October 25, 2012

Getting to Know Your @ConfCarolinas Student Athletes -Wk 6 Features Barton, Erskine, Lees-McRae, & Limestone

Getting to Know Your @ConfCarolinas Student Athletes

Week No. 6 (Final Fall Feature)

Oct. 25, 2012> High Point, NC: Each week during the 2012-13 season, Conference Carolinas will highlight its new "Getting to Know Our Student-Athletes". This feature gives fans a chance to get to know a little bit more about all the different student-athletes in our league. Female and male athletes from different conference schools will be asked and featured to answer questions. The questions may be serious or silly, but they will always be entertaining and interesting!

(Please note this is the final Fall Feature and the Winter student-athlete features will continue and start in mid-November.)

		Getting to Know Your @ConfCarolinas Student-Athletes
Larz Chabra ERSKINE Sr., Women’s Volleyball Mt. Pleasant, SC	Nicole Smith BARTON So., Women’s Soccer Apex, NC		Corey Davis PFEIFFER So., Men’s Soccer Orlando, FL	Jorge Mackenna LIMESTONE So., Men’s Soccer Santiago, Chile
Always do your best!	1 Timothy 1:5 “And the aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith.”	My motto is…	Philippians 4:13 “I can do all things through Christ witch strengthens me.”	Nothing is impossible; it’s about how hard you are willing to work.
Tobe Frierson! She is always friendly, goes to many events, and is always so positive.	Miss Lori…the most humble lady I know. I can go to her for anything & she is always going to provide me something to learn from.	Someone on campus I admire is…	My roommate and cousin, Chandler Ligas because he’s the most positive person I know and no matter what he always works hard. He would do anything for anyone on the team and never puts himself first.	My coaches and teammates.
Conference Carolinas Championship!!!!	Mount Olive	The game on our schedule that I’m looking forward to the most is…	Playing Erskine on Homecoming.	Our next game.
Almond milk, coffee creamer, & to-go protein shakes.	Organic skim milk, sweet potatoes, greek yogurt, & salmon as I’m a health freak.	In my refrigerator right now…	Gatorade, water, & V8 smoothies.	Milk, jam, eggs, ketchup, tortillas, chicken, yogurt, meat sauce, lettuce, tomato, & orange juice.
“FinishIt”	“He>me”	My personalized license plate is/would be…	“MOVE OVR”	“JMC9”

Week No. 5

		Getting to Know Your @ConfCarolinas Student-Athletes
Katie Wilkinson BARTON So., Women’s Volleyball Wilson, NC	Emily Jones LEES-McRae Sr., Women’s Soccer Leonardtown, MD		Ashly Sutherland CONVERSE Fr., Cross Country Gaffney, SC	Jack Kimber ERSKINE Sr., Men’s Soccer Manchester, England
It was close to home and I could play volleyball.	The mountains are beautiful! And the soccer girls are like family.	I chose my school/ConfCarolinas/DII because…	Beautiful campus and polite people.	It was the perfect fit for me.
Doing anything outside. I love the outdoors and would much rather be outside than inside.	Out by the pool reading a good book or hiking in the mountains.	On a nice sunny day you’ll find me…	Walking outside.	Next to the pool.
Mount Olive	Belmont Abbey	The biggest ConfCarolinas rival school is…	Pfeiffer or Queens	Lees-McCrae or Limestone.
Travel across the United States and to other countries.	Hanging out with my girls or reading love stories.	My favorite thing to do away from sports is…	Theater	Play FIFA video game.
Anything UNC, especially the team colors…baby blue and white.	“CanadaGirl”	My personalized license plate is/would be…	“2Fast4U”	“J K1M3ER”

WEEK No. 4

		Getting to Know Your @ConfCarolinas Student-Athletes
Nicole Lisa Sparks MOUNT OLIVE Jr., Women’s Volleyball Songtan, South Korea	AnnaLeis Dibert NORTH GREENVILLE So., Women’s Golf Woodbridge, VA		Brandon Meade LEES-McRAE Jr., Men’s Soccer , NC	Chandler Ligas PFEIFFER So., Men’s Soccer Flowery Branch, GA
Be getting ready to go to graduate school or try to commission in the United States Air Force. U-S-A!	Be an event coordinator for a non-profit sporting organization.	After college, I will probably…	Become a high school counselor and hopefully coach too.	Go to Med School to further my education.
Because of the great people I’ve been able to meet…and of course the pickles.	The sport management degree offered.	I chose my school/ConfCarolinas/DII because…	Because I was given the chance to keep playing soccer at the next level, and my mom is a LMC alumni.	It was the best fit for me & relatively close to home.
Cool people don’t need to explain why they’re cool.	I’ve moved 14 times and moved across the country 4 times.	The thing that makes me cool is…	My personality.	My drive to succeed.
Managing time to eat, sleep, study, and breathe. Free time is hard to come by.	Time management	The most difficult thing about being a student-athlete is…	Trying to balance a school life with the athletic life and maintain good grades.	Balancing everything between school, soccer, and trying to get involved with extracurriculars to set yourself up for the future.
Family Guy; Lord of the Rings; Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie	Lost; 27 Dresses; 30 Seconds from Mars	Favorite TV Show? Favorite Movie? Favorite Music Artist?	WembleyFC; The Town; Luke Bryan	SportsCenter; Good Will Hunting; Drake

WEEK No. 3
		Getting to Know Your @ConfCarolinas Student-Athletes
Mallory Thompkins COKER So., Women’s Golf Georgetown, SC	Darby Boyd CONVERSE Fr., Women’s Soccer Nags Head, NC		Alex Rodriguez MOUNT OLIVE Sr., Men’s Soccer Dudley, NC	Cord Sgaglio LIMESTONE Jr., Men’s Cross Country Pound Ridge, NY
Go ahead and get my Masters in Education then hopefully return home to teach at a local elementary school. I want to give back to the community.	Further my education by going to graduate school.	After college, I will probably…	Be a physical education teacher at a high school and a soccer coach.	Hang up the spikes and focus on paying off my college loans.
Not reaching my full potential as a student. My biggest fear is falling behind academically and not being able to regain my GPA.	Snakes	I am extremely scared of…	Suffering an injury that will keep me from playing soccer.	Disappointing those I care about.
Dr. Ciammara. He is so welcoming and caring...and is interested in how students are succeeding all-around.	Upper-classmen and Coach Michelle Wilson	Someone on campus I admire is…	Coach Paul Coleman for his dedication to the team and hard work he puts in.	Granma Gadea
“No3Putt”	“DAR-BEE”	My personalized license plate is/would be…	“Success”	“Deuces”
Puts me in my own little world and gives me a drill to do.	Is willing to listen to me and my opinion.	I learn the most when the coach/professor…	Demonstrates the drill or problem they are talking about.	Relates to me and cares about me as an individual.

High Point, NC: Each Wednesday during the 2012-13 season, Conference Carolinas will highlight its new "Getting to Know Our Student-Athletes". This feature gives fans a chance to get to know a little bit more about all the different student-athletes in our league. Female and male athletes from different conference schools will be asked

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Week No. 2:

		Getting to Know Your @ConfCarolinas Student-Athletes
Jennifer Swanstrom Queens Jr., Women’s Soccer Houston, TX	Emylee Gotsch LIMESTONE Fr., Women’s Volleyball Deland, FL		Ricardo Oliveira Barton Jr., Men’s Soccer Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	David Frazao NORTH GREENVILLE Sr., Men’s Soccer Taylors, SC
Cannot even put into words what that would mean to me and my team.	It would mean the world to me. It would prove to myself that hard work pays off.	Winning a ConfCarolinas Championship would mean…	A big accomplishment in my life as an athlete.	The greatest because it is my senior year and I would like to end on a good note.
“KLY4EV”	“Gotscha”	My personalized license plate is/would be…	“RIC 1009”	“Benfica” (My favorite soccer team.)
Belmont Abbey	Belmont Abbey	The biggest ConfCarolinas rival school is…	Mount Olive & Erskine	Limestone
“Grind”	“My Girl”	My favorite word/saying is…	Pain is temporary. Quitting last forever.	“Debatable”
Favorite: Fruit Least Favorite: This vegan orange-looking pasta sauce.	Favorite: Sushi Least Favorite: Broccoli	My favorite and least favorite foods are?	Favorite: Rice & Beans Least Favorite: I don’t know yet.	Favorite: Carne Alentejana Least Favorite: Codfish

WEEK No. 1

	Getting to Know Your @ConfCarolinas Student-Athletes
Kelly Lancellot PFEIFFER So., Women’s Volleyball Naples, FL		Dylan Bates COKER So., Cross Country Scarborough, Ontario
Balancing my schoolwork and practice to where I give my all in succeeding in both.	The most difficult thing about being a student-athlete is…	The schedule… between training, classes, homework, extracurricular activities, sleep, etc.
Kelly Lancellot: What went on inside my head	When I write my autobiography, the title will be…	Train hard; Win Easy or The Value of Time Management (& Sleep)
Go home to Florida and get into a Master’s program there for education, then start teaching.	After college, I will probably…	Go on to get my Ph.D. while continuing to pursue running and triathlons.
“Athletes must learn to give everything they have for today, whether it’s in practice or a game. Anything they save has been lost forever.”	What is the motto you live by?	If it’s going to be, it’s up to me.
Volleyball, obviously (:	The thing that makes me cool is…	That I’m Canadian while also being a double major, triathlete, and second degree black belt.

Conference Carolinas is a NCAA Division II athletic conference currently made up of 12 teams from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. These institutions consist of: Barton College, Belmont Abbey College, Coker College, Converse College, Erskine College, King College, Lees-McRae College, Limestone College, Mount Olive College, North Greenville University, Pfeiffer University, and Queens University of Charlotte.

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