2013 uscb softball media guide

2013 Information Guide & Record Book

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InTroduCTIonSeason Preview ................................ 1-32013 Schedule .................................... 22013 preseason polls ........................ 3

MEET THE Sand SHarkSRoster ................................................. 4Coaching staff ................................... 4Returning Players ........................ 5-11Newcomers ................................... 11-12

ConfErEnCE & opponEnTSThe Sun Conference ........................ 13Non-Conference Opponents ............ 14

HISTorY & rECord Book2012 Season Review ......................... 152012 Statistics ................................. 16Single-game records ........................ 16Honor Roll ....................................... 16Season/Career Leaders .................... 17

GET To knoW uSCBAbout The NAIA ................................. 18Champions of Character .................. 18

WHaT’S InSIdE

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The Sand Sharks begin the season as the favorites to win The Sun Conference title, and they’ve cracked the top 25 for the first time, checking in at

No. 21 in the preseason poll. Defending champion Webber International is among the top challengers in the conference, along with a tough St. Thomas

team, and conference new-comer Thomas has an accom-plished program. USCB coach Ty Rietkovich also has his eye on two first-year programs in Embry-Riddle and Southeast-ern, both of whom have hired accomplished coaches and are expected to be competi-tive right away, much like the Sand Sharks a year ago.

CATCHERThe Sand Sharks return their

top two catchers from a year ago in sophomore Amanda Brown and senior Caitlin Vaughn, and they have tons of depth behind that duo with a number of versatile play-ers who can fill in behind the plate, including freshman Whitley Martin.

2013 Season preview

Whatever opposing teams thought of the University of South Carolina Beau-fort softball team going into the Sand

Sharks’ inaugural season, you can be sure those preconceived notions have been replaced with new ones entering USCB’s second campaign — new ones like respect, and perhaps even fear. The Sand Sharks proved to be far more than a typical first-year program in 2012, winning 37 games, fin-ishing second in The Sun Conference and receiv-ing votes in the final NAIA Top 25 Coaches Poll. And after returning virtually every key player from that team and adding several key transfers and freshmen, it’s safe to expect even bigger things in 2013.



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2013 SCHEDULEFEBRUARY2 St. AndrewS 1 p.m. (dH)9 SoutHern weSleyAn 1 p.m. (dH)10 at Savannah State 1 p.m.10 vs. morgan State (at Savannah St.) 3 p.m.13 edwArd wAterS (FlA.) 4 p.m. (dH)22 at truett-mcConnell (Ga.) noon (dH)23 emmAnuel ColleGe (GA.) noon (dH)MARCH 1-14 SmASH Hit tournAment tBd4 ColumBiA ColleGe (S.C.) 4 p.m. (dH)13 GeorGiA Gwinnett 3 p.m. (dH)14 Brewton-pArker (GA.) 4 p.m. (dH)22 at Ave maria (Fla.)* 1 p.m. (dH)23 vs. indiana tech (at Clermont, Fla.) 9 a.m. (dH)24 at edward waters (Fla.) 1 p.m. (dH)26 at Southern wesleyan 4 p.m. (dH)29 tHomAS (GA.)* 1 p.m. (dH)ApRil 3 at Columbia College (S.C.) 4 p.m. (dH)6 Webber Int’l (Fla.)* 1 p.m. (DH)7 emBry-riddle (FlA.)* 1 p.m. (dH)13 at northwood (Fla.)* 1 p.m. (dH)14 at St. thomas (Fla.)* 1 p.m. (dH)17 at Georgia Gwinnett 2 p.m. (dH)26 wArner (FlA.)* 4 p.m. (dH)27 SoutHeAStern (FlA.)* 1 p.m. (dH)MAY 2-4 Sun Conference tournament tBd13-15 nAiA opening round tBd24-30 nAiA national Championships tBd

*denotes Sun Conference opponent(dH) denotes doubleheaderHome GAmeS in All CApSAll home games played at Hardeeville’s richard Gray Sports ComplexTimes subject to change — check USCBAthletics.com for any schedule updatesBroadCaST InfoAll home games are streamed live at www.uscbathletics.com/live or www.bcgov.net and select games are tele-vised in Beaufort County on The County Channel — Hargray Channel 9/252, Comcast Channel 2, Charter Channel 20, Time Warner Channel 63 (Sun City)/66 (Hilton Head).

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2013 Season previewinFiEldThe infield is loaded with

talent and USCB is deep at every position. Sophomores Taylor Triplett and Maddie Byrd return after splitting time at first base last sea-son, and returning starter Mariaha Sanborn is back at the other corner. All-Sun Conference second baseman Katie Rietkovich also returns, and Northwest Florida State transfer C.J. Browder will push for a starting spot at shortstop along with return-ing starter Chelsey Blas-ingame and senior paige Adams. Sophomore Sam Bo-land can play either corner spot and Florence-Darlington Tech transfer Alexandria Sim-mons provides a big bat and the versatility to play any-

where on the infield. Fresh-man Kayla logue will back up at second. Victoria Hilton, a strong hitting junior, is expected to miss the season because of injury.

oUTFiEldThe outfield also is crowd-

ed with a number of players capable of performing at a high level. All-Sun Confer-ence performers Melanie Goolsby and Shelby Zipperer are back in right and center, and sophomore Sammi Shaffren returns after start-ing much of the season in left a year ago. Blasingame also could see time at the corner spots and fellow sophomore lauren Hill provides terrific defense in center. Freshmen Martin and




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prESEaSon Top 25results of the naIa Softball Coaches’ preaseason top 25 poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2012 record, total points and final 2012 ranking.

Rank 2012 Record pts pvs.#1. Cal State San marcos (13) 56-6 520 32. lubbock Christian (texas) (2) 56-8 498 93. Brenau (Ga.) (2) 44-16 496 44. Oklahoma City 47-20 473 25. Concordia (Calif.) (2) 56-4 467 66. Central baptist (ark.) 53-8 448 57. William Carey (miss.) 50-11 433 88. auburn montgomery (ala.) 42-20 404 79. Oregon tech 41-8 393 1010. Houston-Victoria (texas) 40-10 364 1311. lee (tenn.) 48-11 359 1212. olivet nazarene (ill.) 54-9 324 1413. reinhardt (Ga.) 36-12 308 1814. Williams baptist (ark.) 51-10 302 nr15. lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 47-13 287 2016. St. Gregory’s (Okla.) 43-17 257 2217. Corban (Ore.) 31-14 238 2318. Central methodist (mo.) 41-14 226 1919. mobile (Ala.) 31-19 210 2420. indiana Southeast 34-20 195 1521. USC Beaufort 37-11 156 RV22. William penn (Iowa) 47-18 152 rV23. Bethany (kan.) 45-9 146 2524. indiana wesleyan 45-13 137 rV25. St. Xavier (ill.) 37-16 96 rVothers receiving votes: Concordia (ore.) 94; madonna (mich.) 66; bellevue (neb.) 61; park (mo.) 57; Vanguard (Ca-lif.) 43; martin methodist (tenn.) 43; Campbellsville (ky.) 36; College of Idaho 27; tennessee Wesleyan 15; Dickinson State (n.D.) 11; marian (Ind.) 10; St. thomas (Fla.) 8; Davenport (mich.) 6; texas Wesleyan 6; William Woods (mo.) 4; Columbia (mo.) 3; webber international (Fla.) 3; Georgetown (ky.) 3.#Final 2012 ranking

prESEaSon pollresults of the Sun Conference preaseason Coaches poll, with 2012 overall and conference record.

Rank overall Conference1. USC Beaufort 37-11 12-52. St. thomas 16-26 8-103. Webber International 38-22 15-34. embry-riddle n/A n/A5. Warner 21-17 8-96. thomas 21-31 n/A7. Southeastern n/A n/A8. ave maria 11-24 4-139. northwood 8-31 3-13

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2013 Season preview

Missy Hughes will compete for playing time at the corners along with junior Bekah Herty and sophomore Jordan Abercrombie.

piTCHinGThe Sand Sharks look to be

outstanding in the circle once again, as Kristy Cook returns after an All-Sun Conference campaign as a freshman in which she tossed five no-hitters, one of which was a perfect game. Cook will have competi-tion for the title of staff ace, though, as sophomore Caitlin Campbell joins the Sand Sharks after a tremendous freshman season at Armstrong Atlantic State. Freshman Ashlie layman joins the staff after a standout high school career, and senior Becca Hewitt transfers in from Coastal Georgia to provide

much-needed depth. Return-ers Caroline pastre and Cara Jamerson are recovering from injuries to begin the season, but Pastre hopes to return and bolster the staff while Jamer-son is expected to redshirt.




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nuMErICal roSTErno. name position B/T Class Hometown/previous school00 Caitlin Vaughn C r/r Sr. Columbia, S.C./uSC Sumter2 Sam Boland C/3B r/r Soph. Chapin, S.C./Chapin HS3 Cara Jamerson p/inF r/r Soph. inman, S.C./Chapman HS5 Chelsey blasingame InF S/r Soph. Irmo, S.C./Dutch Fork HS7 Kristy Cook p r/r Soph. brooks, Ga./Whitewater HS8 paige adams InF r/r Sr. moncks Corner, S.C./USC Sumter9 Kayla logue C/InF r/r Fr. brunswick, Ga./Glynn academy10 Caroline pastre p r/r Jr. Summerville, S.C./Spartanburg methodist11 Ashlie layman p r/r Fr. ridgeland, S.C./thomas Heyward Academy12 melanie Goolsby oF r/r Jr. richmond Hill, Ga./Georgia College and State13 bekah Herty OF r/r Jr. Hilton Head Island, S.C./Hilton Head Island HS14 mariaha Sanborn 3B r/r Soph. eastover, S.C./Spring Valley HS15 Amanda Brown C r/r Soph. winter Springs, Fla./winter Springs HS16 maddie Byrd 1B l/r Soph. Bogart, Ga./north oconee HS17 Victoria Hilton p/inF r/r Jr. Savannah, Ga./young Harris College18 lauren Hill OF r/r Soph. Harrisburg, n.C./Hickory ridge HS20 Caitlin Campbell p l/l Soph. Huntersville, n.C./Armstrong Atlantic State21 taylor triplett 1B r/r Soph. murrieta, Calif./murrieta HS22 C.J. Browder C/inF r/r Jr. Covington, tenn./northwest Florida23 Jordan Abercrombie oF l/r Soph. Conway, S.C./Carolina Forest HS25 whitley martin C/oF r/r Fr. Chapin, S.C./Chapin HS26 missy Hughes oF l/r Fr. oviedo, Fla./Hagerty HS30 Becca Hewitt p r/r Sr. Hinesville, Ga./Coastal Georgia32 Sammi Shaffren oF l/r Soph. lawrenceville, Ga./peachtree ridge HS41 Shelby Zipperer OF r/r Soph. Guyton, Ga./South effingham HS81 Katie rietkovich InF r/r Jr. Guyton, Ga./Georgia99 alexandria Simmons InF r/r Jr. pendleton, S.C./Florence-Darlington tech

alpHaBETICal roSTErno. name position B/T Class Hometown/previous school23 Jordan Abercrombie oF l/r Soph. Conway, S.C./Carolina Forest HS8 paige adams InF r/r Sr. moncks Corner, S.C./USC Sumter5 Chelsey blasingame InF S/r Soph. Irmo, S.C./Dutch Fork HS2 Sam Boland C/3B r/r Soph. Chapin, S.C./Chapin HS22 C.J. Browder C/inF r/r Jr. Covington, tenn./northwest Florida15 Amanda Brown C r/r Soph. winter Springs, Fla./winter Springs HS16 maddie Byrd 1B l/r Soph. Bogart, Ga./north oconee HS20 Caitlin Campbell p l/l Soph. Huntersville, n.C./Armstrong Atlantic State7 Kristy Cook p r/r Soph. brooks, Ga./Whitewater HS12 melanie Goolsby oF r/r Jr. richmond Hill, Ga./Georgia College and State13 bekah Herty OF r/r Jr. Hilton Head Island, S.C./Hilton Head Island HS30 Becca Hewitt p r/r Sr. Hinesville, Ga./Coastal Georgia18 lauren Hill OF r/r Soph. Harrisburg, n.C./Hickory ridge HS17 Victoria Hilton p/inF r/r Jr. Savannah, Ga./young Harris College26 missy Hughes oF l/r Fr. oviedo, Fla./Hagerty HS3 Cara Jamerson p/inF r/r Soph. inman, S.C./Chapman HS11 Ashlie layman p r/r Fr. ridgeland, S.C./thomas Heyward Academy9 Kayla logue C/InF r/r Fr. brunswick, Ga./Glynn academy25 whitley martin C/oF r/r Fr. Chapin, S.C./Chapin HS10 Caroline pastre p r/r Jr. Summerville, S.C./Spartanburg methodist81 Katie rietkovich InF r/r Jr. Guyton, Ga./Georgia14 mariaha Sanborn 3B r/r Soph. eastover, S.C./Spring Valley HS32 Sammi Shaffren oF l/r Soph. lawrenceville, Ga./peachtree ridge HS99 alexandria Simmons InF r/r Jr. pendleton, S.C./Florence-Darlington tech21 taylor triplett 1B r/r Soph. murrieta, Calif./murrieta HS00 Caitlin Vaughn C r/r Sr. Columbia, S.C./uSC Sumter41 Shelby Zipperer OF r/r Soph. Guyton, Ga./South effingham HS

pronunCIaTIon GuIdE

HEAd CoACH TY RiETKoViCH

rietkovich is the only head softball coach in USCb’s history, taking on the task of building the program for its inaugural season in 2012, when the Sand Sharks finished an impressive 37-11, placed second in the Sun Confer-ence in the regular season and were ranked 31st in the final naIa rankings. the softball team also earned the naIa Scholar-Athlete team distinction for its outstanding performance in the classroom during the 2011-12 year.

rietkovich came to USCb in 2008 as Director of athletics marketing and in June 2010 was promoted to interim athletics director and head softball coach. in his previous roles, rietkovich helped USCb implement its Sand Shark Club booster club and develop marketing strategies to help build athletics. in Sept. 2012, he relinquished his role as interim director of Athletics to concentrate on the softball program.

rietkovich has spent nearly four decades in athletics including college, high school, semi-professional and com-petitive travel team coaching experience. He also played football at the university of South Carolina in Columbia from 1980-83.

Since 1998, he has served as executive director for the Angels Girls Fast pitch Softball organization of Southeast Georgia.

ASSiSTAnT CoACHlaura Heberling joined uSCB

in February 2011 as assistant softball coach and associate director of athletics marketing. on the softball staff, Heberling is in charge of pitchers and catchers.

After completing a success-ful playing career at young Harris College and UnC pembroke, Heberling served as an assistant coach at UnC pembroke, William Woods University and iowa wesleyan College.

As a player, Heberling helped propel young Harris to a ninth-place finish in the nJCaa national tournament in 2003 and 2004. after finishing her first two years at Young Harris, she moved on to UnC pembroke, where she had a successful career pitching for the Braves.

After her playing days, Heberling stayed on as a student assistant coach at UnC pembroke. after serving as a graduate assistant softball coach at william woods for a year, she was hired as the assistant softball coach at iowa wesleyan.

Heberling

Blasingame (BlASS-en-game)pastre (pASS-ter)

Shaffren (SHAFF-run)Zipperer (Zip-er-er)

rietkovich (wreCk-uh-vitch)

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Gp GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBi TB SlG% BB HBp So Gdp oB% SF SH SB SBA2012 6 0 0.400 5 3 2 0 0 0 3 2 0.400 4 0 0 0 0.667 0 0 0 0

23 Jordan AbercrombieSoPHoMoRE • oF • L/R • CoNWAy, S.C. (CARoLINA FoREST HS)

2012 HiGHliGHTS: Scored a run, drove in a run and drew two walks on opening day. … recorded hits in two of five at-bats.pERSonAl: majoring in early Childhood education. … enjoys playing softball and hanging out with friends. … parents are John and tracey abercrombie. …born June 6, 1993, in Corpus Christie, texas. CAREER HiGHS: HitS (1) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; runS (1) — three times; rBi (1) — three times; wAlkS (2) — vs. wesleyan College, 2/11/2012; vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012.


8 Paige AdamsSENIoR • INF • R/R • SUMMERvILLE, S.C. (STRATFoRD HS / USC SUMTER)

2012 HiGHliGHTS: recorded three hits and four rBis in a game vs. Fisher on Feb. 20. ... recorded three multi-hit games. pERSonAl: majoring in business management. … made Dean’s list all four semesters at USC Sumter. …Favorite athlete is Chipper Jones. … lists participating in any sports, hunting and going to the beach as favorite things to do. … Favorite quote is, “Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail,” by ralph Waldo emerson. … parents are Charlene Hancock and mike adams. … born Jan. 14, 1991, in Summerville, S.C.CAREER HiGHS: HitS (3) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; runS (3) — vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; douBleS (1) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; rbI (4) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; tOtal baSeS (4) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; WalKS (1) — five times; StOlen BASeS (2) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012.


5 Chelsey BlasingameSoPHoMoRE • INF/oF • S/R • IRMo, S.C. (DUTCH FoRk HS)

2012 HiGHliGHTS: named nFCa all-american Scholar-athlete. … recorded school-record four hits vs. Warner on march 10. ... recorded six multi-hit games. … Had four hits and four rbIs in opening doubleheader against Wesleyan College. pERSonAl: plans on majoring in Civil engineering. … lists nastia liukin as favorite athlete. … enjoys singing, dancing, playing softball and playing volleyball as favorite things to do. … parents are Dominique and Charleen blasingame. … born may 18, 1993, in Columbia, S.C. CAREER HiGHS: HitS (4) — vs. warner (Fla.), 3/10/2012; runS (3) — vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; vs. edward waters (Fla.), 4/25/2012; douBleS (1) — vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; tripleS (1) — vs. wesleyan College, 2/11/2012; rBi (2) — vs. wesleyan College, 2/11/2012; vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; vs. edward waters (Fla.), 4/25/2012; totAl BASeS (4) — vs. warner (Fla.), 3/10/2012; wAlkS (2) — vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; Stolen BASeS (3) — vs. malone, 3/5/2012.

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2 Sam BolandSoPHoMoRE •INF/C • R/R • CHAPIN, S.C. (CHAPIN HS)

2012 HiGHliGHTS: Hit home runs in back-to-back games vs. ave maria (april 21) and edward Waters (april 25). … Hit three home runs in span of six games. … recorded two or more rbIs six times.pERSonAl: majoring in nursing. … Favorite athlete is eli manning. … lists going camping, swimming, playing volleyball and scuba div-ing as favorite things to do. … Favorite quote is, “I’ve worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down,“ by mia Hamm. …parents are Jimmy and rachel boland. … born June 21, 1993, in Columbia, S.C. CAREER HiGHS: HitS (2) — three times; runS (2) — four times; douBleS (1) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; vs. Ave maria (Fla.), 4/21/2012; Home runS (1) — three times; rBi (3) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; totAl BASeS (6) — vs. Ave maria (Fla.), 4/21/2012; wAlkS (1) — three times; Stolen BASeS (1) — three times.


15Amanda BrownSoPHoMoRE • C • R/R • WINTER SPRINGS, FLA (WINTER SPRINGS HS)

2012 HiGHliGHTS: recorded three multi-hit games. … Had two or more rbIs three times. … threw out five baserunners, including three in Sun Conference play.pERSonAl: Undecided on major. … lists going to the beach, going to Sea World and hanging out with friends and family as her favor-ite things to do. … parents are James and Gina brown. … born October 15, 1992. CAREER HiGHS: HitS (2) — three times; runS (2) — vs. warner (Fla.), 3/10/2012; vs. edward waters (Fla.), 4/25/2012; douBleS (1) — three times; tripleS (1) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; rBi (2) — three times; totAl BASeS (4) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; wAlkS (1) — 11 times; Stolen BASeS (3) — vs. Voorhees, 3/21/2012.


16Maddie ByrdSoPHoMoRE • 1B • L/R • RAMSTIEN, GERMANy (NoRTH oCoNEE HS)

2012 HiGHliGHTS: named nFCa all-american Scholar-athlete. … recorded hits in first seven collegiate games, including first home run vs. Fisher. … recorded five multi-hit games. pERSonAl: Undecided on major. … made Chancellor’s list as a freshman. … lists favorite athlete as lou Gehrig. …Favorite things to do are travel, visit new places, photography, painting and playing softball. … Favorite quotes are, “that’s what she said,” by michael Scott from “the Office” and, “Find what you love to do, and you’ll never work a day in your life,” by Confucius. … parents are phil and tammie byrd. … born June 10, 1993, in Grand Forks, n.D.CAREER HiGHS: HitS (2) — four times; runS (3) — vs. wesleyan College, 2/11/2012; vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; douBleS (1) — three times; tripleS (1) — vs. Ave maria (Fla.), 4/21/2012; vs. edward waters (Fla.), 4/25/2012; Home runS (1) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; rBi (3) — vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; totAl BASeS (5) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; wAlkS (2) — vs. SCAd Savannah, 4/29/2012; Stolen BASeS (1) — vs. SCAd Savannah, 5/5/2012.


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ERA W l Gp GS CG SHo SV ip H R ER BB So 2B 3B HR Wp HBp BK2012 1.42 20 5 28 27 23 10 0 162.2 129 44 33 37 156 27 0 3 3 4 0

7 Kristy CookSoPHoMoRE • P • R/R • BRookS, GA. (WHITEWATER HS)

2012 HiGHliGHTS: named to all-Sun Conference team. … recorded double-digit strikeout totals five times, including first three collegiate games. … threw five no-hitters (one perfect game), including first two collegiate starts. … allowed no earned runs in 16 of 28 appearances. … ranked 25th in naIa in wins, 30th in era and 38th in strikeouts. ... named Sun Conference pitcher of the Week four times. pERSonAl: majoring in nursing. … lists Dan Uggla as favorite athlete. … Favorite thing to do is shop. … Favorite quote is “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can’t change, the courage to change things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.” … parents are Joe and lynn Cook. … born July 30, 1993, in atlanta, Ga. CAREER HiGHS: InnInGS pItCHeD (8) — vs. Webber International (Fla.), 3/16/2012; StrIKeOUtS (12) — vs. Wesleyan College, 2/11/2012; vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012.


12Melanie GoolsbyJUNIoR • oF • R/R • RICHMoND HILL, GA. (RICHMoND HILL HS / GEoRGIA CoLLEGE AND STATE)

2012 HiGHliGHTS: named nFCa all-american Scholar-athlete. … named to all-Sun Conference team. … recorded 13-game hitting streak and had at least one hit in 31 of 44 games played. … Had nine multi-hit games. … ranked second on team with 19 stolen bases in 20 attempts.pERSonAl: majoring in early Childhood education. … lists Freddie Freeman as favorite athlete. ... Favorite quote is, “the name on the front of the jersey is more important than the one of the back,” by Herb brooks. … parents are Doug and Georgia Goolsby. … born July 19, 1991, in Savannah, Ga. CAREER HiGHS: HitS (2) — eight times; runS (3) — three times; douBleS (1) — seven times; tripleS (1) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; Home runS (1) — vs. emmanuel (Ga.), 2/25/2012; vs. St. thomas (Fla.), 3/31/2012; rBi (3) — vs. Georgetown (ky.), 3/1/2012; vs. edward waters (Fla.), 4/25/2012; totAl BASeS (5) — vs. emmanuel (Ga.), 2/25/2012; wAlkS (1) — 12 times; Stolen BASeS (3) — vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012.


13 Bekah HertyJUNIoR • oF • R/R • HILToN HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (HILToN HEAD ISLAND HS)

2012 HiGHliGHTS: named nFCa all-american Scholar-athlete. … Hit first grand slam in school history on opening day vs. Wesleyan College.pERSonAl: majoring in biology. … lists monica abbott as favorite athlete. … Favorite things to do are play softball, go to the beach and have a good time. … Favorite quote is, “We are what we repeatedly do. excellence therefore is not an act, but a habit,” by aristotle. … parents are Joanne and Frank Herty. … born may 6, 1992, in Hilton Head Island, S.C.CAREER HiGHS: HitS (2) — vs. wesleyan College, 2/11/2012; runS (2) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; Home runS (1) — vs. wesleyan College, 2/11/2012; rBi (4) — vs. wesleyan College, 2/11/2012; totAl BASeS (5) — vs. wesleyan College, 2/11/2012; wAlkS (1) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012.


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18 Lauren HillSoPHoMoRE • oF • R/R • HARRISBURG, N.C. (HICkoRy RIDGE HS)

2012 HiGHliGHTS: picked up first career hit Feb. 20 vs. Fisher and first rbI on april 4 vs. Voorhees. … recorded three putouts and an outfield assist in five chances.pERSonAl: majoring in nursing. … Favorite athlete is tim tebow. … lists camping, mudding and playing other sports as favorite things to do. … Favorite quote is, “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength,” phil. 4:13. … parents are Jessica and Chuck Hill. … Born Sept. 22, 1993, in Charlotte, n.C. CAREER HiGHS: HitS (1) — three times; runS (2) — vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; douBleS (1) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/21/2012; rBi (1) — vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; totAl BASeS (2) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/21/2012; wAlkS (1) — three times; Stolen BASeS (1) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012.


17 Victoria HiltonJUNIoR • P/1B • R/R • GARDEN CITy, GA. (SoUTH EFFINGHAM HS / yoUNG HARRIS CoLLEGE)

2012 HiGHliGHTS: named nFCa all-american Scholar-athlete. … Drew school-record three walks march 10 vs. Warner. ... Had two doubles, two runs and three rBis Feb. 21 vs. Fisher.pERSonAl: majoring in english. made Chancellor’s list in first year at USCb. … Favorite things to do include writing, reading, listening to music and playing video games. … parents are Harry and Christine Hilton. … born nov. 7, 1991, in Savannah Ga. CAREER HiGHS: HitS (2) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/21/2012; runS (2) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/21/2012; douBleS (2) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/21/2012; rBi (3) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/21/2012; totAl BASeS (4) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/21/2012; wAlkS (3) — vs. warner (Fla.), 3/10/2012; Stolen BASeS (1) — vs. edward waters (Fla.), 2/23/2012.


3 Cara JamersonSoPHoMoRE • P/UTIL • R/R • INMAN, S.C. (CHAPMAN HS)

2012 HiGHliGHTS: Struck out nine in a five-inning one-hitter in first collegiate start Feb. 21 vs. Fisher. … earned first save in school history with two perfect innings of relief march 31 vs. St. thomas.pERSonAl: majoring in education. … Favorite athlete is brett Favre. … Favorite thing to do is play softball. … Favorite quote is, “We are what we repeatedly do. excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit,” by aristotle. … parents are Carl and missy Jamerson. … born Feb. 8, 1993, in Inman, S.C. CAREER HiGHS: inninGS pitCHed (6) — vs. St. Ambrose (iowa), 3/14/2012; StrikeoutS (9) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/21/2012.


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10Caroline PastreJUNIoR • P • R/R • SUMMERvILLE, S.C. (STRATFoRD HS / SPARTANBURG METHoDIST)

2012 HiGHliGHTS: ... recorded school-record 13 strikeouts in five-inning perfect game Feb. 20 vs. Fisher. ... pitched nine innings to earn key victory april 28 vs. Sun Conference rival SCaD Savannah. ... Struck out nine in back-to-back games vs. Georgetown (march 1) and Walsh (march 5). ... ranked 27th in naIa in walks per nine innings (1.25) and 30th in total walks (13).pERSonAl: majoring in biology. … Favorite things to do include playing softball, hunting and fishing. … Favorite athlete is Chipper Jones. … Favorite quote is, “life is a dance, you learn as you go,” by John michael montgomery. … parents are Joe and Denise pastre. … Born may 3, 1991, in Summerville, S.C. CAREER HiGHS: InnInGS pItCHeD (9) — vs. SCaD Savannah, 4/28/2012; StrIKeOUtS (13) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012.


81 Katie RietkovichJUNIoR • 2B • R/R • GUyToN, GA. (SoUTH EFFINGHAM HS / UNIvERSITy oF GEoRGIA)

2012 HiGHliGHTS: named nFCa all-american Scholar-athlete. … named to nFCa’s naIa all-region second team. … named to all-Sun Conference team. … Selected as Sun Conference player of the Week three times. ... recorded 21 multi-hit games. … led team in batting average, runs, hits, triples, home runs, total bases, slugging, on-base percentage, walks and hit by pitches. … ranked third in naIa in runs scored per game, fifth in rbIs per game, 16th in slugging, 17th in runs, 22nd in total bases per game and 22nd in rbIs.pERSonAl: majoring in Hospitality management . … Favorite athlete is Josh Hamilton. … lists going to the beach, shopping and play-ing softball as favorite things to do. … Favorite quote is, “Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway,” by John Wayne. … parents are ty and patty rietkovich. … born Jan. 14, 1991, in Guyton, Ga. CAREER HiGHS: HitS (3) — four times; runS (4) — vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; douBleS (1) — 10 times; tripleS (1) — three times; Home runS (1) — nine times; rBi (6) — vs. wesleyan College, 2/11/2012; totAl BASeS (7) — vs. wesleyan College, 2/11/2012; wAlkS (2) — vs. northwood (Fla.), 3/24/2012; Stolen BASeS (4) — vs. malone, 3/5/2012.


14 Mariaha SanbornSoPHoMoRE • 3B • R/R • CoLUMBIA, S.C. (SPRING vALLEy HS)

2012 HiGHliGHTS: tied for team lead in doubles and ranked second in home runs, rbIs and total bases. … Hit home runs in three consecutive games, including each of USCb’s first two Sun Conference contests against Warner. … recorded 12 multi-hit games. ... earned Sun Conference player of the Week honors once. pERSonAl: majoring in business. … Favorite athlete is David Wright. … enjoys playing sports, hanging out with friends and watch-ing movies. … Favorite quote is, “I’m a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have of it,” by thomas Jefferson. … parents are Scott and lynn Sanborn. … born aug. 20, 1992, in binghamton, n.Y. CAREER HiGHS: HitS (3) — three times; runS (2) — four times; douBleS (2) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/21/2012; tripleS (1) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; Home runS (1) — seven times; rBi (4) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; totAl BASeS (9) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; wAlkS (2) — vs. northwood (Fla.), 3/24/2012; Stolen BASeS (1) — four times.


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32 Sammi ShaffrenSoPHoMoRE • oF • L/R • LAWRENCEvILLE, GA. (PEACHTREE RIDGE HS)

2012 HiGHliGHTS: recorded four hits, three rbIs, five runs and four stolen bases in season-opening doubleheader vs. Wesleyan College. … Successful in first 11 stolen base attempts. … recorded six multi-hit games, including two contests with three hits.pERSonAl: majoring in Hospitality management. … Favorite athlete is Chipper Jones. … parents are Glenn and Diane Shaffren. … born April 12, 1993, in Fort lauderdale, Fla. CAREER HiGHS: HitS (3) — vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; vs. SCAd Savannah, 4/29/2012; runS (3) — three times; douBleS (1) — three times; tripleS (1) — vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; rBi (2) — vs. wesleyan College, 2/11/2012; vs. Voorhees, 3/21/2012; totAl BASeS (6) — vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; wAlkS (1) — four times; Stolen BASeS (3) — vs. Voorhees, 3/21/2012.


21Taylor TriplettSoPHoMoRE • 1B/DP • R/R • MURRIETA, CALIF. (MURRIETA vALLEy HS)

2012 HiGHliGHTS: named nFCa all-american Scholar-athlete. … named to nFCa’s naIa all-region second team. … earned Sun Conference player of the Week honors once. … became first player in program history to hit two home runs in the same game march 5 vs. Walsh. ... Hit home runs in consecutive games against Fisher on Feb. 20 and 21. … recorded nine multi-hit games. pERSonAl: majoring in business management. … Favorite athletes are mike trout and peter bourjos. … Favorite things to do include photography, outdoor activities and camping. … parents are Stuart and rebecca triplett. … born Oct. 27, 1992, in placentia, Calif. CAREER HiGHS: HItS (3) — vs. Walsh, 3/5/2012; vs. St. ambrose (Iowa), 3/14/2012; rUnS (3) — three times; DOUbleS (1) — six times; tripleS (1) — vs. edward waters (Fla.), 2/23/2012; Home runS (2) — vs. walsh, 3/5/2012; rBi (3) — four times; totAl BASeS (9) — vs. walsh, 3/5/2012; wAlkS (2) — vs. Voorhees, 3/21/2012; vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; Stolen BASeS (1) — four times.


00 Caitlin VaughnSENIoR • C • R/R • CoLUMBIA, S.C. (IRMo HS / USC SUMTER)

2012 HiGHliGHTS: recorded a pair of doubles and scored three runs Feb. 20 vs. Fisher. … Had three hits, two runs and two rbIs april 4 vs. Voorhees. … threw out three opposing baserunners.pERSonAl: majoring in early Childhood education. … Favorite athlete is tim tebow. … Favorite things to do are swim, hang out with friends, play with dogs, sing, listen to taylor Swift and go to Gamecock football games. … Favorite quote is, “If ya ain’t first you’re last,” by ricky bobby. … parents of tim and Susan Vaughn. … born may 11, 1991, in Columbia, S.C. CAREER HiGHS: HitS (3) — vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; runS (3) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; douBleS (2) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; rBi (2) — vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; totAl BASeS (4) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; vs. Voor-hees, 4/4/2012; wAlkS (2) — vs. Voorhees, 3/21/2012; Stolen BASeS (1) — vs. edward waters (Fla.), 2/23/2012; vs. thomas (Ga.), 4/18/2012.


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41 Shelby ZippererSoPHoMoRE • oF • R/R • GUyToN, GA. (SoUTH EFFINGHAM HS)

2012 HiGHliGHTS: named to nFCa’s naIa all-region second team. … named to all-Sun Conference team. … earned Sun Conference player of the Week honors once. … tied for team lead in doubles and ranked second in runs, hits, triples and walks. … recorded 19 multi-hit games, including a stretch of three straight. … notched seven-game hitting streak that included USCb’s first five Sun Conference games.pERSonAl: Favorite athlete is Jason Heyward. … Favorite things to do are playing softball, fishing and hanging out with friends and family. … Favorite quote is, “So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand,” Isaiah 41:11. … parents are bart and Sharon Zipperer. … born June 4, 1992, in modesto, Calif. CAREER HiGHS: HitS (3) — four times; runS (4) — vs. edward waters (Fla.), 2/23/2012; douBleS (3) — vs. edward waters (Fla.), 2/23/2012; tripleS (1) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/21/2012; Home runS (1) — three times; rBi (6) — vs. edward waters (Fla.), 2/23/2012; totAl BASeS (6) — vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/21/2012; vs. edward waters (Fla.), 2/23/2012; wAlkS (2) — vs. malone, 3/5/2012; vs. northwood (Fla.), 3/24/2012; Stolen BASeS (2) — three times.


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Caitlin CampbellSoPHoMoRE • P • L/L • HUNTERSvILLE, N.C. (GASToN CHRISTIAN / ARMSTRoNG ATLANTIC STATE)

Becca HewittSENIoR • P • R/R • HINESvILLE, GA. (PINEWooD CHRISTIAN / CoASTAL GEoRGIA)

pERSonAl: Favorite athlete is Derek Jeter. … lists hunting, shoe shopping and cooking as favorite things to do. … Favorite quote is, “With God all things are possible,” matthew 19:26. … parents are angie Cromwell and Steven browder. … born June 26, 1992. AT noRTHWEST FloRidA: Started 47 games as a sophomore, hitting .322 with nine doubles, two home runs and 35 rBis. Successful on all six stolen base attempts.

pERSonAl: nickname is C.C. ... lists tim tebow and Derek Jeter as favorite athletes. ... parents are Charlotte and darrell Campbell. ... Born Jan. 29, 1993, in Bristol, tenn.AT ARMSTRonG ATlAnTiC: Went 20-3 with a 2.57 era as a freshman. tossed four shutouts and struck out 83 in 149 2/3 innings.

pERSonAl: majoring in business management. … Favorite thing to do is play softball. … Favorite athlete is Jenny Finch. … parents are Greg and Delores Hewitt. … born Jan., 25 1991, in Savannah, Ga. AT CoASTAl GEoRGiA: made six starts in nine appearances in the circle as a junior, going 1-7 with a 5.36 era. tossed five complete games.

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Missy HughesFRESHMAN • oF • L/R • ovIEDo, FLA. (HAGERTy HS)

Ashlie LaymanFRESHMAN • P • R/R • RIDGELAND, S.C. (THoMAS HEyWARD ACADEMy)

Kayla LogueFRESHMAN • C/INF • R/R • ST. SIMoNS ISLAND, GA. (GLyNN ACADEMy)

Whitley MartinFRESHMAN • C/oF • R/R • CHAPIN, S.C. (CHAPIN HS)

Alexandria SimmonsJUNIoR • INF • R/R • ANDERSoN, S.C. (PENDLEToN HS / FLoRENCE-DARLINGToN TECH)

pERSonAl: majoring in early Childhood education. … Favorite athlete is Derek Jeter. … Favorite quote is, “the person that said that win-ning isn’t everything, never won anything,” by mia Hamm. … parents are lucy and Gary Hughes. … born Sept. 2, 1993.in HiGH SCHool: Hit .518 and scored 29 runs as a senior and stole nine bases. named Honorable mention all-Central Florida by the orlando Sentinel as a junior and senior.

pERSonAl: Undecided on major. … Favorite athlete is Jenny Finch. … Favorite things to do are play softball, work out and eat. … Favorite quote is, “If you can believe it, the mind can achieve it,” by ronnie lott. … parents are bob and barbie layman. … born June 8, 1994, in beckley, W.Va.in HiGH SCHool: led the rebels to the SCISa Class 2-a title as a junior and a runner-up finish as a senior. Went 24-3 with a 0.67 era in the circle as a senior, tossing 12 shutouts and compiling 181 strikeouts in 157 innings. also hit .435 with seven homers and 49 rbIs.

pERSonAl: majoring in Communications. … Favorite athlete is tim tebow. … Favorite things to do are Crossfit, going to the beach and traveling. … parents are Carole and matt logue. … born Sept. 16, 1994, in roanoke, Va. in HiGH SCHool: Four-year letterwinner at Glynn academy who played with coach ty rietkovich’s angels travel program.

pERSonAl: majoring in early Childhood education. … Favorite things to do are boating on the lake, going to the beach, playing softball and hanging out with friends and family. … Favorite quote is, “If you believe in a God who controls the big things, you have to believe in a God who controls the little things. It is we, of course, to whom things look ‘little’ or ‘big’,” by elisabeth elliott. … parents are ashley and Shannon martin. … born aug. 4, 1994, in Dothan, ala. in HiGH SCHool: Standout behind the plate and in the batter’s box for coach mary Jo Jenny.

pERSonAl: majoring in business. … enjoys going to the beach, hanging out with friends, playing softball and shopping. … Favorite quote is, “love comforteth like sunshine after rain,” by William Shakespeare. … parents are michelle and Oscar Simmons. … born nov. 7, 1991, in Anderson, S.C. AT FloREnCE-dARlinGTon TECH: Hit .427 with 11 doubles, five home runs and 26 rbIs in 47 games as a sophomore.

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AVE MARiAGEnERAl inFoRMATionlocation: ave maria, Fla.nickname: GyrenesColors: tanzanite blue, Kelly Greenenrollment: 886athletics phone: 239.304.7887SoFTBAll inFoRMATionHead Coach: tim Speakman (3rd season)2012 record: 11-24 (4-13 tSC)SpoRTS inFoRMATionContact: elizabeth bauxphone: 239.304.7881email: [email protected]: avemariagyrenes.com

EMBRY-RiddlEGEnERAl inFoRMATionlocation: Daytona beach, Fla.nickname: eaglesColors: royal blue and Gold enrollment: 4,978athletics phone: 386.323.5000SoFTBAll inFoRMATionHead Coach: Sarah lockett2012 record: First-year programSpoRTS inFoRMATionContact: michael piercephone: 386.323.5016email: [email protected]: daytona.embryriddlesports.com

noRTHWoodGEnERAl inFoRMATionlocation: West palm beach, Fla.nickname: SeahawksColors: Columbia blue, navy and Whiteenrollment: 1,000athletics phone: 561.681.7986SoFTBAll inFoRMATionHead Coach: Craig Diamond2012 record: 8-31 (3-13 tSC)SpoRTS inFoRMATionContact: Chris Kendrickphone: 561.681.7909email: [email protected]: seahawks.gonorthwood.com

SoUTHEASTERnGEnERAl inFoRMATionlocation: lakeland, Fla.nickname: FireColors: red and blackenrollment: 2,950athletics phone: 863.667.5046SoFTBAll inFoRMATionHead Coach: anna Welsh2012 record: First-year programSpoRTS inFoRMATionContact: Jeff Welshphone: 863.667.5213email: [email protected]: seufire.com

ST. THoMASGEnERAl inFoRMATionlocation: miami Gardens, Fla.nickname: bobcatsColors: navy, Columbia blue, Burgundyenrollment: 2,629athletics phone: 305.628.6678SoFTBAll inFoRMATionHead Coach: Jeff norman2012 record: 16-26 (8-10 tSC)SpoRTS inFoRMATionContact: philip de montmollinphone: 305.628.6681email: [email protected]: www.stubobcats.com

THoMASGEnERAl inFoRMATionlocation: thomasville, Ga.nickname: night HawksColors: Hunter Green, Whiteenrollment: 1,150athletics phone: 229.226.1621SoFTBAll inFoRMATionHead Coach: bill Wilson2012 record: 21-31SpoRTS inFoRMATionContact: ricky Zambranophone: 229-226.1621Website: thomasu.edu

WARnERGEnERAl inFoRMATionlocation: lake Wales, Fla.nickname: royalsColors: royal blue and Goldenrollment: 1,000athletics phone: 863.638.7213SoFTBAll inFoRMATionHead Coach: lindsay littlejon-egli2012 record: 21-17 (8-9 tSC)SpoRTS inFoRMATionContact: Kendal Sherrousephone: 863.638.7126email: [email protected]: warnerroyals.com

WEBBER inTERnATionAlGEnERAl inFoRMATionlocation: babson park, Fla.nickname: WarriorsColors: Green, Gold and Whiteenrollment: 730athletics phone: 863.638.2953SoFTBAll inFoRMATionHead Coach: brent Orr2012 record: 38-22 (15-3 tSC)SpoRTS inFoRMATionContact: brad Hutzelmanphone: 863.638.2980email: [email protected]: webberathletics.com

The Sun Conference

T he Sun Conference, formerly the Florida Sun Conference, is in its 22nd season of competition and continues to be one of the most successful intercollegiate athletic conferences in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The league unveiled its new name on Aug. 18, 2008, to be inclusive of member schools from

Georgia and South Carolina. The institutions in the conference believe in strong educational commitment combined with balanced athletic competition. The league sponsors championships in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s track and field and women’s volleyball.

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non-Conference opponentsBREWTon-pARKERGEnERAl inFoRMATionlocation: mt. Vernon, Ga.nickname: baronsColors: Orange and blueaffiliations: naIa, Southern States athletic Conferenceenrollment: 778 (2010)athletics phone: 912.583.2241SoFTBAll inFoRMATionHead Coach: Jason bryant (10th season)2012 record: 28-17 (14-11 SSaC)SpoRTS inFoRMATionContact: michael Dyephone: 912.583.3181email: [email protected]: www.gobaronsgo.com

ColUMBiA CollEGEGEnERAl inFoRMATionlocation: Columbia, S.C.nickname: Fighting koalasColors: White, purpleaffiliations: naIa, appalachian athletic Conferenceenrollment: 1,367 (2010)athletics phone: 803.786.3778SoFTBAll inFoRMATionHead Coach: James morrison (4th season)2012 record: 17-25 (6-12 aaC)SpoRTS inFoRMATionContact: Katie Welshphone: 803.786.3668email: [email protected]: gokoalas.com

EdWARd WATERSGEnERAl inFoRMATionlocation: Jacksonville, Fla.nickname: tigersColors: purple, Orangeaffiliations: naIa, Gulf Coast athletic Conferenceenrollment: 769 (2010)athletics phone: 904.470.8277SoFTBAll inFoRMATionHead Coach: ashley Walker 2012 record: 10-24 (3-0 GCaC)SpoRTS inFoRMATionContact: Henry Smithphone: 904.470.8045email: [email protected]: www.ewc.edu/index.php/athletics

EMMAnUEl CollEGEGEnERAl inFoRMATionlocation: Franklin Springs, Ga.nickname: lionsColors: Gold, redaffiliations: naIa, Southern States athletic Conferenceenrollment: 788 (2011)athletics phone: 706.245.2855SoFTBAll inFoRMATionHead Coach: Kacey alexander (1st season)2012 record: 27-31 (8-19 SSaC)SpoRTS inFoRMATionContact: Howard eatonphone: 706.245.2883email: [email protected]: www.goeclions.com

GEoRGiA GWinnETTGEnERAl inFoRMATionlocation: lawrenceville, Ga.nickname: GrizzliesColors: Grey, Greenaffiliations: naIa, Independentenrollment: 7,742 (2012)athletics phone: 678.407.5810SoFTBAll inFoRMATionHead Coach: Kat Ihlenburg (1st season)2012 record: First-year programSpoRTS inFoRMATionContact: ned Colegrovephone: 678.407.5241email: [email protected]: www.grizzlyathletics.com

MoRGAn STATEGEnERAl inFoRMATionlocation: baltimore, md.nickname: bearsColors: blue, Orangeaffiliations: nCaa Division I, meaCenrollment: 8,018athletics phone: 443.885.3050SoFTBAll inFoRMATionHead Coach: Jeff bozier Sr. (10th season)2012 record: 12-23 (6-12 meaC)SpoRTS inFoRMATionContact: Kevin paigephone: 443.885.3009email: [email protected]: www.morganstatebears.com

SAinT AndREWSGEnERAl inFoRMATionlocation: laurinburg, n.C.nickname: KnightsColors: blue, Whiteaffiliations: naIa, appalachian athletic Conferenceenrollment: 441 (2010)athletics phone: 910.277.5556SoFTBAll inFoRMATionHead Coach: elizabeth burris (7th season)2012 record: 8-44 (2-18 Conference Carolinas)SpoRTS inFoRMATionContact: troy baranikphone: 910.277.5751email: [email protected]: www.sauknights.com

SAVAnnAH STATEGEnERAl inFoRMATionlocation: Savannah, Ga.nickname: tigersColors: reflex blue, Orangeaffiliations: nCaa Division I, meaCenrollment: 4,552 (2011)athletics phone: 912.358.3449SoFTBAll inFoRMATionHead Coach: Jose Gonzalez (6th season)2012 record: 26-24 (12-3 meaC)SpoRTS inFoRMATionContact: Joshua peacockphone: 912.358.3448email: [email protected]: ssuathletics.com

SoUTHERn WESlEYAnGEnERAl inFoRMATionlocation: Central, S.C.nickname: WarriorsColors: blue, Goldaffiliations: naIa, Southern States athletic Conferenceenrollment: 2,414 (2010)athletics phone: 864.644.5305SoFTBAll inFoRMATionHead Coach: anna ball (2nd season)2012 record: 11-36 (5-21 SSaC)SpoRTS inFoRMATionContact: Camilo rodriguezphone: 864.644.5302email: [email protected]: swuathletics.com

TRUETT- MCConnEllGEnERAl inFoRMATionlocation: Cleveland, Ga.nickname: bearsColors: blue, Goldaffiliations: naIa, Southern States athletic Conferenceenrollment: 755 athletics phone: 706.865.2134SoFTBAll inFoRMATionHead Coach: Jenni Shepard (8th season)2012 record: 6-39 (1-25 SSaC)SpoRTS inFoRMATionContact: aric mawdesleyphone: 706.865.2134email: [email protected]: tmcbears.com




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2012 SCHEdulE and rESulTS

oVERAll: 37-11SUn ConFEREnCE: 12-5 (2nd)

FEBRUARY11 weSleyAn ColleGe w, 16-0; w, 21-120 FiSHer (mASS.) w, 19-0; w, 34-0 21 FiSHer (mASS.) W, 18-0; W, 14-0 23 at edward waters (Fla.) w, 12-0; w, 20-0 25 emmAnuel (GA.) w, 3-2; l, 0-6MARCH1 GeorGetown (ky.) w, 4-3; w, 3-15 mAlone uniVerSity w, 11-1 5 wAlSH uniVerSity l, 5-79 wArner (FlA.) * w, 9-110 wArner (FlA.) * w, 9-0; w, 9-6 13 ColumBiA (S.C.) w, 3-014 St. ambrOSe (IOWa) W, 8-216 at webber international (Fla.) * w, 6-517 at webber international (Fla.) * l, 1-5; l, 3-421 at Voorhees (S.C.) w, 20-0; w, Forfeit 23 nortHwood (FlA.) * w, 6-0 24 nortHwood (FlA.) * w, 5-4 26 neWberrY COlleGe W, 8-0; W, 13-7 30 at St. thomas (Fla.) * l, 2-3 31 at St. thomas (Fla.) * l, 1-2; w, 7-6ApRil4 VoorHeeS (S.C.) w, 21-1; w, 25-2 10 at Columbia (S.C.) w, 6-0; l, 1-2 18 at thomas (Ga.) l, 4-520 AVe mAriA (FlA.) * w, 2-0; w, 2-0 21 AVe mAriA (FlA.) * w, 5-025 edwArd wAterS (FlA.) w, 15-0; w, 10-0 28 at SCaD Savannah (Ga.) * l, 0-1; W, 5-4 29 at SCAd Savannah (Ga.) * w, 5-4MAY4 vs. northwood (Fla.)# W, 8-05 vs. SCAd Savannah (Ga.)# w, 5-15 vs. webber international (Fla.)# l, 0-36 vs. St. thomas (Fla.)# l, 1-2

*denotes Sun Conference game# Sun Conference tournamentHome GAmeS in All CApS

a Season of ‘firsts’ ...First pitch: Kristy Cook, vs. Wesleyan College (2/11/2012)First Strikeout: Kristy Cook, vs. Wesleyan College (2/11/2012)First Win: Kristy Cook, vs. Wesleyan College (2/11/2012)First Save: Cara Jamerson, vs. St. thomas (3/31/2012)First Stolen Base: Sammi Shaffren, vs. wesleyan College (2/11/2012)First Hit: Sammi Shaffren, vs. wesleyan College (2/11/2012)First double: Shelby Zipperer, vs. wesleyan College (2/11/2012)

First Triple: Chelsey Blasingame, vs. wesleyan College (2/11/2012)First Home Run: Katie rietkovich, vs. Wesleyan College (2/11/2012)First RBi: Shelby Zipperer, vs. wesleyan College (2/11/2012)First Run Scored: Sammi Shaffren, vs. wesleyan College (2/11/2012)First Shutout/no-Hitter: Kristy Cook, vs. Wesleyan College (2/11/2012)First perfect Game: Kristy Cook, vs. Fisher College (2/20/2012)First Grand Slam: rebekah Herty, vs. Wesleyan College (2/11/2012)

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It’s apparent now that Riet-kovich’s gut feeling was right — the team he had spent a year and a half building turned out to be something special, as the Sand Sharks compiled an impressive 37-11 record and finished sec-ond in The Sun Conference. The Sand Sharks became

known for a potent lineup — they ranked second in the nation in runs per game (8.638) and fourth in team

batting average (.367) — and a dominant pitching duo — freshman kristy Cook tossed five no-hitters and she and sophomore Caroline Pastre threw back-to-back perfect games in a doubleheader against Fisher College.USCB landed four players

on the All-Sun Conference squad — Cook, katie Rietk-ovich, Melanie Goolsby and Shelby Zipperer — and had three players earn NFCA Second-Team All-District hon-ors — Rietkovich, Zipperer and Taylor Triplett.The first-year program

notched wins against NCAA Division II teams Newberry College and Malone Univer-sity.Most important, the team

performed just as well in the classroom, earning the NAIA Scholar Team distinc-tion with an overall team GPA of 3.22.

Leading up to the inaugural season of Sand Shark Softball, coach Ty Rietkovich

insisted he had not formed any expectations for how his first-year team would perform. But his excitement was evident.




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indiVidUAl RECoRdS HiTS (4) Chelsey Blasingame, vs. warner (Fla.), 3/10/2012RUnS (4) Katie rietkovich, vs. Voorhees, 4/4/201Shelby Zipperer, vs. edward waters (Fla.), 2/23/2012doUBlES (3) Shelby Zipperer, vs. edward waters (Fla.), 2/23/2012TRiplES (1) Chelsey Blasingame, vs. wesleyan College, 2/11/2012Amanda Brown, vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/201maddie Byrd, vs. Ave maria (Fla.), 4/21/2012; vs. edward waters (Fla.), 4/25/2012melanie Goolsby, vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012Katie rietkovich, Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012; vs. Columbia, 4/10/2012mariaha Sanborn, vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/201Sammi Shaffren, vs. Voorhees, 4/4/2012taylor triplett, vs. edward waters (Fla.), 2/23/201Shelby Zipperer, vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/21/2012HoME RUnS (2) taylor triplett, vs. walsh, 3/5/201

RBi (7) Katie rietkovich, vs. Wesleyan College, 2/11/2012Shelby Zipperer, vs. edward waters (Fla.), 2/23/2012ToTAl BASES (9)mariaha Sanborn, vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012taylor triplett, vs. walsh, 3/5/2012WAlKS (3)Victoria Hilton, vs. warner (Fla.), 3/10/2012STolEn BASES (4)Katie rietkovich, vs. malone, 3/5/2012inninGS piTCHEd (9)Caroline pastre, vs. SCaD Savannah, 4/28/2012STRiKEoUTS (13) Caroline pastre, vs. Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012

TEAM RECoRdS RUnS — 34, Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012HiTS — 37, Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012doUBlES — 9, Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012TRiplES — 3, Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012HoME RUnS — 3, walsh university, 3/5/2012RBis — 30, Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012STolEn BASES — 17, Voorhees, 3/21/2012FEWEST HiTS AlloWEd — 0, Six timesSTRiKEoUTS — 13, Fisher (mass.), 2/20/2012; Voorhees, 3/21/2012

All-SUn ConFEREnCEKristy Cook, rHp (2012)melanie Goolsby, oF (2012)Katie rietkovich, 2b (2012)Shelby Zipperer, oF (2012)

nFCA All-REGionSecond TeamKatie rietkovich, 2b (2012)taylor triplett, 1B (2012)Shelby Zipperer, oF (2012)

nFCA All-AMERiCAn SCHolAR-ATHlETEAmber Allen, inF (2012)Chelsey Blasingame, inF (2012)maddie Byrd, 1B (2012)melanie Goolsby, oF (2012)Hailey Grimoskas, rHp (2012)kalie Hastings, 1B (2012)rebekah Herty, OF (2012)Victoria Hilton, 1B (2012)kalin martin, util (2012)Katie rietkovich, 2b (2012)Jasmon russell, C (2012)taylor triplett, 1B (2012)brittney Willbanks, InF (2012)

Single-Game records

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Batting Gp GS AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBi TB SlG BB HBp So Gdp oBp SF SH SB SBAAbercrombie, Jordan 6 0 0.400 5 3 2 0 0 0 3 2 0.400 4 0 0 0 0.667 0 0 0 0Adams, paige 26 12 0.350 40 19 14 2 0 0 10 16 0.400 6 2 4 0 0.449 1 4 5 5allen, amber 15 1 0.500 8 7 4 0 0 0 4 4 0.500 1 0 0 0 0.556 0 0 1 1blasingame, Chelsey 41 36 0.419 86 24 36 1 1 0 16 39 0.453 9 1 8 0 0.479 0 4 11 15boland, Sam 23 13 0.286 49 17 14 3 0 3 15 26 0.531 3 1 7 0 0.340 0 1 3 3brown, amanda 40 37 0.179 84 9 15 3 1 0 8 20 0.238 11 0 16 0 0.274 0 3 3 3byrd, maddie 41 34 0.234 94 19 22 3 2 1 16 32 0.340 7 4 12 0 0.308 2 3 1 1Cook, Kristy 29 27 1.000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0Goolsby, melanie 44 43 0.385 104 38 40 7 2 2 24 57 0.548 13 6 8 0 0.476 1 5 19 20Grimoskas, Hailey 7 3 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0Hastings, Kalie 8 1 0.556 9 4 5 1 0 0 2 6 0.667 2 1 0 0 0.667 0 0 0 0Herty, rebekah 6 0 0.571 7 4 4 0 0 1 5 7 1.000 2 0 1 0 0.667 0 0 0 0Hill, lauren 19 3 0.188 16 9 3 2 0 0 1 5 0.313 3 1 3 0 0.350 0 0 1 1Hilton, Victoria 17 3 0.450 20 6 9 2 0 0 6 11 0.550 5 0 3 0 0.560 0 0 1 1Jamerson, Cara 12 2 0.500 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0.500 0 0 0 0 0.500 0 0 2 2martin, kalin 30 7 0.459 37 14 17 5 1 1 16 27 0.730 4 5 3 0 0.553 1 3 4 5pastre, Caroline 17 15 1.000 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0pate, Kasey 10 1 0.545 11 6 6 1 0 0 2 7 0.636 1 0 1 0 0.583 0 0 0 0phillips, Barbara 27 25 0.403 77 27 31 0 0 0 7 31 0.403 6 0 11 0 0.446 0 2 20 20rietkovich, Katie 46 46 0.455 134 62 61 12 3 10 60 109 0.813 19 8 13 1 0.543 1 0 18 20Sanborn, mariaha 46 46 0.354 130 24 46 14 1 8 42 86 0.662 12 4 6 1 0.422 1 1 4 4Shaffren, Sammi 32 26 0.333 87 25 29 4 1 0 10 35 0.402 4 1 6 0 0.370 0 2 15 16triplett, taylor 33 32 0.370 92 25 34 6 1 7 29 63 0.685 11 3 6 2 0.444 2 1 4 4Vaughn, Caitlin 22 10 0.286 28 14 8 4 0 0 4 12 0.429 8 1 5 0 0.447 1 1 2 2Willbanks, brittney 7 1 0.500 10 5 5 2 0 0 1 7 0.700 0 1 0 0 0.545 0 0 1 1wilson, erin 11 3 0.500 20 6 10 1 0 0 7 11 0.550 0 0 2 0 0.500 0 0 1 1Zipperer, Shelby 43 43 0.409 127 39 52 14 2 3 36 79 0.622 14 3 21 0 0.476 1 5 13 16TEAM ToTAlS 47 0.367 1279 406 470 87 15 36 327 695 0.543 146 42 136 4 0.426 11 35 129 141

pitching ERA W l Gp GS CG SHo SV ip H R ER BB So 2B 3B HR Wp HBp BKGrimoskas, Hailey 0.41 4 0 5 3 2 1 0 17 9 2 1 4 26 0 0 0 1 0 0Jamerson, Cara 0.69 4 0 9 2 1 1 1 20.1 12 2 2 5 20 3 0 0 0 0 0Cook, Kristy 1.42 20 5 28 27 23 10 0 162.2 129 44 33 37 156 27 0 3 3 4 0pastre, Caroline 2.48 8 6 16 15 10 3 0 93.1 95 41 33 13 73 23 2 2 1 6 0rietkovich, Katie 14.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 3 0 1 0 0 5 0 0TEAM ToTAlS 1.69 36 11 59 36 15 1 294.1 246 91 71 62 275 54 2 5 10 10 0

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oFFEnSEBATTinG AVERAGEminimum 75 plate appearances

rietkovich, Katie ...................................... .455Blasingame, Chelsey ................................. .419Zipperer, Shelby ....................................... .409phillips, Barbara ...................................... .403Goolsby, melanie ...................................... .385triplett, taylor .......................................... .370Sanborn, mariaha .................................... .354Shaffren, Sammi ...................................... .333

RUnSrietkovich, Katie ......................................... 62Zipperer, Shelby .......................................... 39Goolsby, melanie ......................................... 38phillips, Barbara ......................................... 27triplett, taylor ............................................. 25Shaffren, Sammi ......................................... 25Blasingame, Chelsey ....................................24Sanborn, mariaha ........................................24

HiTSrietkovich, Katie ..........................................61Zipperer, Shelby .......................................... 52Sanborn, mariaha ....................................... 46Goolsby, melanie ......................................... 40Blasingame, Chelsey ................................... 36triplett, taylor ............................................. 34phillips, Barbara ..........................................31Shaffren, Sammi ......................................... 29Byrd, maddie .............................................. 22

doUBlESZipperer, Shelby ...........................................14Sanborn, mariaha ........................................14rietkovich, Katie ..........................................12Goolsby, melanie ........................................... 7triplett, taylor ............................................... 6martin, kalin ................................................. 5Shaffren, Sammi ........................................... 4Vaughn, Caitlin.............................................. 4

TRiplESrietkovich, Katie ........................................... 3Zipperer, Shelby ............................................ 2Goolsby, melanie ........................................... 2Byrd, maddie ................................................ 2

HoME RUnSrietkovich, Katie ..........................................10Sanborn, mariaha ......................................... 8triplett, taylor ............................................... 7Zipperer, Shelby ............................................ 3Boland, Sam ................................................. 3

RUnS BATTEd inrietkovich, Katie ......................................... 60Sanborn, mariaha ....................................... 42Zipperer, Shelby .......................................... 36triplett, taylor ............................................. 29Goolsby, melanie ..........................................24Byrd, maddie ...............................................16martin, kalin ................................................16Blasingame, Chelsey ....................................16Boland, Sam ................................................15

ToTAl BASESrietkovich, Katie ........................................109Sanborn, mariaha ....................................... 86Zipperer, Shelby .......................................... 79triplett, taylor ............................................. 63Goolsby, melanie ......................................... 57Blasingame, Chelsey ................................... 39Shaffren, Sammi ......................................... 35Byrd, maddie .............................................. 32phillips, Barbara ..........................................31

SlUGGinG pCT.minimum 60 at-bats

rietkovich, Katie ....................................... .813triplett, taylor .......................................... .685Sanborn, mariaha .................................... .662Zipperer, Shelby ....................................... .622Goolsby, melanie ...................................... .548

WAlKSrietkovich, Katie ..........................................19Zipperer, Shelby ...........................................14Goolsby, melanie ..........................................13Sanborn, mariaha ........................................12triplett, taylor ..............................................11Brown, Amanda ...........................................11Blasingame, Chelsey ..................................... 9Vaughn, Caitlin.............................................. 8

HiT BY piTCHESrietkovich, Katie ........................................... 8Goolsby, melanie ........................................... 6martin, kalin ................................................. 5Sanborn, mariaha ......................................... 4Byrd, maddie ................................................ 4Zipperer, Shelby ............................................ 3triplett, taylor ............................................... 3

on-BASE pCTminimum 75 plate appearances

rietkovich, Katie ...................................... .543Blasingame, Chelsey ..................................479Goolsby, melanie ........................................476Zipperer, Shelby .........................................476phillips, Barbara ...................................... .446triplett, taylor .......................................... .444

Sanborn, mariaha .................................... .422Shaffren, Sammi ...................................... .370

SACRiFiCE FliESGoolsby, melanie ........................................... 1Zipperer, Shelby ............................................ 1Adams, paige ................................................ 1Vaughn, Caitlin.............................................. 1Sanborn, mariaha ......................................... 1

SACRiFiCE BUnTSByrd, maddie ................................................ 3martin, kalin ................................................. 3Brown, Amanda ............................................ 3phillips, Barbara ........................................... 2Shaffren, Sammi ........................................... 2

STolEn BASESphillips, Barbara ......................................... 20Goolsby, melanie ..........................................19rietkovich, Katie ..........................................18Shaffren, Sammi ..........................................15Zipperer, Shelby ...........................................13Blasingame, Chelsey ....................................11

GAMES plAYEdrietkovich, Katie ......................................... 46Sanborn, mariaha ....................................... 46Goolsby, melanie ......................................... 44Zipperer, Shelby .......................................... 43Blasingame, Chelsey ....................................41Byrd, maddie ...............................................41Brown, Amanda .......................................... 40

GAMES STARTEdrietkovich, Katie ......................................... 46Sanborn, mariaha ....................................... 46Goolsby, melanie ......................................... 43Zipperer, Shelby .......................................... 43Brown, Amanda .......................................... 37Blasingame, Chelsey ................................... 36Byrd, maddie .............................................. 34triplett, taylor ............................................. 32

AT-BATSrietkovich, Katie ........................................134Sanborn, mariaha ......................................130Zipperer, Shelby .........................................127Goolsby, melanie ........................................104Byrd, maddie .............................................. 94triplett, taylor ............................................. 92Shaffren, Sammi ......................................... 87Blasingame, Chelsey ................................... 86Brown, Amanda .......................................... 84phillips, Barbara ......................................... 77

piTCHinGERAminimum 1 ip per team game

Cook, Kristy ..............................................1.42pastre, Caroline ........................................ 2.48

WinSCook, Kristy ................................................ 20pastre, Caroline ............................................. 8Jamerson, Cara ............................................. 4Grimoskas, Hailey ......................................... 4

GAMES piTCHEdCook, Kristy ................................................ 28pastre, Caroline ............................................16Jamerson, Cara ............................................. 9Grimoskas, Hailey ......................................... 5

GAMES STARTEdCook, Kristy ................................................ 27pastre, Caroline ............................................15Grimoskas, Hailey ......................................... 3Jamerson, Cara ............................................. 2

CoMplETE GAMESCook, Kristy ................................................ 23pastre, Caroline ............................................10Grimoskas, Hailey ......................................... 2Jamerson, Cara ............................................. 1

SHUToUTSCook, Kristy .................................................10pastre, Caroline ............................................. 3Jamerson, Cara ............................................. 1Grimoskas, Hailey ......................................... 1

SAVESJamerson, Cara ............................................. 1

inninGS piTCHEdCook, Kristy .........................................162 2-3pastre, Caroline ......................................93 1-3Jamerson, Cara ......................................20 1-3Grimoskas, Hailey ........................................17

STRiKEoUTSCook, Kristy ...............................................156pastre, Caroline ........................................... 73Grimoskas, Hailey ....................................... 26Jamerson, Cara ........................................... 20

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Champions of Character

in the nAiA, a dedication to leadership development is balanced with sports accomplishment. A trailblazer in providing equal opportunity for all student-

athletes. an expectation of ethical behavior, fairness in competition, access to athletic scholar-ship, sportsmanship and leadership development. At the core of all of this — character.

the seed of the nAiA began in 1937 with the tip-off of a men’s basketball tournament that has become the longest running basketball tournament in the country, celebrating 75 years in 2012. out of the tournament grew the nAiA, an association of close to 300 member schools and more than 60,000 student-athletes.

Since 1937, the nAiA has administered programs and championships in proper balance with the overall educa-

tional experience. In 2000, the naIa reaffirmed its purpose to enhance the character-building aspects of sport. through Champions of Character, the naIa seeks to create an envi-ronment in which every student-athlete, coach, official and

spectator is committed to the true spirit of competition through five core val-ues: integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship and servant leadership.

most recently, the association opened the doors to the nAiA eligibility Center, where prospective student-athletes are

evaluated for academic and athletic eligibility. it delivers on our larger promise of integrity by leveling the playing field, guiding student-athlete success, and ensuring fair competi-tion. providing student-athletes a chance to connect with naIa schools and coaches helps them make the best decision to prepare them for success in both college and athletics.

the mission of the national Association of intercollegiate Athletics (nAiA) Champions of Character program is to provide training to ensure character is demonstrated

through conduct as well as competition, so students know, do and value the right thing in all areas of life.

research shows that the longer a student spends in sports, their social reasoning - sacrificing for the good of the team - rises, however, their moral reasoning skills - doing what is fair, just, honest, and noble - decline. the result is athletes are willing to lie, cheat, and steal to get their teammates ahead.

through the Champions of Character program, the naIa is promoting five core character values that are crucial to the development of our youth: integrity, respect, responsibility, sportsmanship, and servant leadership. Over time, valuable life lessons — working together for team goals, building personal strength of purpose

to achieve victory, and sharing in the proper winning (or los-ing) spirit-can be instilled in sports participants.

at the same time, the expectations that coaches and parents have for the athletes they support have led to conduct that detracts from the sports experience. poor demonstrations of

character are easily copied by young ath-letes. However, when athletes develop their skills in an environment in which adults’ actions foster character-driven conduct, they are bound to do the same. inherent to the Champions of Character process is the belief that character is handed down from one generation to the next. When those who provide athletic opportunities are willing to

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today, the naIa is committed to making a difference in the culture of sport. Are you?

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