General Release - 2002-03 Athletic Awards - Guilford College

  • GUILFORD RECOGNIZES TOP STUDENT-ATHLETES WITH ENGLISH AWARD

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Greensboro, NC (04/30/03) -- Brad Franklin (Greensboro, NC/Southern Guilford) and Jennifer Pue-Gilchrist (Topsail Beach, NC/Leesville Road) received Guilford's Best Senior Athlete Awards at an April 30 banquet in the school's Founders Hall cafeteria. Franklin is Guilford's first three-time All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) baseball player. Pue-Gilchrist received the ODAC's 2002 Volleyball Player of the Year Award and set numerous school records.

Franklin earned the Best Senior Male Athlete Award after receiving All-ODAC recognition for the third year in a row in 2003, the second time as a second-team pick. He helped Guilford to a 62-52 record and two ODAC Tournament berths. Franklin received Guilford's 2003 Nereus C. English Athletic Leadership Award and leaves with a .361 career batting average, the third-best figure in school history. He also ranks among the school's career leaders in runs batted in (4th, 117), hits (8th, 152) and slugging percentage (4th, .591).

Another English Award honoree, Pue-Gilchrist (right) also received the Quaker Club's Ideal Female Student-Athlete Award and the volleyball team's Coaches' Award at the banquet. An outside hitter and three-year captain, she is Guilford's second ODAC Volleyball Player of the Year and third three-time All-ODAC selection. Pue-Gilchrist set the league's career digs record, which is one of her 10 school standards. Also an accomplished student, she is a dean's list double major in biology and health sciences.

Senior baseball player Andrew Duffy (Trumbull, CT/Trumbull) captured a pair of top honors, the George Wynne Most Improved Athlete Award and the Richard Joyce Sportsmanship prize. The third baseman received honorable mention All-South and first team All-ODAC honors after completing his finest baseball season. Duffy ranked third on the team with a career-best .356 average. He hit a personal-best five homers and placed third in the ODAC with 44 runs scored.

Junior A.J. Robertson (Eden, NC/Morehead) received the Best Undergraduate Female Athlete Award, plus the volleyball team's Team Before Self Award. A second-team All-ODAC basketball performer, she won the basketball squad's Most Improved Player and Coaches' Awards. Also an English Award recipient, Robertson led the basketball team in scoring with a career-high 12.3 points per game. A dean's list triple major in biology, chemistry and health sciences, she earned first-team Verizon Academic All-District III basketball honors and second team Verizon Academic All-District III volleyball laurels.

Juniors Dave Patterson (Fort Pierce, FL/Fort Pierce Central) (left) and Tim Imafidon (Raleigh, NC/Wake Forest-Rolesville) shared the Best Undergraduate Male Athlete Award. Patterson, an honorable mention All-American golfer in 2003, captured the ODAC's Golfer of the Year Award and posted the second-lowest stroke average (73.13) in school history. He also received the golf team's Most Valuable Player Award and like Imafidon, Guilford's 2003 English Award.

Imafidon (right) earned first-team National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas All-South honors in 2002 to become the school's first Division III two-time all-region selection. The team's most valuable player, he led Guilford's scorers for the second year in a row and enters his final campaign ranked second in school history with 67 career points.

Redshirt-sophomore Josh Smith (Goldsboro, NC/Rosewood) (left) won the Quaker Club's Ideal Male Student-Athlete Award. Smith is Guilford's starting quarterback on the football team. He also assisted Guilford's softball team and is a dean's list education and math double major.

Freshman Brian Slate (Thomasville, NC/Wesleyan Academy) (right) received the McBane Hitting Award, which is given annually to the leading hitter on Guilford's baseball team. The ODAC Rookie of the Year, Slate earned first team American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings All-South region honors after hitting .420, the third-highest average in school history.

The following awards were also presented at the banquet:

Baseball

Most Valuable Player: A.J. McCauley (Pittsburgh, PA/Plum).

Gold Glove Award: Luke Kempton (Greensboro, NC/Page), Jeff Roberts (Eden, NC/Morehead).

Most Valuable Pitcher: Mike Goettler (Eighty-Four, PA/East Allegheny).

Men's Basketball

Most Valuable Player: Clarence Martin (Reidsville, NC/Reidsville).

Best Defensive Player: Clarence Martin (Reidsville, NC/Reidsville).

Best Offensive Player: Jevon Clarke (Apex, NC/Southeast Raleigh).

Women's Basketball

Best Team Player: Nicole McCrory (Charlotte, NC/East Mecklenburg).

Coaches' Award: Dara Burke (Richmond, VA/St. Catherine's).

Football

Most Valuable Defensive Player: Wes Kidd (Southport, NC/South Brunswick).

Most Valuable Offensive Player: Brandon Lockhart (Roxboro, NC/Person).

Golden Helmet Award (given to the player(s) who best exemplifies Guilford football on and off the field): O.J. Batts (Wallace, NC/Wallace-Rose Hill), J.J. Edwards (Mims, FL/Astronaut).

Men's Lacrosse

Most Valuable Player: Aaron Skiles (Weirton, WV/Shattuck-St. Mary's (MN)).

Most Improved Player: Kyle Brebner (Woodridge, VA/Gar-Field).

Women's Lacrosse

Most Valuable Offensive Player: Sarah Routhier (North Yarmouth, ME/Greely).

Most Valuable Defensive Players: Jenn Cahill (Maple Shade, NJ/Maple Shade), Lindsey Kennedy (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool).

Most Improved Player: Kimberly Mullen (Massapequa Park, NY/Massapequa).

Men's Soccer

Best Defensive Player: T.J. Muse (Reidsville, NC/Southeast Guilford).

Most Improved Player; Matt McCall (Goldsboro, NC/Wayne Country Day).

Women's Soccer

Coaches' Award: Lori Layton (Westerville, OH/New Albany).

Offense Award: Kimberly Mullen (Massapequa Park, NY/Massapequa).

Defense Award: Alexandra Hutton (Collierville, TN/Hutchison).

Freshman of the Year: Heather Ruggiero (Lexington, MA/Lexington).

Softball

Most Valuable Offensive Player: Ashley Cooke (Gibsonville, NC/Eastern Guilford).

Gold Glove Award: Jennifer Franklin (Greensboro, NC/Southern Guilford).

Best Team Player: Rhonda Rogers (Snow Camp, NC/Southern Alamance).

Women's Tennis

Most Valuable Player: Kelly Burger (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North).

Coach's Award: Anne Landay (Baltimore, MD/Roland Park Country).

Volleyball

Most Improved Player: Kendra Harvey (Forest, VA/Heritage).

Persistence Award: Rhonda Rogers (Snow Camp, NC/Southern Alamance).