2005-06 archives

June 13, 2006
Barton Sweeps CVAC Athlete of the Year Awards as Keauna Vinson and Brock Godwin Honored
Thomasville, NC. Keauna Vinson and Brock Godwin of Barton College are the 2005-06 Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference Female and Male Athletes of the Year as voted on by the conference Athletics Directors. This prestigious award is presented annually to both a male and a female student-athlete in recognition of their outstanding athletic contributions and achievement.

April 6, 2006
AC Lady Trojans Lead The Nation In Scoring Again

March 31, 2006
NCCSIA Announces North Carolina All-State College Division Women's Basketball Team
SALISBURY, N.C. -- The North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) announced its selections for the 2005-06 College Division All-State Women’s Basketball Teams on Friday. The teams consist of 10 student-athletes from North Carolina NCAA Division II and Division III colleges and universities. Nominees were submitted by North Carolina sports information professionals. NCCSIA members voted for the all-state teams. Teams are selected for men and women in both the college and university (NCAA Division I) divisions.

March 26, 2006
Division II Buletin Names Women's & Men's All-American Teams

March 22, 2006
WBCA and Kodak Announce NCAA Division II All-America Women's Basketball Team: AU's Chiles Earns Honorable Mention

March 21, 2006
AU's Chiles Named to 2006 Daktronics NCAA Division II Women's Basketball All-America Third Team

March 11, 2006
Glenville State Eliminates Anderson Women From NCAA Basketball Regional

March 10, 2006
NCAA D-II Women's East Regional: Anderson Advances Past W. Liberty St.

March 10, 2006
#7 Seed Barton Women End Year at 23-8 after East Regional loss

March 8, 2006
Daktronics Division II East Region Women?s Basketball Teams Announced; AU's Chiles and BC's Vinson Named to 1st Team & While AU's Langston & BAC's Woods on 2nd Team

March 7, 2006
Queens University of Charlotte Earns Second Allan Sharp Award
Thomasville, NC> Queens University of Charlotte won this year?s Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference Allan Sharp Award with a 67% graduation rate. The Sharp Award identifies the CVAC member institution with the year?s highest graduation rate among student athletes receiving athletics aid.

March 6, 2006
Anderson & Barton Women's Basketball Recieve Bids to the "Big Dance"; To Play @ Charleston, WV
INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division II Women?s Basketball Committee announced today the field of 64 teams for the 2006 NCAA Division II Women?s Basketball Championship. Twenty-two conferences have been awarded automatic qualification. The committee selected the remaining 42 teams at-large. Eight regional tournaments, consisting of eight teams each, will be conducted at campus sites March 10, 11 and 13. The regional champions will advance to the Women?s Elite Eight March 22, 23 and 25 at Summit Arena in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Henderson State University and the Hot Springs Convention Center will host the Elite Eight.

March 4, 2006
AC Women Win Over BC in OT; All-Tourney Teams Announced
Three-time tournament Most Valuable Player LaShonda Chiles (pictured, right) scored 17 of her 25 points after halftime to lead top-seeded Anderson to its third consecutive conference title with an 83-80 overtime victory over No. 2 seed Barton in the championship game of the 2006 Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference Women's Basketball Championship Saturday at Mount Olive College.

March 4, 2006
Anderson Women Win CVAC Title Over Barton in OT
Three-time tournament Most Valuable Player LaShonda Chiles scored 17 of her 25 points after halftime to lead top-seeded Anderson to its third consecutive title with an 83-80 victory over No. 2 seed Barton Saturday at Kornegay Arena. The win gives Anderson an automatic berth in next weekend's East Regional of the 2006 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Championship. Barton will find out Sunday night if it receives an at-large bid.

March 2, 2006
Basketball All-CVAC Teams, FOY, COY, & POY Winners Announced
The CVAC announced the All-Conference Teams, Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, and Freshmen of the Year award winners at the Honors Banquet during this weekend's CVAC Basketball Conference Championship Tournament. The banquet was held at the host institution, Mount Olive College. The women?s awards were first given out, followed by the men?s awards. Head Coaches from CVAC member institutions nominate and then vote upon the award winners who represent the best of the best for the conference.

March 2, 2006
Pfeiffer's Clark Awarded CVAC Murphy Osborne 'Best of the Best Student-Athlete' Award
The Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference is proud to recognize Brenna Clark of Pfeiffer University as the 2006 Murphy Osborne Award recipient. Brenna was selected as the CVAC?s most outstanding student-athlete from a field of ten nominees. To be eligible for the award, a student must be a senior student-athlete with a minimum grade point average of 3.25. The student must be a full-time student at the time of nomination, must have been a full-time student for at least two years at the member school, and must be a starter or important substitute in a conference sport. The recipient is selected by the Faculty Athletics Representatives of CVAC institutions. The Murphy Osborne award was presented March 2, 2006, at the annual CVAC winter meeting held in conjunction with the basketball tournament hosted by Mount Olive College.

March 1, 2006
NCAA Releases Men's & Women's Basketball Regional Rankings

February 28, 2006
Erskine's "Fullcourt Family" Featured On Columbia`s WLTX
COLUMBIA, SC?WLTX, the CBS affiliate in Columbia, aired a segment, ?Fullcourt Family,? featuring Athletic Director and head men?s basketball, Mark Peeler, and his wife and head women?s basketball coach, Maggie Peeler. The segment, which aired on the 11 o?clock news on February 27th, is viewable on www.wltx.com under ?Video Headlines? on the left side of the webpage.

February 28, 2006
Barton's Vinson Named CVAC WBKB Player of the Week: 2/28/2006

February 23, 2006
Coker College: 'Tiny' Would Surely be Proud
HARTSVILLE - God had a good idea when he created Coker College. It's another one of those pretty little schools tucked away in one of the richest little towns in our fair little state. As small colleges go these days, Coker reminds us of how things used to be. The campus is closed to vehicular traffic which gives it a quiet composure similar to the farmland that surrounds this town on all sides.

February 21, 2006
Belmont Abbey's Woods Named CVAC WBKB Player of the Week: 2/21/2006

February 16, 2006
Mount Olive to Host 2006 CVAC Men's/Women's Basketball Tournament "Final Four;" Tickets Now on Sale

February 16, 2006
Change in CVAC Women's Basketball Standings
Thomasville, NC> As a result of a squad list review Lees-McRae College has determined that a women's basketball player was incorrectly declared eligible. The student-athlete had participated in all games to this date. NCAA Division II rules allow a student transferring from a four year institution a one time opportunity to transfer to a Division II institution without sitting out a year. This rule applies only to the first time a student transfers and thus the misapplication as the student was transferring for the second time. She did not attend without participation as required of a student transferring a second time.

February 14, 2006
Anderson's Chiles Named CVAC WBKB Player of the Week: 2/14/06

February 9, 2006
Erskine, The Princeton of Division II
DUE WEST - Ask three people how to get here and you'll get three different answers. But, eventually, all roads lead to Due West. For those who have never been here, this college town sits somewhere between Abbeville and Anderson in a really nice neck of the woods. And because there are no interstate highways or big cities nearby to distract your attention, kids who attend Erskine tend to come out four years later with a pretty special kind of education.

February 9, 2006
Limestone & Lees-McRae Women's Basketball Play at Charlotte Bobcats Arena on Friday

February 8, 2006
Saturday: Mount Olive Celebrates National Girls and Women In Sport Day
Mount Olive College will celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day this Saturday as current and former Trojan female student-athletes will be recognized during festivities throughout the day. In addition, free admission will be provided for Saturday's women's basketball game against Queens for high school, middle school and elementary school girls who were their team uniform or other team apparel. The game tips off at 2 p.m. at Kornegay Arena. This year's National Girls and Women in Sports Day is also a celebration of the 25th year of NCAA Women's Championships.

February 7, 2006
Anderson's Langston Named CVAC WBKB Player of the Week: 2/7/2006

January 31, 2006
Anderson's Chiles Named CVAC WBKB Player of the Week: 1/31/2006

January 25, 2006
CVAC Basketball Teams Move in Regional Rankings

January 24, 2006
Belmont Abbey's Nicole Woods Named CVAC WBKB Player of the Week: 1/24/2006

January 22, 2006
Belmont Abbey Earns Womens Basketball?s 500th Program Victory

January 18, 2006
CVAC Women's & Men's Basketball Teams Top-In at 3rd & 4th in Seasons 1st Regional Rankings

January 17, 2006
Lees-McRae's Mullinax Named CVAC WBKB Player of the Week: 1/17/2006

January 10, 2006
Queen's Jimenez Named CVAC WBKB Player of the Week: 1/10/2006

December 20, 2005
Mount Olive's Boone Named CVAC WBKB Player of the Week

December 13, 2005
Mount Olive's Teneal Boone Named CVAC WBKB Player of the Week: 12/13/2005

December 6, 2005
Barton's Vinson Named CVAC WBKB Player of the Week: 12/6/2005

November 29, 2005
Barton's Vinson Named CVAC WBKB Player of the Week: 11/29/2005

November 7, 2005
Pfeiffers WBB Coach Selected To Take USA Team to Italy for International Play

October 25, 2005
Anderson Claims Second Straight CVAC WBB Preseason Coaches Poll; Belmont Abbey 2nd with Barton 3rd
The Anderson College women top the 2005-2006 preseason poll as voted on by CVAC head basketball coaches for the second straight year. Belmont Abbey and Barton switch places from last years poll as the Abbey now takes over the second place slot. Barton College is right behind Belmont Abbey finishing third in the coaches preseason poll.

October 4, 2005
Pfeiffer WBB Team Volunteers at Komen Race for the Cure
On Saturday, October 1st, 2005, the Pfeiffer women?s basketball team volunteered at the Komen Race for the Cure. The race began at 7:30 AM at Founders Hall in Charlotte. The race supports the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. It raises significant funds and awareness for the fight against breast cancer, celebrates breast cancer survivorship, and honors those who have lost their battle with the disease. The Komen Race for the Cure began in 1983 in Dallas, Texas with 800 participants. Today, it is the largest series of 5K runs in the world.

September 21, 2005
Limestone Honors WBB Player Molly Willliams
GAFFNEY, SC: On Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 1:30 p.m., the students, faculty, and staff of Limestone College attended a memorial service in honor of Molly Williams. Molly was a member of the Lady Saints basketball team who passed away on Thursday, September 1st. Limestone College President, Dr. Walt Griffin expressed his appreciation to Molly?s parents for sharing her with the Limestone community. As Molly was part of this year?s graduating senior class, Limestone College will award her an honorary Bachelor of Science degree, to be presented to her parents at an upcoming graduation ceremony. Several students spoke to honor Molly and describe how her passing had made an impression on their lives, and encouraged others to be an outstanding friend, athlete, and individual, as Molly was. Wearing t-shirts made specifically for the occasion, students shared personal stories of their memories of Molly, and how much her life touched their lives.