www.averettcougars.com/map Owen-Fulton Field. It too has bleachers for fans, batting cages, and a press box for media accommodation. Completing the North Campus facility are two practice fields on each side of Daly Field for the soccer and football teams. The North Campus Facility is one of the pre-
miere athletic venues in Division III. Averett’s tennis facility is currently located on the school’s Main Campus. The venue features six outdoor tennis courts where both the men’s and women’s tennis teams compete and practice. The courts are also open to the Averett and Danville community.
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Averett University Athletics is committed to giving back to both the campus and surrounding Danville community. By providing opportunities for student-athletes to serve, these young men and women make meaningful contributions to society. Teams as well as individual student-athletes are involved in numerous charity and community organizations and events. Some student-athletes have also created, initiated and implemented service projects and activities in the community. The Averett softball team has done a number of events to help serve the community. In the past, the Cougars have teamed up with other athletics teams at the university to host a sports clinic for participants of the Special Olympics in the Danville area. In addition, members of the softball team have done various projects for Habitat for Humanity, as well as visited a local senior citizens home to play games and spend time with its residents. The members softball team also team up with the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee during Halloween to collect cans and non-perishables. The “Can-oween” event collects approximately 500 cans annually for donation to needy charities around the area. As a whole, Averett University teamed up with the rest of the schools in the USA South Conference for an annual food drive during the fall. Averett collected canned goods and non-perishable items and delivered them to God’s Storehouse in Danville just before Thanksgiving. Averett University donates nearly 2,000 canned goods as a part of the USA South’s Cans Across the Conference each year since the initiative began in 2004. Across the conference, approximately 50,000 cans and other items are collected by the league’s schools each year. The event was created by the members of the USA South Athletic Conference StudentAthlete Advisory Committee in order to help those in need around the holiday season. REMOVE BACKGROUND BEFORE PRINTING
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Giving back
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ORGANIZATIONS AVERETT TEAMS UP WITH
Big Brothers Big Sisters: Numerous Averett student-athletes work with the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Danville to reach out to the city’s youth. Averett studentathletes mentor area kids and once a week they eat lunch at school with their “little.” Averett teams also invite the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization to group outings at games. Cancer Awareness: Each year, Averett teams and student-athletes promote cancer awareness. In addition to the volleyball program’s “Dig Pink” game, other Averett teams also get involved, such as football, which also wears pink wristbands and tape during select games in October. Habitat For Humanity: Averett student-athletes and coaches give back to the community throughout the school year. Many teams coordinate with the local
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Habitat For Humanity efforts. Teams work on numerous Habitat house in the Danville area. Pennies for a Purpose: In an effort to help worthy organizations during the spring semester, the USA South Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) developed “Pennies for a Purpose” in 2008. This community service initiative has raised more than $19,000 for local organizations. Averett has donated its collections in the past for such things such as earthquake relief in Haiti. Youth Camps/Outreach: Averett student-athletes enjoy reaching out to kids in the Danville area. Several teams hold youth clinics throughout the school year and encourage kids to come and learn new skills and techniques. Other teams also act as positive role models through various activities such as talking to kids in area schools or working with local youth sports organizations.
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Bren LaFlamme Taylor Seasons at Averett: 6 Hometown: Danville, Va. Education: Averett University (1998) Coaching Timeline: 1996-1998 Gretna High School Volleyball Head Coach
BREN TAYLOR HEAD COACH Since taking over as softball head coach in June 2010, Averett alumna Bren LaFlamme Taylor has turned Averett into a conference champion and a nationally recognized program. Her 2015 team has the most successful season in program history after winning the USA South Conference regular season championship and earning an at-large bid into the NCAA Regional. The team set single-season program records for overall wins (35) and conference victories (22) while notching its first NCAA Regional win in the process. Averett was ranked in the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Top 25 for most of the season, reaching as high as 13th in the poll. She produced two NFCA AllAmerica selections, four NFCA All-Region seletions and six USA South All-Conference performers, including USA South Player of the Year and USA South Pitcher of the Year.
Five of her players earned a spot on the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State Team, including the VaSID Player of the Year. Meanwhile, Taylor garnered USA South Coach of the Year honors from her peers, as well as VaSID Coach of the Year. In four of her first five seasons, she she has guided the Cougars to 20-win seasons. Her 2014 squad went 25-13 and had seven players earned USA South All-Conference honors, including USA South Rookie of the Year. She also coached one player to NFCA All-America Second Team and NFCA All-Region First Team honors. Three Cougars also earned Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State Team recognition, including Co-Rookie of the Year. In 2012, Taylor’s team finished with a 21-22 record, but the Cougars finished the year strong by winning eight of their last 10
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games that culminated with a third-place finish in the USA South Conference Tournament. In 2011, Averett finished 22-19 in her first season. Her 2013, filled with mostly sophomores and freshmen, went 15-23. In five seasons, Taylor has produced 28 all-conference selections, one USA South Player of the Year, Pitcher of the Year and Rookie of the Year, three NFCA All-America selections, five NFCA All-Region selection, 10 all-state selections, one all-state player of the year and one all-state rookie of the year. Taylor’s players have also succeeded in the classroom. In addition to numerous USA South Academic All-Conference selections, she has had two Capital One Academic AllAmerica selections and three Capital One
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Academic All-District selections. Taylor became the school’s fifth softball coach and the program’s first full-time softball coach since its inception in 1983. Taylor, who is a member of Averett’s Cougar Club Sports Hall of Fame and the USA South Conference Hall of Fame, was a four-year standout on Averett’s volleyball team from 1994-1997. The three-time conference player of the year and two-time conference tournament most valuable player was a 1997 American Volleyball Coaches Association Second-Team All-American selection and a two-time All-South Region pick. She still holds numerous program records. The Danville native and Tunstall High School graduate also starred on the Averett softball team during her sophomore year. She batted .369 with 21 runs scored and 12 RBIs during the 1996 season as a middle in-
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Assistant Coach l Fifth Season Danville, Va. l Montreat
Mary Katherine “M.K.” Pegram joined the Averett softball team as an assistant pitching coach in August 2014. Pegram is a native of Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, where she attended Harnett Central High School. In 2010, she was named Eastern North Carolina Pitcher of the Year, Greater Neuse Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year and The News & Observer Softball Player of the Year. After graduating from high school, Pegram attended Lander University in Greenwood, South Carolina, and she was a starting pitcher at Lander all four years of her collegiate career. Pegram graduated in May 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications. While at Lander, Pegram made the Peach Belt Conference Presidential Honor Roll. She also received the “Golden L” academic award, an honor awarded to students with a GPA of 3.5 or higher in their last 60 credit hours. Pegram is currently pursuing a Master of Business Administration at Averett University.
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Ronnie Dix has served as the Averett softball program’s assistant coach since the 2012 season. A native of the Danville area, Dix has a wealth of coaching knowledge in baseball and softball that dates back to 2000. From 2008-11, he coached the Blue Ridge Bombers 18U fast-pitch team. He was also an assistant softball coach at Tunstall High School from 2008-09. Priot to that, he assisted with the Tunstall baseball team from 2004-05 and coached the Danville Bulls 16U baseball team from 2000-04. Outside of athletics, Dix has worked for Nestle since 1988. He attended Montreat College from 1981-83, where he studied business administration. Dix lives in Danville with his wife, Sharon, and children, Corey and Taylor.
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Head Athletic Trainer l Fifth Season Providence, N.C. l Averett (‘08)
Athletic Training Assistant l Second Season Moundsville, W.Va. l Averett (‘14)
Thomas Underwood was named Averett’s head athletic trainer in July 2014 after serving as assistant athletic trainer since September 2011. Prior to joining Averett’s training staff, Underwood worked at Guilford Orthopaedic Clinic in Greensboro, N.C. Thomas is a graduate of Averett University with a bachelor’s degree in sports medicine. While at Averett as a student, Thomas worked with football, baseball and men’s soccer teams. He also had the opportunity to intern with the Green Bay Packers the summer of 2008. Thomas currently resides in Danville with his wife, Jennifer, and their children, Colton and Collins.
Stefan Varner joined the Averett athletic training staff in the summer of 2014. Varner returned to Averett after playing four seasons with the football program. Varner is Functional Movement Screen (FMS) Level 1 certified and is a member of the National Athletic Training Association. Also, as an undergraduate student at Averett , Varner was a peer tutor in the field of science and physical education, a supplemental peer instructor for lectures and lab in the sports medicine classes and was inducted into the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society, a part of Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities.
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Athletic Training Assistant l First Season Columbia, S.C. l Western Carolina (‘15)
Angela McNeely joined Averett University as its assistant athletic trainer in July 2014. A native of Danville, McNeely came to Averett with a wealth of experience in athletic training at the collegiate and high school level. In the spring of 2014, she served as an athletic training student with the Shenandoah University men’s basketball and baseball teams. Prior to that, McNeely was a student athletic trainer with the University of Richmond football team and several high schools in the Winchester, Va., area. McNeely received her master’s of science degree in athletic training from Shenandoah in May 2014. She completed her bachelor’s of science degree in kinesiology and psychology from Shenandoah in 2012.
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Laura Branham joined the Averett athletic training staff in the summer of 2015. Branham came to Averett after graduating from Western Carolina University with a degree in athletic training in May 2015. During her collegiate career, she gained experience working as an athletic training student with Coastal Carolina University’s football team as well as the men’s and women’s gymnastics teams at The College of William & Mary. Prior to that, Branham also served as an athletic training student for multiple events, including the Western North Carolina Athletic Conference Wrestling Tournament, Bluegrass State Games and the Valley of the Lilies Half Marathon. Branham gained additional experience working with multiple high schools in the Asheville, North Carolina, area.
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Dr. Tiffany M. Franks Averett University President Dr. Tiffany McKillip Franks became the president of Averett University on July 1, 2008. Through her collaborative, high energy, interpersonal leadership style, Averett has embarked on an exciting voyage of change and growth. The University is a place where big dreams can become bold futures. The University is experiencing record new student enrollment, andDr. is consistently ranked in the Top Tier of Regional Tiffany M. Franks Colleges in the South in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges Averett University President guide. Averett also recently learned that it has been included among Review’s Best Franks Regionalbecame Colleges, that it has been ranked Princeton Dr. Tiffany McKillip the President of Averett one of Virginia’s top 1, colleges return her on investment by Affordable University on July 2008. for Through collaborative, high enColleges Online, andleadership that it has style, been Averett named one America’son most ergy, interpersonal has of embarked an military-friendly schools by G.I. Jobs magazine for the fourth consecuexciting voyage of change and growth. The University is a place tive year. In addition, Colleges of Distinction recently announced that where big dreams can become bold futures. Averett is in the midst Averett has been named a 2013-2014 College of Distinction, “chosen of exciting growth, experiencing record new student enrollment. for its continued commitment to the Four Distinctions: Engaged StuAverett is ranked as a top tier regional college in U.S. News & dents, Great Teaching, Vibrant Community, and Successful Outcomes.” World Report’s Best Colleges 2011. the through first-hand knowledge With the first-hand knowledge sheWith gained conversations she constituents, gained through conversations with constituents, Dr. Franks with Franks and her leadership team constructed a straand her leadership team are laying the groundwork for a strategic tegic plan and have embarked on the University’s first comprehensive plan and major giving campaign that will grow Averett to becoming capital campaign that will grow Averett to becoming a premier higher a premier leader higherineducation leader in Southern Virginia. education Southern Virginia. With more 24 years ofyears senior-level administrative experience in With than 25 of senior-level administrative experience higher whenshe shewas was dean of in highereducation educationthat that began began when 2323 as as the the dean of stustudents, Franks’ leadership problem-solving expertise dents, Franks’ leadership stylestyle and and problem-solving expertise have led leadership roles in admissions, financialfinancial aid, student hasher led through her through leadership roles in admissions, aid, life, marketing and communications, public relations and fundraising. student life, marketing and communications, public relations and Before takingBefore the helm at Averett, sheatserved asshe the served executive fundraising. taking the helm Averett, as vice the president Greensboro College in North Carolina. Franks earned her ExecutiveatVice President at Greensboro College in North CaroBA from Ohio Dominican University; a master’s of science in education lina. from The Ohio Stateher University; her doctorate University; from the University Franks earned BA fromand Ohio Dominican a Masof Pennsylvania education ter’s of Scienceininhigher Education frommanagement. The Ohio State University; and Franks sees Averett’s role as a community building one and she her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in Higher Educurrently serves on the board of directors for the A.L. Philpott Manucation Management. facturing Extending Partnership, the Future of the Piedmont, the Dan Franks sees Averett’s role as a community building one and ville Pittsylvania Chamber of Commerce, The Boys and Girls Club and sheInstitute currently on the boardand of directors forFranks the Future the the forserves Advanced Learning Research. is theofpastPiedmont, the Danville Pittsylvania Chamber of Commerce, The chair of the Smart Beginnings Leadership Council of Danville PittsylBoys County and Girls Club, and the Institute for Advanced Learning vania and is a member of the Rotary Club of Danville andand the Research. Franks Wednesday Club. is the Chair of the Smart Beginnings Leadership Council of Danville is member of the She is married to JoePittsylvania Franks, whoCounty recentlyand retired as a long-time Rotary Clubteacher of Danville and men’s the Wednesday Club. high school and head and women’s golf coach at Grims High She School is married to Joe Franks who is aashigh school teacher, ley in Greensboro. Joe still serves the assistant director head and women’s golfAssociation. coach at Grimsley High School, and of the men’s North Carolina Coaches
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Meg Stevens Director of Athletics
Danny Miller Associate Director of Athletics
Drew Wilson Sports Information Director
Karmen Robinson Sports Information Assistant
Davin Wilson Sports Information Assistant
Mavis Brantley-Lloyd Administrative Assistant
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Name Jessica Long Jessica Griffin Mackenzie Barrett Brooke Cassada Rhyan Scearce Skylar Dudley Taylor Hodges Mary Beth Smith Andrea Grant Brooklyn Gibbey Essence Pulliam Taylor Dix Kristyn Owen Amanda Wright Samm Chandler
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Position INF/OF P C 1B OF INF OF P/OF C INF OF SS P 1B/P UTIL
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Hometown/High School Prospect Hill, N.C./Bartlett Yancey High School Elon, N.C./Western Alamance High School Powhatan, Va./Powhatan High School Ringgold, Va./Dan River High School Danville, Va./Dan River High School Chesapeake, Va./Hickory High School Winston-Salem, N.C./West Forsyth High School Elon, N.C./Bartlett Yancey High School Thomasville, N.C./East Davidson High School Huntersville, N.C./Hopewell High School Chase City, Va./Bluestone High School Danville, Va./Bartlett Yancey High School Skipwith, Va./Bluestone High School Salem, Va./Glenvar High School Burnsville, N.C./Mountain Heritage High School
Head coach: Bren Taylor Assistant coaches: M.K. Pegram, Ronnie Dix
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Avg GP-GS AB .464 38-38 125 .431 41-41 144 .446 79-79 269
R H 2B 37 58 11 54 62 7 91 120 18
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Junior l Outfielder/Infielder l 5’9” l R/R Prospect Hill, N.C. l Bartlett Yancey High School
Sophomore l Catcher l 5’5” l R/R Powhatan, Va. l Powhatan High School
3B HR 5 4 1 8 6 12
RBI 26 34 60
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TB 91 95 186
SLG% .728 .660 .691
BB 15 17 32
HBP 0 2 2
SO 6 7 13
GDP 0 0 0
OB% .518 .491 .503
SF 1 2 3
SH 0 1 1
SB 25 26 51
ATT PO 28 36 29 39 57 75
A E FLD% 59 7 .931 26 7 .903 85 14 .920
2015: Started all 41 games as a sophomore, playing in the outfield and at third base ... Batted .431 with seven doubles, one triple, a team-high eight home runs, 52 RBIs and a team-best 54 runs scored ... Finished with 26 stolen bases ... Voted to the USA South All-Conference First Team as an outfielder ... Selected to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region First Team as an outfielder ... Named the USA South Player of the Week on March 9 ... Selected to the 2015 Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State First Team as an outfielder. 2014: Started all 38 games as a freshman while playing outfield, shortstop and third base ... Batted a conference-best .464 with 58 hits, 11 doubles, five triples, four home runs, 26 RBIs and 37 runs scored ... Was 25-for-28 on stolen base attempts ... Named the 2014 USA South Conference Rookie of the Year ... Voted to the USA South All-Conference First Team as a utility player ... Voted to the NFCA All-America Second Team as a utility player ... Selected to the NFCA All-Atlantic Region First Team as a utility player ... Named the VaSID State CoRookie of the Year ... Chosen to the VaSID All-State First Team as a utility player ... Named the USA South Rookie of the Week twice (Feb. 17 and Feb. 24). Personal: Daughter of Stephen and Jane Long ... Majoring in biomedical sciences ... Born on Oct. 7, 1995.
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ERA W 4.53 3 2.58 1 1.41 11 2.87 15
L App 2 11 2 7 1 25 5 43
GS 5 2 17 24
CG 1 0 7 8
SHO 1 0 4 5
CBO 0 1 3 4
SV 1 0 1 2
BB HBP 0 0 0 0 5 3 5 3
SO GDP 0 0 2 0 8 0 10 0
IP H R ER BB SO 29.1 32 19 19 17 20 19.0 20 18 7 5 12 89.2 81 36 18 36 66 138.0 133 73 44 58 98
2B 4 3 11 18
HR 2 3 2 7
BF B/Avg 113 .283 78 .256 389 .235 580 .269
WP 2 1 15 18
HBP 5 0 9 14
2015: Appeared in 24 games, making 17 starts as a freshman ... Batted .222 with one double, two RBIs and four runs scored ... Selected as Averett’s representative on the USA South Conference All-Sportsmanship Team. Personal: Daughter of Eric and Laura Barrett ... Majoring in education ... Born on Aug. 16, 1995.
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Freshman l First Base l 5’8” l R/R Ringgold, Va. l Dan River High School
OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% .000 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 1.000 .000 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 .714 .405 2 0 1 1 5 15 0 1.000 .378 2 0 1 1 9 28 2 .949
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Senior l Pitcher l 5’6” l R/R Elon, N.C. l Western Alamance High School Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% 2013* .000 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2014* .000 2-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2015 .281 29-19 32 11 9 3 0 2 16 18 .563 TOTAL .257 32-21 35 11 9 3 0 2 16 18 .514
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Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2015 .222 24-17 27 4 6 1 0 0 2 7 .259 0 0 4 0 .222 0 1 0 0 87 13 1 .990 TOTAL .222 24-17 27 4 6 1 0 0 2 7 .259 0 0 4 0 .222 0 1 0 0 87 13 1 .990
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Cassada is in her first year at Averett. Personal: Daughter of Danny and Tammy Cassada ... Majoring in accounting ... Born on Aug. 2, 1997.
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2015: Appeared in 29 games in her first year at Averett after transferring from Division II Pfeiffer University ... Pitched in 25 games, making 17 starts ... Finished with an 11-1 record with one save ... Struck out 66 batters and had a 1.41 earned run average in 89 2/3 innings pitched ... Selected to the USA South All-Conference Second Team as a pitcher. 2014 (at Pfeiffer): Made seven appearances in the pitching circle, including two starts ... Compiled a 1-2 record with a 2.58 earned run average and 12 strikeouts in 19 innings of work. 2013 (at Pfeiffer): Appeared as a pitcher in 11 games starting in five … Posted a 3-2 record with one save, 20 strikeouts and a 4.53 earned run average. Personal: Daughter of Jamie and Teresa Griffin ... Majoring in wellness & sports medicine ... Born on Jan. 16, 1994.
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Avg GP-GS AB .182 13-8 22 .301 37-36 103 .297 41-40 91 .287 91-84 216
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Senior l Outfielder l 5’4” l R/R Danville, Va. l Dan River High School
Freshman l Outfielder l 5’0” l L/R Winston-Salem, N.C. l West Forsyth High School
3B HR 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 3
RBI 4 25 22 51
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TB 5 38 42 85
SLG% .227 .369 .462 .394
BB 2 12 16 30
HBP 0 1 0 1
SO 4 12 15 31
GDP 0 1 0 1
OB% .250 .379 .398 .375
SF 0 0 1 1
SH 2 4 1 7
SB 1 4 4 9
ATT PO A E FLD% 1 5 1 0 1.000 5 260 7 6 .978 4 273 12 5 .983 10 538 20 11 .981
Hodges is in her first year at Averett. Personal: Daughter of Johnny and Julie Hodges ... Majoring in biomedical science ... Born on July 20, 1997.
2015: Played in all 41 games, making 40 starts mostly at first base ... Batted .297 with seven doubles, one triple, two home runs, 22 RBIs and 16 runs scored ... Selected to the NCAA Atlanta Region All-Tournament Team... Earned USA South Academic All-Conference honors. 2014: Played in 37 games, making 36 starts while mostly playing first base ... Batted .301 with 31 hits, four doubles, one home run, 25 RBIs and 20 runs scored ... Named the USA South Conference Player of the Week on March 24. 2013: Played in 13 games, making eight starts ... Batted .182 with three runs scored, four RBIs and one double ... Earned USA South Academic All-Conference honors. Personal: Daughter of Donnie and Poogie Scearce ... Majoring in athletic training ... Born on Feb. 3, 1994.
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Dudley Freshman l Third Base l 5’7” l R/R Chesapeake, Va. l Hickory High School
Dudley is in her first year at Averett. Personal: Daughter of Rommel and Jennifer Dudley ... Majoring in nursing ... Born on Dec. 16, 1996.
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Avg GP-GS AB .000 11-3 0 .368 36-34 106 .451 40-37 122 .368 87-74 228
R H 0 0 25 39 27 55 52 94
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ERA 3.37 2.87 1.50 2.27
GS 3 18 19 40
W 1 14 19 34
L App 2 11 8 27 4 30 14 68
2B 0 11 17 28
CG 1 14 12 27
3B HR 0 0 0 2 2 5 2 7
SHO 0 4 4 8
CBO 1 0 3 4
CAREER STATISTICS
RBI 0 25 52 77
TB SLG% 0 .000 56 .528 91 .746 147 .645
BB 0 12 12 24
HBP 0 1 0 1
SO 0 8 10 18
GDP 0 0 0 0
SV 0 1 1 2
IP H R ER BB SO 2B 27.0 35 20 13 27 14 5 136.2 114 81 56 59 111 22 144.1 104 52 31 57 152 18 308.0 253 153 100 143 277 45
OB% .000 .426 .493 .461
3B 0 3 0 3
HR 5 2 5 12
SF 0 3 2 5
SH 0 1 2 3
SB 0 5 7 12
BF B/Avg 143 .310 602 .219 624 .194 1369 .216
ATT PO 0 1 5 13 7 19 12 33
WP 0 19 14 23
HBP 3 9 7 19
A E FLD% 10 0 1.000 51 7 .901 38 7 .891 99 14 .904 BK 0 1 0 1
SFA SHA 0 0 2 11 5 18 7 29
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2015: Appeared in 40 games, making 37 starts as a junior ... Pitched in 30 games, going 19-4 with one save, a 1.50 earned run average and 152 strikeouts in 144 1/3 innings ... Batted .451 with 17 doubles, two triples, five home runs, 52 RBIs and 27 runs scored ... Named the USA South Conference Pitcher of the Year ... Voted to the USA South All-Conference First Team as a pitcher ... Named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-Region Second Team as an at-large selection ... Named to the NCAA Atlanta Region All-Tournament Team ... Selected as the USA South Pitcher of the Week five times (Feb. 23, March 2, March 9, March 16 and March 30) and the USA South Player of the Week once (April 6) ... Selected to the 2015 Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) All-State First Team as a pitcher... Earned USA South Academic All-Conference honors. 2014: Appeared in 36 games, making 34 starts in her first year at Averett after transferring from Division I East Carolina University ... Went 14-8 with one save in 18 starts and 27 appearances in the pitching circle ... Recorded 111 strikeouts with a 2.87 earned run average in 136.2 innings pitched ... Batted .368 with 39 hits, 11 doubles, two home runs, 25 RBIs and 25 runs scored ... Went 5-for-5 on stolen base attempts ... Voted to the USA South All-Conference Third Team as a pitcher. 2013 (at East Carolina): Pitched in 11 games with three starts in the circle ... Went 1-2 with 14 strikeouts in 27.0 innings worked. Personal: Daughter of Jeff and Cheryl Smith ... Majoring in business ... Born on Feb. 18, 1994
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Freshman l Catcher l 5’5” l R/R Thomasville, N.C. l East Davidson High School
Freshman l Outfielder l 5’7” l R/R Chase City, Va. l Bluestone High School
Grant is in her first year at Averett. Personal: Daughter of Mike and Amy Sowers ... Majoring in nursing ... Born on Sept. 9, 1997.
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Pulliam is in her first year at Averett. Personal: Daughter of Derrick and Mary Pulliam ... Majoring in athletic training ... Born on Aug. 5, 1997.
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Freshman l Infielder l 5’1” l R/R Huntersville, N.C. l Hopewell High School
Senior l Infielder l 5’7” l L/R Danville, Va. l Bartlett Yancey High School
Gibbey is in her first year at Averett. Personal: Daughter of Richard Gibbey and Virginia Kearns ... Major is undecided ... Born on Jan. 13, 1997.
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Year 2013 2014 2015 TOTAL
Avg GP-GS AB .409 38-38 115 .481 17-8 27 .540 41-41 124 .477 96-87 266
R H 2B 25 47 9 11 13 1 48 67 22 84 127 32
3B HR 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 3
RBI 25 9 58 92
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TB 58 14 98 170
SLG% .504 .519 .790 .639
BB 13 4 26 43
HBP 0 0 1 1
SO 6 1 5 12
GDP 0 1 1 2
OB% .469 .548 .606 .545
SF 0 0 4 4
SH 1 0 4 5
SB 2 5 8 15
ATT PO 4 74 5 16 9 54 18 144
A E FLD% 88 7 .959 17 2 .943 80 12 .918 185 21 .940
2015: Started all 41 games at shortstop as a junior ... Set the USA South Conference single-season record with a .540 batting average, which led the nation ... Led the conference with 22 doubles ... Finished with three home runs, 58 RBIs and 48 runs scored ... Named to the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America Second Team at shortstop ... Selected to the NFCA All-Region First Team at shortstop ... Voted the 2015 USA South Conference Player of the Year ... Named to the USA South All-Conference First Team as a shortstop ... Chosen to the USA South All-Tournament Team ... Named the 2015 Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) State Player of the Year ... Selected to the 2015 VaSID All-State First Team at shortstop ... Selected as the USA South Player of the Week on March 16 ... Voted to the Capital One Academic All-America Second Team presented by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) ... Named to the Capital One Academic All-District Team presented by CoSIDA ... Earned USA South Academic All-Conference honors ... Selected to the VaSID Academic All-State Team. 2014: Played in 17 games as a sophomore ... Started the first eight games at shortstop before suffering a hand injury ... Batted .481 with 13 hits, one double, nine RBIs and 11 runs scored ... 5-for-5 on stolen base attempts. 2013: Started all 38 games as a freshman ... Batted a teamhigh .409 with a 25 RBIs, 25 runs scored, nine doubles and one triple ... Named to the USA South All-Conference First Team as a shortstop ... Earned USA South Academic All-Conference honors. Personal: Daughter of Ronnie and Sharon Dix ... Majoring in psychology ... Born on Dec. 1, 1993.
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Sophomore l Utility l 5’10” l R/R Burnsville, N.C. l Mountain Heritage High School
Owen is in her first year at Averett. Personal: Daughter of Paul and Tina Owen ... Majoring in athletic training ... Born on March 18, 1997.
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Chandler is in her first season with the Averett softball program. Personal: Daughter of Frank and Karen Chandler ... Majoring in biology ... Born on Aug. 26, 1995 ... Also a member of the women’s basketball program.
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Year Avg GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB ATT PO A E FLD% 2015* .400 2-2 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .600 0 0 1 0 .400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 TOTAL .400 2-2 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .600 0 0 1 0 .400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 *Stats at King University
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Date Opponent Feb. 14 Salem College (DH) Feb. 20 Feb. 20 Feb. 21 Feb. 21
Location Winston-Salem, N.C.
Emory University Softball Invitational #3 DePauw University Atlanta, Ga. #18 Emory University Atlanta, Ga. #3 DePauw University Atlanta, Ga. #18 Emory University Atlanta, Ga.
Time 1 p.m. 10 a.m. 2 p.m. 12 p.m. 2 p.m.
Feb. 24 Randolph College (DH) Lynchburg, Va. Feb. 27 #14 Virginia Wesleyan College (DH) Virginia Beach, Va. Feb. 28 #12 Christopher Newport University (DH) Newport News, Va. March 2 Lynchburg College (DH) Danville, Va. March 5 Guilford College (DH) Danville, Va. March 6 Methodist University (DH)* Danville, Va. March 9 N.C. Wesleyan College (DH) Rocky Mount, N.C. March 12 Roanoke College (DH) Salem, Va. March 13 Greensboro College (DH)* Greensboro, N.C. March 19 Covenant College (DH)* Lookout Mountain, Ga. March 20 Piedmont College (DH)* Demorest, Ga. March 25 Huntingdon College (DH)* Danville, Va. March 26 LaGrange College (DH)* Danville, Va. April 2 Ferrum College (DH)* Danville, Va. April 3 Mary Baldwin College (DH)* Danville, Va. April 9 William Peace University (DH)* Raleigh, N.C. April 10 Meredith College (DH)* Raleigh, N.C. USA South Conference Tournament April 15-17 TBA Rocky Mount, N.C.
1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 2 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. TBA
* Denotes USA South Conference match
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One of the oldest Division III conferences in the nation, the USA South Conference was born as the Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1963 when six institutions with similar philosophies of academics and athletics joined as founding members. Those colleges were Charlotte College (now UNC-Charlotte), College of Charleston (S.C.), Methodist College (now Methodist University), North Carolina Wesleyan College, St. Andrews Presbyterian College and Lynchburg College. The basis for the new athletic conference was that participation would be strictly amateur, and thus no athletically awarded financial aid or athletic scholarships would be awarded. That philosophy still exists today. In February 2003, it was announced that the Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference would change its name to the USA South Athletic Conference. The name change was made official on July 1, 2003, and the first USA South Athletic Conference championships were awarded in the fall of 2003. The Conference was originally affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and remained with that affiliation until 1973. At that time, the NCAA divided into three legislative and competitive divisions, with Division III allowing membership for nonathletic scholarship institutions only. The Dixie joined the NCAA, and in so doing, became one of the first conferences accepted into Division III. Since the inception of Division III, the USA South has been a leader in many areas, and has gained an outstanding regional and national reputation in a number of sports. The Conference sponsored athletic programs for men only until 1981. In that year, the NCAA expanded its sponsorship to include women’s sports, and the Dixie followed that lead by including women’s sports. The Conference now sponsors championships in men’s and women’s
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cross country, men’s and women’s soccer, women’s volleyball, football, men’s and women’s basketball, baseball, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, golf and women’s lacrosse for a total of 14 sports. Presently, the conference features 13 institutions, three in Virginia, five in North Carolina, three in Georgia, one in Tennessee and one in Alabama. Averett University, Covenant College, Ferrum College, Greensboro College, Huntingdon College, LaGrange College, Mary Baldwin College, Maryville College, Meredith College, Piedmont College and William Peace University have joined Methodist and N.C. Wesleyan and make up today’s conference full-time membership. The USA South will welcome three new members in 2016-17 as Agnes Scott College, Salem College and Wesleyan College bring the total membership to 16 institutions. Brevard College will be added to the conference in 2017.
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Year Regular Season Champion(s) 1982* UNC-Greensboro 1983* UNC-Greensboro 1984* UNC-Greensboro 1985 Methodist 1986 Virginia Wesleyan 1987 Virginia Wesleyan 1988 N.C. Wesleyan 1989 Virginia Wesleyan, N.C. Wesleyan 1990 Christopher Newport 1991 Christopher Newport, Methodist 1992 Christopher Newport 1993 Christopher Newport 1994 Christopher Newport, N.C. Wesleyan, Ferrum, Methodist 1995 Christopher Newport, Averett, N.C. Wesleyan, Ferrum 1996 N.C. Wesleyan, Christopher Newport 1997 Christopher Newport 1998 Christopher Newport 1999 Methodist 2000 Methodist, Christopher Newport 2001 Christopher Newport 2002 Christopher Newport, Methodist 2003 Christopher Newport, Chowan 2004 Christopher Newport 2005 Methodist 2006 Methodist 2007 Christopher Newport 2008 Shenandoah 2009 Christopher Newport 2010 Christopher Newport 2011 Christopher Newport 2012 Christopher Newport 2013 Ferrum, Piedmont 2014 Piedmont 2015 Averett
Tournament Champion NCAA Berth(s) N.C. Wesleyan None UNC-Greensboro None N.C. Wesleyan None Methodist None Virginia Wesleyan Virginia Wesleyan Virginia Wesleyan None UNC-Greensboro None Virginia Wesleyan None Methodist None Methodist None Methodist None Christopher Newport Christopher Newport Christopher Newport None Christopher Newport Christopher Newport N.C. Wesleyan None Christopher Newport None N.C. Wesleyan N.C. Wesleyan, Christopher Newport N.C. Wesleyan N.C. Wesleyan, Methodist Methodist Methodist Christopher Newport Christopher Newport Ferrum Ferrum, Christopher Newport Methodist Methodist Averett Averett Ferrum Ferrum Methodist Methodist Methodist Methodist, Christopher Newport Christopher Newport Methodist, Christopher Newport Christopher Newport Christopher Newport Greensboro Greensboro, Christopher Newport Shenandoah Shenandoah, Christopher Newport Ferrum Ferrum, Christopher Newport Christopher Newport Christopher Newport, Piedmont Piedmont Piedmont LaGrange Averett, LaGrange
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2015 USA South Conference Regular Season Champions
2015 SEASON CONFERENCE TITLE & NCAA REGIONAL The 2015 season was a banner year for Averett University softball. The Cougars broke numerous records and achieved a number of milestones. Averett set program records for overall wins (35) and conference wins (22) while finishing 35-5-1. In addition to winning the second conference regular season championship in program histo-
ry, the Cougars also earned an at-large bid into the NCAA Regional to make the postseason for the second time ever. Averett set the bar in Division III by batting a nation-best .385 as a team. Individually, Taylor Dix led the country with her .540 batting average, which was a new mark for the USA South Conference as well.
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Averett had two players earn AllAmerica and Academic All-America honors, four all-region players and six all-conference selections, including the USA South Player of the Year and Pitcher of the Year. Coach Bren Taylor was named the USA South Coach of the Year and State Coach of the Year in just her fifth season.
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---------------USA South Conference--------------- Record Win % 22-1 .957 15-7 .682 15-9 .625 14-10 .583 13-10 .565 13-11 .542 13-11 .542 13-11 .542 13-11 .542 9-15 .375 8-16 .333 4-18 .182 1-23 .042
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Player of the Year: Taylor Dix, Averett Pitcher of the Year: Mary Beth Smith, Averett Rookie of the Year: Jessica Bagwell, Piedmont Rookie Pitcher of the Year: Courtney Rudd, Ferrum Coach of the Year: Bren Taylor, Averett First Team 1B - Allyson Yeager, Greensboro 2B - Emily Dunford, Averett 3B - Abby Smith, Piedmont SS - Taylor Dix, Averett C - Alison Jiles, LaGrange DP - Morgan Farmer, William Peace Util - Amanda White, Meredith OF - Samantha Hall, Averett OF - Jessica Long, Averett OF - Jackie Nicholson, Greensboro P - Courtney Rudd, Ferrum P - Mary Beth Smith, Averett Second Team 1B - Lindsay Tippett, Methodist 2B - Danielle Newbern, LaGrange 3B - Jordan Brett, Covenant SS - Sarah Connolly, Greensboro C - Shay Poteat, William Peace DP - Emily Barrs, LaGrange Util - Jessica Bagwell, Piedmont OF - Laura Carter, Piedmont OF - Caitlyn Hogg, Maryville OF - Lindsey Slover, Ferrum P - Jessica Griffin, Averett P - Sarah Walker, Piedmont
Honorable Mention Team 1B - Amber Coffin, Ferrum 1B - Dani Gravett, LaGrange 2B - Eran Artigues, Meredith 3B - Lindsey Wiggins, William Peace SS - Brittany Manning, N.C. Wesleyan SS - Whitney Wolfe, Piedmont C - Ally Griffin, Methodist DP - Amanda Roberts, Ferrum Util - Jasmine Edgren, N.C. Wesleyan OF - Kendra Hoes, N.C. Wesleyan OF - Brittainy Rush, Greensboro OF - Brandi Stamey, William Peace P - Logan Lowery, N.C. Wesleyan P - Lauren Martin, William Peace P - Katy Messick, Huntingdon All-Sportsmanship Mackenzie Barrett, Averett Kaitlyn Sirmons, Covenant Mika Smith, Ferrum Kali Puckett, Greensboro Gabby Alcantar, Huntingdon Danielle Newbern, LaGrange Destiny Rodriguez, Mary Baldwin Jessica McMahan, Maryville Alyssa D’Arco, Meredith McKenna Mitchell, Methodist Abigail Leonard, N.C. Wesleyan Whitney Wolfe, Piedmont Michelle Sheldon-Gregorio, William Peace
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----- ----------------------Overall----- ---------------------Record Win % 35-5-1 .866 23-15-1 .603 23-17 .575 25-16 .610 20-18 .526 22-22 .500 17-14 .548 17-17 .500 19-19 .500 15-19 .441 14-25 .359 11-21 .344 7-31 .184 USA South Tournament Results Day 1: LaGrange 7, Huntingdon 1; Averett 8, N.C. Wesleyan 0 (6 innings); Greensboro 9, Ferrum 5; William Peace 5, Piedmont 1; LaGrange 3, Averett 2 (11 innings); Huntingdon 3, N.C. Wesleyan 1; Piedmont 4, Ferrum 3; Greensboro 2, William Peace 0. Day 2: Averett 2, Piedmont 0; William Peace 5, Huntingdon 0; LaGrange 8, Greensboro 1; William Peace 11, Averett 2 (5 innings); William Peace 10, Greensboro 6. Day 3: William Peace 10, LaGrange 4; LaGrange 11, William Peace 1 (5 innings). All-Tournament Team DP - Morgan Farmer, William Peace C - Shay Poteat, William Peace 1B - Dani Gravett, LaGrange (MVP) 2B - Danielle Newbern, LaGrange 3B - Lindsey Wiggins, William Peace SS - Taylor Dix, Averett OF - Jackie Nicholson, Greensboro OF - Lindsey Hogan, LaGrange OF - Christy Flick, LaGrange P - Olivia Wolfe, LaGrange P - Heather Dindinger, William Peace NCAA Tournament Results Atlanta Regional at Atlanta, Ga.: Day 1: Averett 4, Berry 1; Emory 2, LaGrange 0. Day 2: Emory 1, Averett 0; Berry 10, LaGrange 2; Berry 3, Averett 1.
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2015 Averett Softball Results Date Opponent Feb. 7 Bluefield College (DH) Feb. 13 Salem College (DH) Feb. 22 Guilford College (DH) Feb. 25 Southern Virginia University (DH) March 2 #5 Christopher Newport University March 7 Maryville College (DH)* March 8 N.C. Wesleyan College (DH)* March 12 Methodist University (DH)* March 14 Greensboro College (DH)* March 15 Roanoke College (DH) March 18 University of Virginia at Wise (DH) March 21 Meredith College (DH)* March 22 Mary Baldwin College (DH)* March 28 LaGrange College (DH)* March 29 Huntingdon College* March 31 Virginia Wesleyan College (DH) April 3 Ferrum College (DH)* April 4 William Peace University (DH)* April 10 Covenant College (DH)* April 12 Piedmont College (DH)* April 17 April 17 April 18 April 18
N.C. Wesleyan College LaGrange College Piedmont College William Peace University
May 8 May 9 May 9
Berry College #7 Emory University Berry College
Location Result Danville, Va. W, 19-3 (6 innings)/W, 15-0 (5 innings) Danville, Va. W, 3-0/T, 4-4 (5 innings, Darkness) Greensboro, N.C. W, 4-2/W, 6-5 Danville, Va. W, 22-0 (5 innings)/W, 23-3 (5 innings) Danville, Va. W, 12-8 Danville, Va. W, 10-2 (6 innings)/W, 6-4 Danville, Va. W, 6-3/W, 8-7 (8 innings) Fayetteville, N.C. W, 3-1/W, 9-0 (5 innings) Danville, Va. W, 10-1 (5 innings)/W, 9-0 (5 innings) Danville, Va. W, 6-3/W, 4-0 Wise, Va. Canceled Danville, Va. W, 9-1 (5 innings)/W, 12-0 (5 innings) Staunton, Va. W, 13-5/ W, 16-3 (5 innings) LaGrange, Ga. W, 11-0 (5 innings)/W, 15-4 Montgomery, Ala. W, 12-1 (5 innings) Virginia Beach, Va. Canceled Ferrum, Va. L, 7-2/W, 1-0 Raleigh, N.C. W, 5-1/W, 14-8 Danville, Va. W, 3-0/W, 8-4 Danville, Va. W, 10-7/W, 5-1
USA South Conference Tournament Rocky Mount, N.C. Rocky Mount, N.C. Rocky Mount, N.C. Rocky Mount, N.C. NCAA Regional Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga.
W, 8-0 L, 3-2 (11 innings) W, 2-0 L, 11-2 (5 innings) W, 4-1 L, 1-0 L, 3-1
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Player
Taylor Dix Samantha Hall Mary Beth Smith Jessica Long Emily Dunford Laura Young Jessye Crews Rhyan Scearce Meredith Rudisill Amy Hamlett -------------------Olivia Cooper Jessica Griffin Mackenzie Barrett Logan Barefoot Taylor Mahaffey Totals
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Averett Softball Overall2015 Statistics for Averett (asStatistics of Jan 25, 2016) Averett Softball (All games Sorted by Batting avg)
Record: 35-5-1
avg gp-gs
.540 .500 .451 .431 .390 .351 .306 .297 .255 .220
41-41 40-40 40-37 41-41 41-39 39-31 38-36 41-40 39-31 31-12
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41
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r
124 136 122 144 105 94 85 91 94 41
48 52 27 54 30 19 24 16 17 7
19 13 32 11 27 4 11 5 7 7
h
Away: 12-1
2b 3b hr
67 22 68 1 55 17 62 7 41 10 33 5 26 7 27 7 24 4 9 0
bb hp
so gdp
ob% sf sh sb-att
po
a
e fld%
3 0 5 8 0 6 1 2 1 0
98 69 91 95 51 58 36 42 31 9
.790 .507 .746 .660 .486 .617 .424 .462 .330 .220
26 9 12 17 18 9 17 16 8 9
1 1 0 2 3 0 6 0 1 0
5 9 10 7 11 18 4 15 12 5
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.606 .534 .493 .491 .481 .400 .445 .398 .317 .346
4 0 2 2 3 2 2 1 1 2
4 8-9 54 4 45-49 34 2 7-7 19 1 26-29 39 9 6-6 68 1 1-1 8 3 3-3 56 1 4-4 273 2 3-3 120 0 1-1 5
80
12 .918
0 0 0 0 0
0 4 7 2 16 18 0 2 7 0 2 2 0 1 2
.368 .563 .259 .182 .286
1 5 0 3 1
1 3 0 0 0
2 8 4 1 1
0 0 0 0 0
.364 .405 .222 .357 .250
1 2 0 0 0
1 0 1 1 1
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6
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86
5 28
992 107 220
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7
58 9 52 34 25 20 14 22 29 3
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tb slg%
USA South: 22-2
0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
6 9 6 2 1
rbi
Neutral: 3-4
616
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91 279
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5-5 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-1
.457 22 31 112-120
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9 25 26-35
0
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38
7 .891
26
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61
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1
1 .900
48
9 .920
12
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6
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6
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4
0
1 .800
5
15
0 1.000
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13
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2
5
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8
2
782
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0 1.000 57
731 295
.951
68 .938
LOB - Team (290), Opp (256). DPs turned - Team (11), Opp (6). CI - Team (1), M. Barrett 1. IBB - Team (1), Jessica Long 1. Picked off - E. Dunford 1, Jessica Long 1.
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era
w-l
1.41 11-1 1.50 19-4 3.85 5-0
app gs
cg
sho
h
r
er
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1 89.2 81 1 144.1 104 0 23.2 32
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ip
so
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3b
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9 7 2
0 0 0
3 5 5 18 1 2
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0
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0
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3
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0
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0
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0
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1.75
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41 41
19
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2
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220
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65
98
230
38
0
7
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32 19
0
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9
25
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5-34
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16
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0
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281
151
112
86
5
28
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1 22
31
PB - Team (11), M. Barrett 7, M. Rudisill 4, Opp (6). Pickoffs - Team (0), Opp (2). SBA/ATT - M.B. Smith (13-19), M. Barrett (11-17), M. Rudisill (10-12), J. Griffin (8-10), Jessye Crews (5-6), Amy Hamlett (3-4), T. Mahaffey (2-2).
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Overall Conference Year Record PCT Record PCT Head Coach 1985 3-8 .273 Joy Richman 1986 9-26 .257 7-21 .250 Joy Richman 1987 7-15 .318 2-11 .154 Joy Richman 1988 8-16 .333 3-11 .214 Joy Richman 1989 5-12 .294 4-8 .333 Joy Richman 1990 2-14 .125 0-10 .000 Stephanie Durow-O’Brien 1991 2-16 .111 0-8 .000 Stephanie Durow-O’Brien 1992 3-25 .107 0-8 .000 Stephanie Durow-O’Brien 1993 2-14 .125 0-6 .000 Kathy Bocock 1994 2-32 .059 0-10 .000 Kathy Bocock 1995* 16-18 .471 6-4 .600 Kathy Bocock 1996 17-22 .436 4-6 .400 Kathy Bocock 1997 18-18 .500 4-6 .400 Kathy Bocock 1998 10-21 .323 0-10 .000 Kathy Bocock 1999 20-14 .588 6-4 .600 Kathy Bocock 2000 30-13 .698 8-4 .667 Kathy Bocock 2001 27-17 .614 7-5 .583 Kathy Bocock 2002 23-18 .561 9-5 .643 Kathy Bocock 2003 19-15 .559 6-6 .500 Kathy Bocock 2004#^ 20-22 .476 8-8 .500 Kathy Bocock 2005 12-26 .316 4-10 .286 Kathy Bocock 2006 11-29 .275 4-10 .286 Kathy Bocock 2007 10-25 .286 3-11 .214 Kathy Bocock 2008 8-23 .258 3-13 .188 Stefanie Anderson 2009 20-17 .541 7-11 .389 Stefanie Anderson 2010 5-25 .167 4-14 .222 Stefanie Anderson 2011 22-20 .524 8-10 .444 Bren LaFlamme Taylor 2012 21-22 .488 8-10 .444 Bren LaFlamme Taylor 2013 15-23 .395 9-13 .409 Bren LaFlamme Taylor 2014 25-13 .658 18-6 .750 Bren LaFlamme Taylor 2015*^ 35-5-1 .866 22-1 .957 Bren LaFlamme Taylor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Totals 424-576-1 .424 167-268 .384 REMOVE BACKGROUND BEFORE PRINTING
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All-TIME COACHING RECORDS Coach Years Joy Richman 1985-1989 Stephanie Durow-O’Brien 1990-1992 Kathy Bocock 1993-2007 Stefanie Anderson 2008-2010 Bren LaFlamme Taylor* 2011-Present
Overall 29-69 7-55 237-304 32-65 118-83-1
Pct. .296 .113 .438 .330 .587
Conference Pct. 19-59 .244 0-26 .000 69-105 .397 14-38 .269 65-40 .619
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NCAA Appearances 2004, 2015 NCAA Results 2004: Bethany 2, Averett 0 Emory 4, Averett 0 2015: Averett 4, Berry 1 Emory 1, Averett 0 Berry 3, Averett 1
Conference Championships Regular Season Championships 1995, 2015 Tournament Championships 2004
Conference Coach of the Year 2007 2015
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National/Regional Honors NCFA All-America Team 2014 Jessica Long 2015 Taylor Dix Samantha Hall
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NCFA All-Region 2014 Jessica Long 2015 Taylor Dix Samantha Hall Jessica Long Mary Beth Smith
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Academic All-America (CoSIDA) 2015 Taylor Dix Samantha Hall
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Academic All-District (CoSIDA) 2014 Jessye Crews 2015 Taylor Dix Samantha Hall VaSID All-State Coach of the Year 2015 Bren Taylor VaSID All-State Player of the Year 2015 Taylor Dix VaSID All-State Rookie of the Year 2014 Jessica Long
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Conference Honors USA South Player of the Year Year Player 1991 Judi Overbey 2015 Taylor Dix USA South Pitcher of the Year Year Player 2015 Mary Beth Smith USA South Rookie of the Year 2014 Jessica Long USA South Rookie Pitcher of the Year Year Player 2003 Heather Mull USA South All-Conference Selections Year Player Position Team 1986 Pat Barbour DH First Team 1987 Pat Barbour OF First Team 1988 Mary Manderfield OF Second Team 1989 Robin Hodnett 2B First Team Mary Manderfield OF Second Team 1990 Melanie Stanley OF Second Team 1991 Judi Overbey C Second Team Dawn Hamlet P Second Team 1992 Lynn Haden OF First Team Dawn Hamlet P Second Team Julia Huff OF Second Team 1993 Pam Dobbs 3B Second Team Judi Overbey C Second Team 1994 Pam Dobbs 3B Second Team 1995 Pam Dobbs OF First Team Michelle Hallett 3B Second Team Kelly Witt SS Second Team
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Michelle Hallett OF Kelly Witt SS Lisa Morris C Lisa Morris C Michelle Hallett OF Shannon Yopp P Angie Stover DH Lisa Morris C Mandy Adkins SS Lindi Beamon DH Amber Lowery UTIL Kelly Jefferson P Jion Ward OF Crystal Chandler 3B Lindi Beamon C Vanessa Tinsley DH Kelly Jefferson P Crystal Boyd 2B Kristy Crews OF Amber Lowery P Crystal Chandler 3B Kristy Crews OF Lindi Beamon DH Magen Powell 2B Laura Bowman C Magen Powell 2B Laura Bowman C Kelly Jefferson OF Rachel Turner OF Magen Powell 3B Jeri Hughes OF Laura Bowman C Katie Jimmo 3B Laura Bowman C Katie Jimmo 3B Stacey McLenaghan Heather Mull Brittany Estep P Brittany Estep DP Sara Lassiter UTIL Amy Green C Sandra Dennison P Lauren Daniel OF Heather Francisco UTIL Emily Atkinson C Heather Carnes 1B Brooke Hensley UTIL Heather Carnes 1B Jenna Rudder SS Lauren Daniel OF Emily Atkinson C Nicole DeFilippo P Leah Gibson 2B Emily Atkinson C Morgan Jones OF Brooke Hensley DP Taylor Dix SS Jenna Rudder UTIL Brooke Hensley 1B Jessye Crews C Lauren Averitt OF Jessica Long UTIL
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USA South All-Tournament Selections Year Player 1985 Earlene Jackson OF 1996 Brenda LaFlamme P Shannon Yopp 3B Michelle Hallett (Co-MVP) OF 1997 Michelle Hallett OF Angie Stover DH 1999 Lindi Beamon C Jion Ward OF 2000 LaToya Thomas 1B Crystal Boyd SS 2001 Kristy Crews OF 2002 Magen Powell 2B Laura Bowman C Kelly Jefferson OF 2003 Magen Powell 2B LaToya Jones OF 2004 Brittany Estep (MVP) P Heather Mull P Katie Jimmo 3B Laura Bowman C LaToya Jones OF 2005 Katie Jimmo 3B 2008 Sandra Dennison P 2009 Sandra Dennison P 2012 Lauren Averitt OF 2015 Taylor Dix SS USA South All-Sportsmanship Team Year Player 2008 Heather Trainum 2009 Ashley Smith 2010 Jenna Rudder 2011 Brittany Moore 2012 Amy Hamlett 2013 Taylor Mahaffey 2014 Taylor Mahaffey 2015 Mackenzie Barrett
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1991 Record: 2-16 (0-8 conference) Coach: Stephanie Durow-O’Brien Dixie Conference finish: Sixth at Meredith L, 9-8 at Meredith L, 13-10 N.C. Wesleyan* L, 21-13 N.C. Wesleyan* L, 11-1 Bennett W, 12-2 Bennett W, 22-3 North Carolina A&T L, 10-2 North Carolina A&T L, 14-12 Meredith L, 14-1 Meredith L, 9-4 at Christopher Newport* L, 10-0 at Christopher Newport* L, 19-1 at Lynchburg L, 10-0 at Lynchburg L, 11-1 at Methodist* L, 12-2 at Methodist* L, 23-1 at Ferrum* L, 16-1 at Ferrum* L, 21-9 1 COLOR, WHITE BG
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1992 Record: 3-25 (0-8 conference) Coach: Stephanie Durow-O’Brien Dixie Conference finish: Fifth vs. Allentown L, 16-7 vs. Virginia Tech L, 22-13 vs. Ferrum L, 20-5 vs. Shenandoah L, 9-0 vs. Ferrum L, 12-8 Lynchburg L, 17-0 Lynchburg L, 18-3 Meredith W, 8-4 Meredith L, 12-5 Methodist* L, 11-7 Methodist* L, 14-3 Bluefield L, 11-7 Bluefield L, 12-3 at N.C. Wesleyan* L, 12-0 at N.C. Wesleyan* L, 10-0 North Carolina A&T L, 4-3 North Carolina A&T W, 8-7 at Meredith L, 12-11 at Meredith L, 17-7 at Christopher Newport* L, 11-1 at Christopher Newport* L, 14-4 vs. Shenandoah L,4-2 vs. Wesleyan L, 10-3 vs. Western Maryland L, 6-2 vs. Western Maryland L, 10-0 vs. Shenandoah L, 12-2 at Ferrum* L, 15-8 at Ferrum* L, 14-4 1993 Record: 2-14 (0-8 conference) Coach: Kathy Bocock Dixie Conference finish: Fifth vs. N.C. Wesleyan* vs. N.C. Wesleyan* at Christopher Newport* at Christopher Newport* vs. Ferrum* vs. Ferrum* vs. Virginia Tech vs. Virginia Tech at Meredith at Meredith vs. Meredith vs. Meredith at Methodist* at Methodist* at Lynchburg at Lynchburg 1994 Record: 2-28 (0-10 conference) Coach: Kathy Bocock Dixie Conference finish: Sixth vs. Catholic vs. Chowan vs. Medgar Evers vs. Ferrum vs. Barton vs. Barton vs. St. Anselm vs. St. Anselm Lynchburg Lynchburg
L, 13-5 L, 16-2 L, 12-3 L, 21-10 L, 18-0 L, 17-5 L, 13-5 L, 15-9 L, 9-6 L, 10-4 W, 15-5 W, 15-14 L, 14-13 L, 17-14 L, 11-1 L, 12-0
L, 10-0 L, 14-0 W, 12-6 L, 2-1 L, 32-1 L, 11-6 L, 15-1 L, 25-6 L, 4-1 L, 11-2
at N.C. Wesleyan* at N.C. Wesleyan* Methodist* Methodist* Christopher Newport* Christopher Newport* vs. Methodist vs. Emory & Henry vs. Chowan vs. Penn State Behrend at Ferrum* at Ferrum* at Shenandoah* at Shenandoah* at Bridgewater at Bridgewater Chowan Chowan Meredith Meredith
L, 9-2 L, 15-6 L, 5-1 L, 8-0 L, 9-3 L, 10-6 L, 18-1 W, 12-1 L, 8-0 L, 18-1 L, 5-2 L, 11-2 L, 8-5 L, 7-6 L, 14-1 L, 10-0 L, 21-7 L, 21-7 L, 8-3 L, 17-7
1995 Record: 16-18 (6-4 conference) Coach: Kathy Bocock Dixie Conference finish: First (tie) 03/03 vs. Catholic L, 9-8 03/03 vs. Virginia Wesleyan L, 7-2 03/03 vs. Messiah L, 7-5 03/04 vs. Kings L, 4-3 03/05 at Meredith L, 11-4 03/05 at Meredith L, 9-4 03/14 at N.C. Wesleyan* L, 5-3 03/14 at N.C. Wesleyan* W, 6-1 03/15 at Methodist* L, 8-5 03/15 at Methodist* W, 6-3 03/18 Shepherd L, 6-5 03/18 Shepherd W, 2-1 03/19 Shenandoah* W, 9-1 03/19 Shenandoah* W, 2-1 03/24 vs. Gallaudet W, 2-0 03/24 vs. Hartwick W, 10-2 03/25 vs. Hartwick W, 14-10 03/24 vs. Roanoke W, 7-4 03/25 vs. Eastern Mennonite L, 5-4 03/25 vs. Ferrum L, 3-1 03/26 at Christopher Newport* L, 8-0 03/26 at Christopher Newport* W, 2-1 03/27 at Chowan L, 12-4 03/27 at Chowan L, 10-2 03/28 Meredith W, 7-3 03/28 Meredith W, 9-5 N/A Ferrum* L, 17-3
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N/A Ferrum* W, 3-2 N/A Lynchburg W, 10-0 N/A Lynchburg L, 8-7 N/A vs. N.C. Wesleyan** L, 4-3 N/A vs. Shenandoah** L, 5-0 Note: Two games are missing from the 1995 final records. The opponent is unknown but Averett went 2-0 in those games. 1996 Record: 17-22 (4-6 conference) Coach: Kathy Bocock Dixie Conference finish: Fourth (tie) vs. John Carroll L, 7-2 vs. Wesleyan W, 7-3 vs. Elizabethtown L, 10-4 vs. Ursinus L, 7-6 Lynchburg L, 8-0 Lynchburg L, 5-1 at N.C. Wesleyan* L, 9-8 at. N.C. Wesleyan* L, 7-2 Meredith W, 10-4 Meredith L, 6-5 at Eastern Mennonite L, 4-0 vs. Meredith W, 6-4 vs. Shenandoah W, 14-1 vs. Bridgewater L, 11-0 at Eastern Mennonite W, 13-4 Christopher Newport* L, 3-0 Christopher Newport* L, 5-0 Liberty L, 2-0 Liberty L, 14-0 at Ferrum* W, 6-3 at Ferrum* W, 11-9 New Paltz W, 1-0 (forfeit) New Paltz W, 1-0 (forfeit) vs. Hilbert W, 5-1 vs. Christopher Newport W, 7-6 vs. Maryville W, 7-6 vs. Christopher Newport L, 10-1 at Shenandoah* W, 9-2 at Shenandoah* W, 18-2 Methodist* L, 8-3 Methodist* L, 5-3 at Meredith L, 5-3 at Meredith W, 5-2 Chowan L, 11-3 Chowan L, 8-0 vs. Ferrum** L, 4-3 vs. Methodist** W, 9-8 vs. Shenandoah** W, 8-0 vs. Christopher Newport** L, 3-2
1997 Record: 18-18 (4-6 conference) Coach: Kathy Bocock Dixie Conference finish: Fourth vs. Ursinus vs. Virginia Wesleyan vs. Gaullaudet vs. Meredith vs. Ferrum vs. Bethany Roanoke Roanoke vs. Salisbury State vs. Roanoke vs. Ferrum vs. Ferrum vs. Bridgewater vs. Roanoke at Eastern Mennonite at Eastern Mennonite at Roanoke at Roanoke at Christopher Newport* at Christopher Newport* at Meredith at Meredith Shenandoah* Shenandoah* N.C. Wesleyan* N.C. Wesleyan* at Methodist* at Methodist* Meredith Meredith Ferrum* Ferrum* Shenandoah** N.C. Wesleyan** Chowan Chowan 1998 Record: 10-21 (0-10 conference) Coach: Kathy Bocock Dixie Conference finish: Sixth vs. Binghamton vs. Roanoke vs. N.C. Wesleyan vs. Virginia Wesleyan vs. Gaulladet vs. Bethany Roanoke Roanoke at Shenandoah* at Shenandoah* Chowan Chowan Meredith Meredith Methodist* Methodist* at Ferrum* at Ferrum* vs. Shenandoah vs. Eastern Mennonite vs. Bridgewater at Meredith at Meredith Christopher Newport* Christopher Newport* at N.C. Wesleyan* at. N.C. Wesleyan* vs. Methodist** vs. N.C. Wesleyan** vs. Shenandoah** vs. Ferrum**
L, 8-0 L, 8-2 W, 12-2 W, 10-7 W, 4-2 L, 8-2 W, 2-1 W, 6-5 L, 1-0 L, 10-0 L, 6-5 L, 4-2 W, 10-1 L, 4-1 W, 13-10 W, 21-10 W, 10-6 W, 7-4 L, 1-0 L, 9-6 W, 4-2 W, 13-5 W, 5-4 L, 4-1 L, 10-3 L, 9-1 W, 1-0 W, 5-4 W, 8-0 W, 14-10 W, 4-2 L, 10-2 L, 4-3 L, 2-1 L, 6-5 L, 7-0
L, 7-0 L, 4-0 L, 25-1 W, 5-2 W, 8-0 W, 10-0 L, 11-0 W, 9-5 L, 12-4 L, 12-11 L, 7-2 L, 10-2 L, 13-3 L, 8-4 L, 12-10 L, 6-4 L, 6-4 L, 3-1 W, 11-5 W, 4-1 L, 7-3 W, 7-6 W, 9-1 L, 6-0 L, 4-1 L, 12-1 L, 9-4 W, 1-0 L, 2-1 W, 9-0 L, 6-0
1999 Record: 20-14 (6-4 conference) Coach: Kathy Bocock Dixie Conference finish: Second 03/05 vs. Chowan W, 4-3 03/05 vs. Gwynedd-Mercy W, 3-2 03/06 vs. Bridgewater L, 7-3 03/06 vs. Christopher Newport L, 4-2 03/06 vs. N.C. Wesleyan L, 10-4 03/08 Emory & Henry W, 7-4 03/08 Emory & Henry W, 10-8 03/16 N.C. Wesleyan* W, 7-2 03/16 N.C. Wesleyan* W, 2-1 03/17 at Roanoke L, 10-0
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YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 03/17 at Roanoke L, 3-2 03/18 at Meredith W, 7-5 03/18 at Meredith W, 2-1 03/20 vs. St.Joseph W, 13-0 03/20 vs. Methodist W, 5-4 03/20 vs. Emory & Henry L, 4-2 03/29 Meredith W, 4-3 03/29 Meredith L, 14-10 03/30 Ferrum* W, 6-3 03/30 Ferrum* W, 5-3 04/02 Shenandoah* W, 5-1 04/02 Shenandoah* W, 6-0 04/06 at Methodist* L, 9-1 04/06 at Methodist* L, 4-0 04/08 at Randolph-Macon W, 13-3 04/08 at Randolph-Macon W, 13-1 04/10 at Christopher Newport* L, 4-3 04/10 at Christopher Newport* L, 10-7 04/12 Southern Virginia L, 2-0 04/12 Southern Virginia W, 4-3 04/17 vs. Christopher Newport** W, 11-2 04/18 vs. N.C. Wesleyan** L, 5-3 04/18 vs. Ferrum** W, 9-3 04/18 vs. N.C. Wesleyan** L, 7-1   2000 Record: 30-13 (7-4 conference) Coach: Kathy Bocock Dixie Conference finish: Fourth 03/02 Randolph-Macon W, 8-0 03/02 Randolph-Macon W, 13-0 03/03 vs. Wilson W, 3-0 03/03 vs. Virginia Wesleyan W, 4-3 03/04 vs. Thiel W, 4-0 03/04 vs. Christopher Newport W, 2-1 03/04 vs. Roanoke L, 9-1 03/07 Greensboro* W, 2-0 03/07 Greensboro* W, 14-1 03/08 Thomas More L, 4-2 03/08 Thomas More W, 11-2 03/10 Lynchburg W, 5-4 03/10 Lynchburg W, 3-2 03/17 vs. Southern Va. W, 9-3 03/17 vs. Randolph-Macon W, 6-5 03/17 vs. Ursinus W, 5-4 03/18 vs. Ferrum L, 6-5 03/23 vs. SUNY Geneseo W, 2-1 03/23 vs. SUNY Geneseo W, 7-2 03/24 vs. SUNY Geneseo L, 4-3 03/25 vs. Messiah L, 3-1 03/26 vs. SCAD W, 4-2 03/26 vs. N.C. Wesleyan L, 4-2 03/28 at Meredith W, 10-2 03/28 at Meredith W, 6-0 04/03 at Ferrum* W, 5-3 04/03 at Ferrum* W, 5-1 04/04 at N.C. Wesleyan* L, 3-0 04/04 at N.C. Wesleyan* W, 5-1 04/08 at Shenandoah* W, 12-4 04/09 at Bridgewater W, 5-1 04/09 at Bridgewater L, 7-2 04/12 Methodist* L, 3-2 04/12 Methodist* W, 2-1 04/14 Meredith W, 2-1 04/14 Meredith W, 3-1 04/16 Christopher Newport* L, 1-0 04/16 Christopher Newport* L, 2-1 04/20 vs. Shenandoah** W, 10-1 04/21 vs. Greensboro** W, 6-1 04/21 vs. Christopher Newport** W, 5-4 04/22 vs. Methodist** L, 4-0 04/22 vs. N.C. Wesleyan** L, 6-0 2001 Record: 27-17 (7-5 conference) Coach: Kathy Bocock Dixie Conference finish: Third (tie) 03/01 Randolph-Macon W, 12-0 03/01 Randolph-Macon L, 6-5 03/03 vs. Methodist L, 2-0 03/03 vs. Roanoke L, 6-0 03/02 vs. Chowan W, 7-2 03/03 vs. Christopher Newport L, 5-2 03/04 vs. Gwynedd-Mercy W, 4-1 03/14 at Greensboro* W, 5-1 03/14 at Greensboro* W, 2-1 03/16 vs. Suny Farmingdale W, 9-0 03/16 vs. Bluefield W, 9-1 03/16 vs. Randolph-Macon W, 12-1 03/17 vs. Randolph Macon W, 8-1 03/17 vs. Greensboro W, 13-2 03/17 vs. Roanoke L, 3-2
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vs. SCAD L, 5-0 vs. Bethany W, 2-1 vs. Suny New Patz W, 11-0 vs. Maryville L, 7-3 vs. Rhode Island L, 2-0 Shenandoah* W, 12-0 Shenandoah* W, 21-0 Bridgewater W, 7-3 Bridgewater W, 5-4 at Lynchburg L, 2-1 at Lynchburg L, 4-3 N.C. Wesleyan* L, 1-0 N.C. Wesleyan* L, 9-6 at Meredith W, 6-2 at Meredith W, 11-3 Ferrum* W, 8-6 Ferrum* W, 10-6 at Methodist* W, 6-3 at Methodist* L, 3-2 Roanoke W, 2-1 Roanoke L, 5-3 at Christopher Newport* L, 8-2 at Christopher Newport * L, 2-1 Chowan W, 6-2 Chowan W, 10-2 vs. Ferrum** W, 6-2 vs. Christopher Newport** L, 4-0 vs. Greensboro** W, 6-0 vs. Methodist** L, 12-3
2002 Record: 23-18 (9-5 conference) Coach: Kathy Bocock Dixie Conference finish: Third 03/05 Meredith W, 5-4 03/05 Meredith W, 7-3 03/06 at Va. Wesleyan L, 5-3 03/06 at Va. Wesleyan W, 5-1 03/08 vs. Lebanon Valley W, 2-1 03/08 vs. Salisbury L, 3-1 03/09 vs. Albright L, 4-3 03/09 vs. Wilkes L, 6-0 03/15 Christopher Newport* L, 4-3 03/15 Christopher Newport * W, 4-2 03/17 at Shenandoah* W, 11-2 03/17 at Shenandoah* W, 20-1 03/22 vs. Mary Washington L, 5-4 03/22 vs. Bethany W, 5-3 03/22 vs. University of N.J. L, 3-2 03/23 vs. N.C. Wesleyan W, 12-4 03/23 vs. Keuka W, 16-11 03/25 SUNY Geneseo L, 2-1 03/25 SUNY Geneseo L, 2-1 03/29 at N.C. Wesleyan* L, 9-0 03/29 at N.C. Wesleyan* W, 4-2 04/03 at Randolph Macon W, 17-0 04/03 at Randolph Macon W, 17-0 04/05 Chowan W, 3-0 04/05 Chowan W, 14-5 04/07 at Bridgewater W, 7-4 04/07 at Bridgewater L, 4-3 04/09 Methodist* L, 9-1 04/09 Methodist* L, 5-1 04/11 Lynchburg W, 3-2 04/11 Lynchburg W, 10-2 04/13 at Ferrum* W, 1-0 04/13 at Ferrum* L, 5-4 04/14 at Roanoke L, 6-2 04/14 at Roanoke L, 4-2 04/16 Greensboro* W, 8-3 04/16 Greensboro* W, 5-3 04/19 vs. Chowan W, 7-1 04/20 vs. Methodist** L, 6-2 04/20 vs. N.C. Wesleyan** W, 6-3 04/20 vs. Christopher Newport** L, 12-3 2003 Record: 19-15 (6-6 conference) Coach: Kathy Bocock Dixie Conference finish: Fourth 03/02 Virginia Wesleyan 03/02 Virginia Wesleyan 03/05 at Methodist* 03/05 at Methodist* 03/07 vs. Moravian 03/08 vs. Gwynedd-Mercy 03/08 vs. Salisbury 03/13 N.C. Wesleyan* 03/13 N.C. Wesleyan* 03/15 Bridgewater 03/15 Bridgewater 03/17 Shenandoah*
W, 6-1 W, 2-1 L, 9-0 L, 4-3 L, 7-1 W, 10-1 L, 10-1 W, 4-3 W, 2-0 L, 4-0 W, 9-7 W, 8-0
03/17 03/19 03/19 03/21 03/22 03/22 03/22 03/23 03/24 03/24 03/25 03/25 03/27 03/27 03/29 04/01 04/01 04/11 04/11 04/13 04/13 04/16 04/17 04/18 04/18 04/18
Shenandoah* W, 10-2 Rutgers-Newark W, 13-1 Rutgers-Newark W, 10-3 vs. Salisbury L, 5-4 vs. Emory L, 7-1 vs. Emory & Henry W, 12-2 vs. Washington & Jefferson W, 6-0 vs. Bridgewater W, 4-2 SUNY Geneseo W, 1-0 SUNY Geneseo L, 4-3 Meredith L, 7-0 Meredith L, 7-5 at Greensboro* W, 4-1 at Greensboro* W, 9-5 at Christopher Newport* L, 2-1 at Chowan* L, 3-0 at Chowan* L, 3-0 Roanoke L, 4-3 Roanoke W, 7-5 Ferrum* W, 5-0 Ferrum* W, 5-1 vs. Christopher Newport* L, 14-0 vs. Greensboro** W, 3-2 vs. Chowan** L, 3-2 vs. N.C. Wesleyan** W, 4-2 vs. Christopher Newport** L, 14-0
2004 Record: 20-22 (8-8 conference) Coach: Kathy Bocock USA South Conference finish: Fifth (tie) 28 at Roanoke L, 10-11 2/28 at Roanoke L, 9-0 3/05 at Emory L, 8-0 3/05 at Emory L, 10-0 3/08 vs. Wentworth W, 3-1 3/08 vs. Wentworth W, 8-0 3/09 vs. Lebanon Valley W, 4-2 3/11 vs. Wayne State L, 1-0 3/11 vs. West Chester L, 5-0 3/18 Christopher Newport* W, 5-1 3/18 Christopher Newport* L, 7-4 3/19 vs. Emory & Henry L, 5-2 3/19 vs. Mary Washington W, 3-2 3/19 Bethany L, 6-5 3/20 vs. Methodist L, 6-2 3/20 vs. Bridgewater W, 1-0 3/23 at Meredith W, 10-1 3/23 at Meredith L, 2-0 3/25 Greensboro* W, 1-0 3/25 Greensboro* W, 6-4 3/27 at Bridgewater L, 6-4 3/27 at Bridgewater L, 4-2 3/28 at Shenandoah* W, 16-0 3/28 at Shenandoah* W, 11-3 3/31 at Peace* L, 6-0 3/31 at Peace* W, 7-4 4/02 Chowan* W, 5-2 4/02 Chowan* W, 6-2 4/03 LaGrange W, 8-3 4/03 LaGrange W, 7-1 4/08 at Ferrum* L, 3-2 4/08 at Ferrum* L, 2-1 4/09 at N.C. Wesleyan* L, 5-3 4/09 at N.C. Wesleyan* L, 3-1 4/14 Methodist* L, 4-1 4/14 Methodist* L, 6-4 4/16 vs. Peace** W, 5-1 4/17 vs. Christopher Newport** W, 1-0 4/17 vs. Methodist** W, 4-2 4/18 vs. Ferrum** W, 4-0 5/07 vs. Bethany^ L, 2-0 5/08 vs. Emory^ L, 4-0 2005 Record: 12-26 (4-10 conference) Coach: Kathy Bocock USA South Conference finish: Seventh 2/2/27 at Lynchburg L, 10-2 2/27 at Lynchburg L, 10-2 3/04 at Methodist* L, 7-0 3/04 at Methodist* L, 6-0 3/06 vs. Huntingdon L, 6-0 3/06 vs. Huntingdon L, 6-2 3/08 at LaGrange L, 6-1 3/08 at LaGrange W, 4-1 3/12 Bridgewater L, 3-0 3/12 Bridgewater L, 7-0 3/13 Shenandoah* W, 2-0 3/13 Shenandoah* W, 9-1 3/15 at Greensboro* W, 3-2 3/15 at Greensboro* L, 5-1
3/18 vs. Salisbury 3/18 vs. Geneseo State 3/19 vs. Marietta 3/19 vs. McDaniel 3/19 vs. York 3/22 Meredith 3/22 Meredith 3/25 at Christopher Newport* 3/25 at Christopher Newport* 3/29 N.C. Wesleyan* 3/29 N.C. Wesleyan* 3/31 Salem 3/31 Salem 4/02 Peace* 4/02 Peace* 4/03 Roanoke 4/03 Roanoke 4/06 at Guilford 4/06 at Guilford 4/09 Ferrum* 4/09 Ferrum* 4/10 at Chowan 4/10 at Chowan 4/15 vs. Greensboro** 4/15 vs. Peace** 4/16 vs. Christopher Newport**
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L, 1-0 L, 2-0 L, 3-2 L, 8-2 L, 8-0 W, 4-1 W, 7-0 W, 5-4 L, 4-1 L, 3-1 L, 3-1 W, 10-0 W, 33-0 L, 6-0 L, 4-2 L, 6-0 W, 4-2 W, 2-1 L, 6-0 L, 4-2 L, 3-0 L, 8-3 L, 3-1 L, 4-0 W, 5-1 L, 2-0
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2006 Record: 11-29 (4-10 conference) Coach: Kathy Bocock USA South Conference finish: Seventh 2/28 Guilford W, 1-0 2/28 Guilford W, 8-0 3/02 Emory L, 9-0 3/02 Emory L, 5-0 3/03 at Roanoke L, 8-1 3/03 at Roanoke L, 9-0 3/05 vs Baldwin Wallace L, 4-1 3/06 Bluffton L, 5-4 3/06 vs. Wittenberg L, 2-1 3/06 vs. Mary Washington L, 8-0 3/09 vs. Indiana Wesleyan L, 4-3 3/09 vs. John Carroll L, 1-0 3/15 Methodist* L, 5-1 3/15 Methodist* L, 9-2 3/17 vs. Huntingdon W, 4-0 3/17 vs. Meredith W, 10-1 3/17 vs. Methodist L, 6-4 3/18 vs. LaGrange L, 12-1 3/18 vs. Peace L, 1-0 3/22 Meredith W, 6-2 3/22 Meredith W, 11-3 3/25 Christopher Newport* W, 2-1 3/25 Christopher Newport* L, 8-1 3/26 Virginia Wesleyan L, 7-2 3/26 Virginia Wesleyan L, 5-0 3/28 at Peace* W, 4-0 3/28 at Peace* L, 10-1 3/31 at Shenandoah* W, 3-2 3/31 at Shenandoah* L, 1-0 4/01 at Bridgewater L, 2-1 4/01 at Bridgewater L, 1-0 4/04 Greensboro* L, 6-2 4/04 Greensboro* L, 6-4 4/06 at Ferrum* W, 5-2 4/06 at Ferrum* L, 6-3 4/09 at N.C. Wesleyan* L, 2-0 4/09 at N.C. Wesleyan* L, 3-1 4/13 vs. Greensboro** L, 4-0 4/14 vs. Peace** W, 4-1 4/14 vs. N.C. Wesleyan** L, 5-1 2007 Record: 10-25 (3-11 conference) Coach: Kathy Bocock USA South Conference finish: Seventh 2/28 at Guilford L, 3-2 2/28 at Guilford W, 11-1 3/02 vs. Plattsburgh L, 9-1 3/02 vs Salisbury L, 4-2 3/03 vs. Emory & Henry L, 1-0 3/03 vs. Lynchburg L, 11-0 3/05 vs. Wilkes W, 2-1 3/05 vs. Wilkes W, 5-2 3/06 at Virginia Wesleyan W, 7-1 3/06 at Virginia Wesleyan L, 7-2 3/10 at Emory University L, 8-0 3/10 at Emory University L, 7-0 3/13 N.C. Wesleyan* L, 8-0 3/13 N.C. Wesleyan* L, 2-0 3/17 vs. Meredith W, 6-2 3/17 vs. Methodist L, 10-0
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vs. Huntingdon L, 1-0 Ferrum* W, 2-1 Ferrum* W, 6-5 Shenandoah* L, 8-3 Shenandoah* L, 5-1 at Christopher Newport* L, 1-0 at Christopher Newport* L, 10-2 Peace* L, 1-0 Peace* W, 5-1 at Methodist* L, 8-0 at Methodist* L, 9-1 at Greensboro* L, 7-2 at Greensboro* L, 2-1 Bridgewater L, 13-0 Bridgewater L, 7-3 vs. Meredith** W, 10-2 vs. Meredith** W, 6-1 vs. Shenandoah** L, 5-1 vs. Methodist** L, 3-1 1 COLOR, BLUE BG
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2008 Record: 8-23 (3-13 conference) Coach: Stefanie Anderson USA South Conference finish: Ninth 2/29 vs. Bates W, 3-2 2/29 vs. York L, 3-1 3/01 vs. Albright L, 7-6 3/01 vs. Messiah L, 8-4 3/02 vs. Wilkes L, 11-10 3/02 vs. Wilkes L, 13-4 3/05 Virginia Wesleyan L, 9-1 3/05 Virginia Wesleyan L, 7-0 3/18 at Peace* L, 3-2 3/18 at Peace* L, 3-0 3/21 at Methodist* L, 9-1 3/21 at Methodist* L, 3-1 3/26 Greensboro* L, 5-1 3/26 Greensboro* L, 7-0 3/29 N.C. Wesleyan* L, 7-3 3/29 N.C. Wesleyan* L, 10-2 3/30 Guilford L, 10-9 3/30 Guilford W, 4-2 4/02 at Ferrum* W, 2-1 4/02 at Ferrum* L, 9-1 4/07 at Christopher Newport* L, 9-1 4/07 at Christopher Newport* L, 5-4 4/09 Mary Baldwin* W, 9-1 4/09 Mary Baldwin* W, 4-1 4/12 Shenandoah* L, 10-0 4/12 Shenandoah* L, 15-1 4/18 vs. Meredith** W, 6-0 4/18 vs. Shenandoah ** W, 3-1 4/19 vs. Greensboro** W, 6-3 4/19 vs. Christopher Newport** L, 9-1 4/20 vs. Greensboro** L, 8-0 2009 Record: 20-17 (7-11 conference) Coach: Stefanie Anderson USA South Conference finish: Eighth 2/21 at Virginia Wesleyan L, 5-1 2/21 at Virginia Wesleyan L, 3-0 3/05 Lycoming W, 8-0 3/05 Lycoming W, 7-2 3/07 at Guilford W, 4-0 3/07 at Guilford W, 3-2 3/11 vs. Regis W, 3-1 3/11 vs. Dickinson W, 6-2 3/12 vs. Penn State Harrisburg W, 12-11 3/12 vs. SUNY IT W, 8-0 3/13 vs. St. Joseph’s W, 19-0 3/13 vs. St. Joseph’s L, 8-4 3/17 Peace* L, 6-0 3/17 Peace* W, 3-0 3/21 Methodist* W, 3-2 3/21 Methodist* W, 2-0 3/25 at Greensboro* L, 10-9 3/25 at Greensboro* L, 8-0 3/28 at N.C. Wesleyan* W, 7-1 3/28 at N.C. Wesleyan* L, 3-2 3/31 Ferrum* L, 3-1 3/31 Ferrum* L, 4-1 4/03 at Christopher Newport* L, 10-2 4/03 at Christopher Newport* L, 13-1 4/06 Meredith* L, 2-0 4/06 Meredith* W, 10-1 4/08 at Mary Baldwin* W, 14-4 4/08 at Mary Baldwin* W, 6-4 4/10 at Shenandoah* L, 2-0 4/10 at Shenandoah* L, 4-1 4/14 at Randolph L, 1-0 4/14 at Randolph W, 7-6 4/17 vs. N.C. Wesleyan** W, 4-1
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2010 Record: 5-25 (4-14 conference) Coach: Stefanie Anderson USA South Conference finish: Eighth (tie) 2/21 Randolph L, 3-0 2/21 Randolph L, 4-3 2/27 Virginia Wesleyan L, 3-0 2/27 Virginia Wesleyan L, 8-5 2/28 Guilford L, 13-5 2/28 Guilford L, 19-6 3/09 vs. King’s L, 12-2 3/09 vs. Mount Aloysius W, 4-1 3/10 vs. Mansfield L, 8-0 3/11 vs. Gordon L, 4-3 3/20 Shenandoah* L, 9-3 3/20 Shenandoah* L, 8-6 3/21 Mary Baldwin* W, 6-1 3/21 Mary Baldwin* W, 17-1 3/23 at Peace* W, 7-5 3/23 at Peace* L, 3-2 3/27 at Methodist* L, 9-3 3/27 at Methodist* L, 5-4 3/28 N.C. Wesleyan* W, 8-2 3/28 N.C. Wesleyan* L, 3-2 3/31 Greensboro* L, 8-4 3/31 Greensboro* L, 8-0 4/06 at Ferrum* L, 3-2 4/06 at Ferrum* L, 13-9 4/09 at Christopher Newport* L, 2-0 4/09 at Christopher Newport* L, 9-1 4/10 at Meredith* L, 8-0 4/10 at Meredith* L, 7-3 4/16 vs. N.C. Wesleyan** L, 3-0 4/16 vs. Shenandoah** L, 7-2 2011 Record: 22-20 (8-10 conference) Coach: Bren LaFlamme Taylor USA South Conference finish: Seventh 2/19 at Southern Virginia W, 5-0 2/19 at Southern Virginia W, 9-1 2/26 at Randolph L, 11-5 2/26 at Randolph L, 14-11 2/27 at Virginia Wesleyan L, 5-3 2/27 at Virginia Wesleyan L, 7-1 3/02 Southern Virginia W, 3-1 3/02 Southern Virginia W, 12-2 3/04 vs. Albright W, 3-1 3/04 vs. Wilkes W, 7-4 3/05 vs. Lynchburg L, 3-0 3/05 vs. Virginia Union W, 22-0 3/11 Emory & Henry W, 8-2 3/11 Emory & Henry W, 13-5 3/12 vs. Cazenovia W, 16-1 3/12 vs. Castleton W, 3-0 3/13 vs. Eastern Mennonite L, 10-6 3/13 vs. Roanoke L, 10-2 3/19 at Shenandoah* L, 1-0 3/19 at Shenandoah* W, 7-6 3/20 at Mary Baldwin* W, 14-3 3/20 at Mary Baldwin* W, 8-0 3/22 Peace* W, 6-2 3/22 Peace* W, 5-4 3/26 Methodist* W, 9-1 3/26 Methodist* L, 4-2 3/29 at Greensboro* L, 2-1 3/29 at Greensboro* L, 5-0 4/02 at N.C. Wesleyan* W, 4-1 4/02 at N.C. Wesleyan* W, 9-2 4/05 Ferrum* L, 7-4 4/05 Ferrum* L, 12-4 4/08 Christopher Newport* L, 10-0 4/08 Christopher Newport* L, 10-1 4/09 Meredith* L, 6-2 4/10 Meredith* L, 12-1 4/13 at Guilford W, 5-4 4/13 at Guilford L, 1-0 4/15 vs Mary Baldwin** W, 11-0 4/15 vs Greensboro** L, 5-2 4/15 vs N.C. Wesleyan** W, 6-3 4/16 at Shenandoah** L, 3-0 2012 Record: 21-22 (8-10 conference) Coach: Bren LaFlamme Taylor USA South Conference finish: Seventh 2/18 at Lynchburg L, 7-2
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at Lynchburg L, 4-3 at Salem W, 17-1 at Salem L, 10-9 Virginia Wesleyan W, 5-4 Virginia Wesleyan L, 7-1 Guilford L, 10-5 Guilford L, 9-2 at Randolph-Macon L, 3-2 Hood W, 5-1 Randolph W, 4-1 Randolph W, 9-4 at Emory & Henry L, 4-2 at Emory & Henry W, 7-0 at Virginia Intermont W, 4-2 at Virginia Intermont W, 10-1 Bridgewater L, 3-0 Bridgewater L, 3-1 at Ferrum* L, 7-3 at Ferrum* L, 3-2 at Christopher Newport* W, 3-0 at Christopher Newport* L, 10-0 at Meredith* L, 2-1 at Meredith* L, 4-2 Mary Baldwin* W, 9-0 Shenandoah* W, 7-0 Shenandoah* L, 8-7 at Peace* L, 7-1 at Peace* W, 8-6 Mary Baldwin* W, 10-2 at Methodist* L, 3-2 at Methodist* L, 2-1 Greensboro* L, 5-4 Greensboro* W, 5-0 N.C. Wesleyan* W, 5-4 N.C. Wesleyan* W, 6-2 Southern Virginia W, 8-0 Southern Virginia W, 4-1 vs. Mary Baldwin** W, 9-2 vs. Meredith** W, 4-3 vs. Ferrum** W, 5-4 vs. Christopher Newport** L, 3-0 vs. Ferrum** L, 1-0
2013 Record: 15-23 (9-13 conference) Coach: Bren LaFlamme Taylor USA South Conference finish: Ninth 2/16 at Randolph L, 2-1 2/16 at Randolph W, 4-3 2/18 Salem W, 11-3 (6) 2/18 Salem W, 11-3 (6) 2/24 at Shenandoah W, 9-1 (5) 2/24 at Shenandoah L, 9-2 2/27 at Virginia Wesleyan L, 5-0 2/27 at Virginia Wesleyan L, 3-2 3/02 at Guilford L, 8-2 3/02 at Guilford W, 6-5 3/03 Virginia Intermont L, 8-6 3/03 Virginia Intermont W, 2-1 3/08 at Greensboro L, 5-4 3/08 at Greensboro L, 6-1 3/14 at Randolph-Macon L, 8-0 (5) 3/14 at Randolph-Macon L, 9-3 3/16 William Peace W, 4-0 3/16 William Peace W, 9-3 3/17 Meredith L, 13-5 3/17 Meredith W, 6-5 (9) 3/20 Mary Baldwin W, 7-3 3/20 Mary Baldwin W, 9-2 3/22 at #12 Piedmont L, 9-2 3/22 at #12 Piedmont L, 8-1 3/23 at LaGrange L, 3-2 3/23 at LaGrange L, 1-0 3/26 at Methodist L, 5-3 3/26 at Methodist W, 20-4 (5) 3/29 Christopher Newport L, 3-2 3/29 Christopher Newport L, 7-3 3/30 N.C. Wesleyan W, 8-4 3/30 N.C. Wesleyan L, 7-5 4/03 Lynchburg L, 7-6 (8) 4/06 Maryville W, 4-2 4/06 Maryville W, 6-3 4/07 Ferrum L, 5-2 4/07 Ferrum L, 2-1 2014 Record: 25-13 (18-6 conference) Coach: Bren LaFlamme Taylor USA South Conference finish: Third 2/7 at Emory L, 10-2 (5) 2/7 vs. Maryville W, 9-1 (5) 2/8 at Emory L, 13-4 (6)
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vs. Maryville at Lynchburg at Lynchburg Guilford Guilford Shenandoah Shenandoah at N.C. Wesleyan* at N.C. Wesleyan* at Maryville* at Maryville* at Meredith* at Meredith* Methodist* Methodist* LaGrange* LaGrange* Huntingdon* Huntingdon* Ferrum* Ferrum* at Greensboro* at Greensboro* Mary Baldwin* Mary Baldwin* William Peace* William Peace* at Covenant* at Covenant* at Piedmont* at Piedmont* at Roanoke at Roanoke vs. Greensboro** vs. N.C. Wesleyan**
W, 11-4 W, 7-4 L, 10-4 W, 12-6 L, 8-4 W, 6-5 W, 9-7 W, 6-3 W, 10-6 (8) W, 9-0 (5) W, 4-2 L, 3-2 W, 13-0 (5) W, 7-2 W, 13-3 (5) L, 7-4 W, 7-2 W, 11-3 (5) L, 7-4 W, 9-1 (6) W, 8-5 W, 8-4 L, 5-2 W, 16-0 (5) W, 18-3 (5) W, 5-0 W, 10-2 (6) W, 13-3 (5) W, 13-10 L, 5-1 L, 8-0 (5) W, 6-0 L, 7-3 L, 4-2 L, 7-1
2015 Record: 35-5-1 (22-1 conference) Coach: Bren LaFlamme Taylor USA South Conference finish: First 2/16 at Randolph L, 2-1 2/7 Bluefield W, 19-3 (6) 2/7 Bluefield W, 15-0 (5) 2/13 Salem W, 3-0 2/13 Salem T, 4-4 (5) 2/22 at Guilford W, 4-2 2/22 at Guilford W, 6-5 2/25 Southern Virginia W, 22-0 (5) 2/25 Southern Virginia W, 23-3 (5) 3/2 Christopher Newport W, 12-8 3/7 Maryville* W, 10-2 3/7 Maryville* W, 6-4 3/8 N.C. Wesleyan* W, 6-3 3/8 N.C. Wesleyan* W, 8-7 3/12 at Methodist* W, 3-1 3/12 at Methodist* W, 9-0 (5) 3/14 Greensboro* W, 10-1 (5) 3/14 Greensboro* W, 9-0 (5) 3/15 Roanoke W, 6-3 3/15 Roanoke W, 4-0 3/21 Meredith* W, 9-1 (5) 3/21 Meredith* W, 12-0 (5) 3/22 at Mary Baldwin* W, 13-5 3/22 at Mary Baldwin* W, 16-3 (5) 3/28 at LaGrange* W, 11-0 3/28 at LaGrange* W, 15-4 3/29 at Huntingdon* W, 12-1 (5) 4/3 at Ferrum* L, 7-2 4/3 at Ferrum* W, 1-0 4/4 at William Peace* W, 5-1 4/4 at William Peace* W, 14-8 4/10 Covenant* W, 3-0 4/10 Covenant* W, 8-4 4/12 Piedmont* W, 10-7 4/12 Piedmont* W, 5-1 4/17 vs. N.C. Wesleyan** W, 8-0 4/17 vs. LaGrange** L, 2-3 (11) 4/18 vs. Piedmont** W, 2-0 4/18 vs. William Peace** L, 11-2 (5) 05/08 vs. Berry^ W, 4-1 05/09 at Emory^ L, 1-0 05/09 vs. Berry^ L, 3-1 KEY * - Denotes conference game ** - Denotes conference tournament game ^ - Denotes NCAA Tournament game
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WHAT IS THE COUGAR CLUB?
Created in 1989, the Cougar Club is a non-profit organization whose primary objective is to raise money to provide a positive experience for Averett student-athletes and fans. The activities of the Cougar Club are varied, but are all designed with the student-athlete in mind. Each year, hundreds of Cougar supporters pledge their support of Averett University student-athletes by joining the Cougar Club. Thanks to our loyal supporters, Averett student-athletes have the opportunity to succeed in both the classroom and on the field.
WHY SHOULD I JOIN?
Your Cougar Club membership not only assists Averett University athletics, it also provides you with benefits. All Cougar Club members receive: l A tax deduction l A Cougar Club lapel pin (new members only) l A Cougar Club Decal l Program recognition For Blue Cougar members and above: l Quarterly billing options For Gold Cougar members and above: l Executive Cougars apparel For Platinum Cougar members: l Averett Society membership
HOW DO I JOIN?
Visit www.averettcougars.com/cougarclub or call the Averett Department of Athletics at (434) 791-5700.
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DEAR COUGAR FANS,
One Team! At Averett, that’s not just a slogan but a philosophy that has energized our entire campus community. I want to personally invite you to become a part of this new energy and a part of our team by joining the Cougar Club. Having a successful team takes hard work and passion, but it also takes support from people like you who understand the value of the entire student-athlete experience. How will your contributions help our student athletes? Here are examples of some recent initiatives: l Creation of a comprehensive life skills program l Improved travel acommodations l Increased marketing and branding l Enhanced strength and conditioning program l Addition of end of season team banquets From the turf field with lights, to the indoor batting facility, to our exciting contract with Nike, we can all agree that this past year was be a game-changer for Averett athletics. I hope you will join the Cougar Club and be a part of our success. Never underestimate the importance of your influence and your support. If you have questions, please call me at 434-791-5700. Thank you for your support, and I look forward to seeing you in the stands! Meg Stevens Averett Director of Athletics
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