2008-09Athletic Review

CumberlandUniversity

Cumberland University2008-09

All-Sports RecordMen’s SportsSport W L T Season HighlightsBaseball 33 25 0 TranSouth regular season champions; Woody Hunt COY; NAIA Regional participantBasketball 25 6 0 NAIA National Tournament for second straight year; Brandon Springer First Team All-TSACFootball 6 5 0 Mid-South West Division Co-Champions; Won three road gamesCycling - - - Thacker Reeves 2nd at Road Racing Championships; Team 10th at Mountain Bike Champ.Golf 50 41 2 Josh Young, CU win TranSouth Championships; Team 16th at NAIA ChampionshipsSoccer 6 7 1 Kempess Villafana, Yue Wang First Team All-TSAC; Michael Michailidis TSAC POW (Oct. 6)Tennis 4 8 0 Na’im Azhar fi nishes 8-3 in dual matches; Azhar-Devin Crotzer 5-4 in dual match doublesWrestling 4 5 0 Corey Bleaken All-American at 149; Team fi nishes 19th at NAIA Championships

Women’s SportsSport W L T Season HighlightsBasketball 8 23 0 Chaquaila Gaten Second Team All-TranSouthCycling - - - Karen Amundson missed most of road season; Amundson in Top 20 at Mountain Champ.Golf - - - Jessica Hatley, Katlyn Brent only members of squadSoccer 4 9 1 Helena Dimantas Farias Second Team All-TSAC; Angela Sheehan TSAC POW (Sept. 29)Softball 7 32 0 Stephanie Gutierrez Second Team All-TSAC; Defeated Trevecca in TSAC ChampionshipsTennis 10 8 0 Natasha Yakimovich All-TSAC in singles/doubles; Bea Mompó-Rebaque All-TSAC in doublesVolleyball 21 18 0 Katie Ball First Team All-TSAC; Went 2-2 in TranSouth Championships

Conference Team ChampionshipsBaseball - Regular Season Champions (15-5)Football - Mid-South West Divison Co-Champions (4-1)Men’s Golf - TSAC Tournament Championships

2008-09 TranSouth ConferenceAll-Sports Award Standings

Total Rank School Points MCC WCC MSC WSC VB MBB WBB MT WT MG WG BB SB 1. Union Univ. 56 4 4 6 4 7 9 9 - - 3 - 4 6 2. Bethel College 48 2 1 7.5 5.5 4 2.5 6 3 3 4 3 2 4.5 3. Martin Methodist 45.5 - - 7.5 7 2 5 4 1 1 5 2 3 8 4. Freed-Hardeman 40.5 - - 1 3 8 7.5 8 - - - - 6 7 5. Trevecca 40.5 - - 4 2 6 4 7 - - 2 4 7 4.5 6. Cumberland 36 - - 2 1 3 7.5 3 2 2 6 - 8 1.5 7. Lyon College 35 1 2 4 5.5 5 2.5 5 - - 1 1 5 3 8. Mid-Continent 14.5 - - 4 - 1 6 1 - - - - 1 1.5 9. Blue Mountain 9 3 3 - - - 1 2 - - - - - -

NOTE: Men’s cross country, women’s cross country, men’s tennis, women’s tennis, men’s golf and women’s golf all based on the fi nal results from the TranSouth Championships. All other sports based on regular season fi nal standings.

SCORING: Points are awarded based on the number of schools sponsoring the sport. Institutions not sponsoring a sport do not receive points in that sport. Institutions tying for positions split the combined points of their positions.

KEY: MCC - Men’s Cross Country; WCC - Women’s Cross Country; MSC - Men’s Soccer; WSC - Women’s Soccer; VB - Volleyball;MBB - Men’s Basketball; WBB - Women’s Basketball; MT - Men’s Tennis; WT - Women’s Tennis; MG - Men’s Golf; WG - Women’s Golf;BB - Baseball; SB - Softball.

Football Mid-South West Division Co-Champions Jesse Montoya – First Team All-Mid-South West Division,

MSC Player of the Week (Nov. 17) Freddie Hall – First Team All-Mid-South West Division James McClain – First Team All-Mid-South West Division,

MSC Player of the Week (Oct. 27), NAIA Player of the Week (Oct. 28)

Michael Hinson – First Team All-Mid-South West Division Matt Eads – First Team All-Mid-South West Division,

Mid-South Scholar-Athlete Dexter Elston – First Team All-Mid-South West Division Darius Johnson – Honorable Mention All-Mid-South West

Division Travis Carter – Honorable Mention All-Mid-South West

Division Mitch Reynolds – Honorable Mention All-Mid-South West

Division, Mid-South Scholar-Athlete Anthony Allen – Mid-South Scholar-Athlete Matt Boles – Mid-South Scholar-Athlete Jared Fugate – Mid-South Scholar-Athlete Todd Holman – Mid-South Scholar-Athlete Jeremy Hurford – Mid-South Scholar-Athlete Lucas Jenkins – Mid-South Scholar-Athlete Josh Smith – Mid-South Scholar-Athlete Kevin Smithson – Mid-South Scholar-Athlete Frank Tritico – Mid-South Scholar-Athlete Derrick Wilson – Mid-South Scholar-Athlete

Volleyball Katie Ball – First Team All-TranSouth Joni Simpson – Honorable Mention All-TranSouth Tracy Smallwood – Honorable Mention All-TranSouth,

TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Taylor Denney – Honorable Mention All-TranSouth,

TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Samantha Bellar – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Lauren Carter – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Laurel Conrey – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Kailen Harris – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete

Men’s Soccer Kempess Villafana – First Team All-TranSouth Yue Wang – First Team All-TranSouth, TranSouth

Scholar-Athlete, NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athlete JP Aparacio – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Lucas Daugherty – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Idris Dosky – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Shane Durant – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Carson Gulley – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Michael Michailidis – TSAC Player of the Week (Oct. 6),

TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Adam Owczarzak – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Matt Patt – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Francisco Zamora – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Alex Boehm – TSAC Player of the Week (Sept. 15)

Women’s Soccer Helena Dimantas Farias – Second Team All-TranSouth Angela Sheehan – Second Team All-TranSouth, TSAC

Player of the Week (Sept. 29) Cierra Boots – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Lisa Long – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Frankie Maynard – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Rhiannon Pruitt – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Susan Simpson – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete,

NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athlete

Men’s Basketball Brandon Springer – First Team All-TranSouth, TSAC

Player of the Week (Dec. 9) Rontreal Braxton – Second Team All-TranSouth Ahmed Abdelhamid – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Johnny Kuchar – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Team Rankings – 19th (Preseason), t24 (Dec. 1), t21st

(Dec. 8), 15th (Jan. 5, Feb. 9, March 2), 11th (Jan. 12), 7th (Jan. 19, Jan. 26), 16th (Feb. 2, Feb. 16), t15th (Feb. 23), 20th (March 11)

Women’s Basketball Chaquaila Gaten – Second Team All-TranSouth Bona Ogada – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Angie Wells – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Stasia Holden – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Savannah Nix – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Samantha Bellar – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete

2008-09 Individual Honors

Wrestling Corey Bleaken – NAIA All-American at 149 Eric Rogers – NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athlete Team Rankings – 16th (Jan. 13, Jan. 27), 15th (Feb. 10),

t13th (Feb. 24)

Baseball Woody Hunt – TranSouth Coach of the Year Sam Kikla – First Team All-TranSouth, TSAC Player of

the Week (April 13) Matt Holliman – First Team All-TranSouth Michael Wheeler – First Team All-TranSouth Robert Post – First Team All-TranSouth, TranSouth

Scholar-Athlete, TSAC Pitcher of the Week (March 30) Shawn Schaefer – Second Team All-TranSouth Richard Timbrook – Second Team All-TranSouth Max Kautz – Second Team All-TranSouth, TranSouth

Scholar-Athlete, TSAC Player of the Week (March 30) Kyle West – Second Team All-TranSouth, TranSouth Gold

Glove Adam Sprague – TSAC Pitcher of the Week (April 13),

TSAC Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 24) Matt Greener – TranSouth Gold Glove Clint Alexander – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Matt Burton – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Will Curry – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Briggs Dixson – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Chris Fanning – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete,

NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athlete Jeremy Malmendier – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Corey Merrill – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Blake Simmons – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Matt Vance – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Lee Verweel – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Team Rankings – 11th (Preseason), 15th (Feb. 24), 21st

(April 14)

Women’s Tennis Natasha Yakimovich – First Team All-TranSouth in singles

and doubles; Ranked 14th in singles on Dec. 1, 9th on April 6, 12th on April 20; Ranked 8th in doubles on April 6 & 20

Bea Mompó-Rebaque – First Team All-TranSouth in doubles; NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athlete; Ranked 8th in doubles on April 6, 8th on April 20

Emily Jacobs – NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athlete Team Rankings – 23rd (March 24), 25th (April 7), 25th

(May 3)

Cycling Alejandro Padilla – Placed 3rd in Individual Overall

in SECCC during Mountain Bike season; Finished 7th in Individual Omnium, 8th in Cross Country at Mountain Bike nationals; Placed 6th in criterium at Road Race nationals

Thacker Reeves – Won Individual Overall Championship in SECCC during Road Race season; Placed 2nd in crite-rium, 5th in individual omnium at Road Race nationals

Team placed 10th overall nationally in Mountain Bike season, 4th in SECCC; Team placed 10th in country during Road Race season, 2nd in SECCC

Softball Stephanie Gutierrez – Second Team All-TranSouth Leslie Barrow – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete,

NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athlete Jennifer Brewington – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Lauren Carr – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Katie Goad – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Cassie McKinney – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Karla Pladna – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete,

NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athlete Emily Smith – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete,

NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athlete Paige Terrell – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete

NAIA Daktronics Scholar-Athlete

Men’s Golf Scott Wilkerson – TranSouth Coach of the Year Josh Young – TranSouth Championships Medalist, First

Team All-TranSouth, Mid-South Conference Fall Invitational All-Tournament Team, CU Fall Invitational All-Tournament Team

Adam Maxwell – First Team All-TranSouth, TranSouth Scholar-Athlete

Dustin Thomas – Medalist at Rome News-Tribune Invita-tional (March 10), Medalist vs. Martin Methodist dual match (April 16), Union Fall Invitational All-Tournament Team

Guy Nardo – Medalist at Union Fall Invitational (Oct. 9) Austin Whitmer – CU Fall Invitational All-Tournament

Team Benton Hart – Union Fall Invitational All-Tournament

Team, TranSouth Scholar-Athlete Timmy Hill – TranSouth Scholar-Athlete

2008-09 Individual Honors