BadgerNews school to complete his eligibility and recorded a 7-5 record in-goal with four shutouts and 51 saves. For his career, Bronenkamp played more than 4,800 minutes in 55 matches for the Badgers while making 275 saves and earning 11 shutouts. Bronenkamp and fellow senior defenseman Phoenix Iverson of Decatur, Ala., were named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes.
Cross Country Teams Making Strides
Head coach Joe Williams and the men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in five meets this fall with both squads placing in the top 10 in four of the events. Both teams opened the year by winning the inaugural SHC Badger Brawl held at Langan Park in Mobile. Senior Kate Imwalle from Mobile’s McGill-Toolen Catholic High School set three new school records. She broke her own 5-kilometer record time at the University of West Florida on Oct. 1 with a mark of 18:39.10, and twice broke her own 6-kilometer time on Sept. 17 at the University of South Alabama and again on Oct. 7 at Mississippi College in a time of 23:05.77. Imwalle along with senior Alexis Davis of St. Louis; junior Payton Tanner of Fairhope, Ala.; Ashley Derenbecker from Bay St. Louis, Miss.; senior Emily Stewart of Mt. Juliet, Tenn.; junior Thomas Kinsey of Fairhope; and junior Ben Senior Kate Imwalle of Mobile holds 8 of the top 10 women’s 5-kilometer times in SHC history.
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Pace from Dallas, Texas, were all named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes. Overall, for the five fall semester sports, a school record 18 student-athletes received Scholar Athlete recognition from the NAIA.
Women’s Soccer Starts to Rebuild
Second-year Badger head coach Christian DeVries’ women’s soccer team finished the 2011 season with an 8-9-1 record, and took an important first step on its path toward rebuilding the program. The squad qualified for its first appearance in the SSAC Championship Tournament after missing the cut by just one win in 2010. The team also improved its overall wins total by two games over the previous year. Two seniors shared the scoring crown as Abby Galen and Amber O’Connor each tallied seven goals. Freshman Abby Massengale of New Orleans stepped into the goalkeeping position and made 69 saves in 18 matches with two shutouts. Six seniors were named to the 2011 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes list. St. Louis natives Elaine Femmer, Galen, Rachel Nance and twin sisters Lorie and Katie Pendergast each earned the award along with O’Connor of Ham Lake, Minn. Jim Stennett is Sports Information Director at Spring Hill College.
Freshman Ben Redman of Spanish Fort, Ala., placed 2nd at the SHC Badger Brawl with the 9th best time in SHC men’s history at 17:31.5.
Spring Hill College Magazine • Fall 2011