2014-15 YEAR IN REVIEW
Reggie Nelson
REGGIE NELSON ENDS CAREER AS TWO-TIME ALL-AMERICAN AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Senior REGGIE NELSON made his second straight trip to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships where he finished tied for 20th in the high jump after clearing a height of 2.08m to earn honorable mention All-American honors. Nelson had also made the trip to Eugene, Ore., in 2014, when he tied for 19th in the high jump to earn All-American honors for the first time in his collegiate career. In addition to being a two-time All-American, Nelson ends his time as a Chanticleer as a two-time Big South Champion and five-time AllBig South honoree. His personal record of 2.16m is second-best in CCU history and tied for third-best in Big South history.
WOMEN’S GOLF CARDS RECORD-BREAKING SEASON The Coastal Carolina women’s golf team set a program record for event victories with four in 2014-15, and closed the season with a program-best team scoring average of 295.37. The Chanticleers also captured the program’s seventh Big South Championship overall, and fourth in the past seven years. The conference championship earned the Chants an automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Raleigh Regional where Coastal placed ninth with a 54-hole score of 903. Individually, junior LENA SCHAEFFNER became the first Chanticleer to win three event titles in the same season. In addition to being the individual medalist at the Big South Championship, Schaeffner placed second at the NCAA Raleigh Regional to earn a berth to the 2015 NCAA National Championship, where she tied for 78th. Her season scoring average of 72.94 tops the CCU all-time scoring list. Head coach KATIE QUINNEY was named Big South Coach of the Year for the third time in her eight seasons at Coastal, and is now tied for the conference record for championships as a head coach with four.
Lena Schaeffner
DORN AND WHEELER MAKE THIRD STRAIGHT NCAA REGIONAL
Andrew Dorn
For the third consecutive year, men’s golf team members ANDREW DORN and BEN WHEELER received at-large individual berths to compete in a NCAA Regional. Wheeler, the fourth seed, and Dorn, the sixth seed, were two of 10 individuals to earn a berth to the Chapel Hill Regional. Wheeler placed 79th with a 54-hole score of 221, while Dorn tied for 63rd after carding a 226. Wheeler closed his Chanticleer career fifth on the CCU all-time scoring list, while Dorn finished ninth. The pair helped Coastal advance to the NCAA Championship in 2013.
Ben Wheeler
COASTAL TENNIS CLAIMS REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS The Coastal Carolina men’s and women’s tennis teams each won Big South Regular Season Championships in 2015 as the two teams played their first season in their new home, the $2 million Coastal Carolina Tennis Complex. The Chanticleers defended their new courts well, posting a combined 12-1 record. The men closed the regular season with an 11-5, 6-1 record to claim the regular season title outright, while the women earned a share of the crown with a 14-5, 8-1 mark. Each of the programs ended the 2014-15 season ranked eighth in the Carolina Region by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.
ATHLETIC HIGHLIGHTS
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