General Release - Guilford Athletics Department Awards - Guilford College

      Greensboro, NC (4/25/05) -- Junior Jennifer King took home Guilford College's Best Undergraduate Female Athlete and the Quaker Club Ideal Female Student-Athlete Awards at a banquet Sunday evening to honor the school's student-athletes. She also received the women's basketball team's Coaches' Award.

  

    A two-sport standout, King earned Second Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) basketball honors and the Nereus C. English '26 Athletic Leadership Award, Guilford's highest athletic honor, in 2004-05. On the hardwood, she led the Quakers in scoring (15.0 ppg), free-throw percentage (.757) and three-point field goals, and ranked second in assists (84) and steals (51). Among ODAC leaders, King was third in scoring, second in three-point field goals and seventh in free-throw percentage. She also has started with the Quakers' softball team in each of her three years. She hit .211 and ranked fourth on the squad in stolen bases (4) and doubles (7) in 2005. King is also an accomplished student, as seen in her five appearances on Guilford's Student-Athlete Honor Roll.
   

    Golfer Dave Patterson received the Best Senior Male Athlete Award. Before sitting out last season, he won the Best Undergraduate Male Athlete Award, the English Award and All-America honorable mention honors in 2003. Patterson has enjoyed a decorated college career, highlighted by his second-place finish at the 2002 NCAA Tournament, which helped the Quakers win the national title. He placed 10th at the 2001 NCAA Tournament, where Guilford took second. This season, Patterson has the Quakers' fourth-lowest stroke average (76.29) and earned First Team All-ODAC honors for the third time. He has finished in the top-10 at five tournaments, including the 2005 ODAC Championship, where he shared eighth place.
 

    King's basketball teammate, Courtney Hill, won the Best Senior Female Athlete Award. She concluded her career ranked among Guilford's all-time leaders in nine statistical categories, including field-goal percentage (4th, .518), and rebounds (7th, 635). A 5-8 forward, Hill was the 2002 ODAC Rookie of the Year and a Second Team All-ODAC pick in 2004. This season, she led the team in rebounds (8.2 rpg.), ranked second in scoring (14.2 ppg), blocked shots (14), and stood third in steals (50). Among ODAC leaders, Hill was fifth in scoring, sixth in rebounds and seventh in field-goal percentage. She was a 2004-05 First Team All-ODAC pick, a D3hoops.com Third Team All-Region NCAA Division III selection and a member of the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association College Division Second Team All-State Team. Hill also received the basketball team's Most Valuable Player Award.
 

    Patterson's teammate, sophomore Colin Clark, shared the Best Male Undergraduate prize with baseball standout Rob Bittner. Clark leads the ODAC in stroke average (74.57) and has four second-place finishes this spring. The league's coaches selected him as the ODAC's Golfer of the Year for the second consecutive season and he twice received the ODAC Golfer of the Week Award. He was a recipient of the 2004-05 English Award in February. Clark finished in a tie for second place at the 2005 ODAC Championship, his third consecutive second-place finish. He also won the golf team's Most Valuable Player Award.
 

    Bittner, a junior first baseman, leads the Quakers in batting average (.406), hits (58), doubles (13), home runs (9), RBI (42), slugging percentage (.685) and on-base percentage (.494) through games of April 25. He paced the ODAC in home runs and ranks second in slugging percentage, second in RBI and fourth in batting average. Bittner entered the Quakers' final two games with 18 career homers, the eighth-best total in school history.
 

    The George Wynne Most Improved Athlete Award went to Bittner's teammate, sophomore Brian Burton. He went from a little-used pinch-hitter in 2004 to an everyday designated hitter this season. He raised his batting average from .242 in 2004 to .362 as of April 25. Burton improved his power and timely hitting as well, going from no home runs and two RBI in 2004 to three home runs and 33 RBI in 2005.


    Women's tennis player Songan Nguyen claimed the Richard Joyce Sportsmanship and the team's Most Valuable Player Awards. She finished the season with an 18-5 record at #3 singles, the most singles wins by a Quakers' student-athlete since 1997. Nguyen finished fourth at the ODAC Tournament and received All-Tournament honors.
 

    Senior soccer standout Brett Ralls, another 2004-05 English Award recipient, earned the Quaker Club's Ideal Male Student-Athlete and the men's soccer Most Valuable Player Awards. The two-time Second Team Academic All-District III honoree captained the men's soccer team the last four seasons. In 2004, he won the ODAC Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award and was an All-ODAC honorable mention selection for the second time in his career. Ralls compiled five goals, eight assists and 18 points in 63 career matches. The dean's list student graduated in December with a degree in business management and accounting.
 

    The following awards were also presented at the banquet:


Baseball

Most Valuable Player - Rob Bittner
Most Valuable Hitter - Rob Bittner

Most Valuable Pitcher - Logan Collier, Dave Whigham

Gold Glove Award - Josh Miller

 

Men's Cross Country
Most Valuable Runner: Bo White
Most Improved Runner: Avoilan Bingham


Women's Cross Country
Most Valuable Runner: Kendra Potter
Most Improved Runner: Johanna Naradzay


Men's Basketball
Most Improved Player: Caleb Kimbrough
Free Throw Award: Jordan Snipes
Coaches' Award: Ashford Gray


Women's Basketball
Most Valuable Player: Courtney Hill
Most Improved Player: Brittiany Green
Coaches' Award: Jennifer King


Football
Most Valuable Defensive Player: Chase Waterhouse
Most Valuable Offensive Player: Chris Barnette
Golden Helmet Award (given to the player who best exemplifies Guilford football on and off the field): Mark Davis


Golf
Most Valuable Golfer: Colin Clark


Men's Lacrosse
Most Valuable Offensive Player: Bryan Borchard
Most Valuable Defensive Player: Andrew Vigne
Most Improved Player: Marcus Rowe


Women's Lacrosse
Coaches' Award: Billie Pellerito
Unsung Hero Award: Kelly Gonzales
Rookie of the Year Award: Mary Hutchins


Men's Soccer
Most Valuable Player: Brett Ralls
Best Offensive Player: Matt Feraci
Best Defensive Player: Marcus Bowers


Women's Soccer
Freshman of the Year Award: Micki Boulineau
Best Offensive Player Award: Jennah Carter
Fury Award: Chelsea Glover
Career Achievement Award: Kimberly Mullen


Softball
Most Valuable Player: Jennifer Franklin
Most Improved Player: Rhonda Rogers
Diamond Award: Kendra Harvey


Swimming
Most Improved Swimmer Award: Kristen Hohn
Spirit Award: Lauren Demarest


Men's Tennis
Most Outstanding Player Award: Caleb Kimbrough
Leadership Award: Jose Ortiz
Coach's Award: Bobby Iordanov


Women's Tennis
Most Valuable Player Award: Song an Nguyen
Most Improved Player Award: Joan Kietzman
Sportsmanship Award: Anne Landay


Volleyball
Best Offensive Player Award: Mackenzie Parsio
Best Defensive Player Award: Rhonda Rogers
Most Improved Player Award: Jessica Chapman