EAU CLAIRE, WIS.—The challenge from coach George Wares to his Central College softball team heading into Saturday’s NCAA Division III contest with No. 5-ranked powerhouse Texas-Tyler was both stern and direct. Battle, he implored. The hall of fame coach thought there was some spark missing in No. 16 Central’s opening-round 4-1 loss to No. 3 [...]
GRINNELL, Iowa – A half-dozen male senior student-athletes were honored at the 2013 Grinnell College Honor G Banquet Saturday at Herrick Chapel. Erik Figge ’13 and Pun Winichakul ‘13 received the David Theophilus ’51 Award for outstanding athletes in more than one sport. Figge, who runs cross country and track, won the award for individual [...]
GRINNELL, Iowa – Seven female senior student-athletes were honored at the 2013 Grinnell College Honor G Banquet Saturday at Herrick Chapel. Claire Williams ’13 and Nicole Sipfle ’13 were winners of the Grace McIlrath Parker ’11 Award for outstanding athlete in a single sport. Williams, a member of the swimming team, won the award for [...]
PELLA—Central College’s Eli Horton (sophomore, Runnels, Southeast Polk HS) and Eric Larson (sophomore, Waverly, Waverly-Shell Rock HS) are the Division III Central Region’s outdoor track events and field events athletes of the year, chosen by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Horton, an all-American honoree in both cross country and indoor [...]
Oskaloosa–Adriaan de Villiers (Sr., Akasia, South Africa) was honored for his excellence in the classroom as he was named a 2013 Daktronics-NAIA Men’s Golf Scholar-Athlete. de Villiers, now a two-time honoree, owns a 3.90 Grade Point Average in industrial technology. The NAIA announced that 111 men’s golfers were awarded the laurel. To be eligible, athletes [...]
GRINNELL, Iowa –Grinnell College women’s tennis player Laura Krull ’13 (New Braunfels, Texas/Keystone National) has been named to the District 8 NCAA Division III Academic All-District At-Large first team. The At-Large category includes the following sports: women’s bowling, women’s crew, men’s and women’s fencing, women’s field hockey, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s gymnastics, [...]
EAU CLAIRE, WIS.—Central College junior Jordan Overland (Madrid, Boone HS) is the recipient of the Elite 89 award for the 2012 NCAA Division III Softball Championship. Overland, an exercise science-health major with a 3.967 grade point average (4.0 scale) was presented with the award during the championship banquet Thursday night on the campus of the [...]
EAU CLAIRE, WIS.— Central College sophomore pitcher Mallory Schulenberg of Kansas City, Mo. (St. Pius X HS) has been named to the NFCA Division III All-America softball squad. Schulenberg was a third-team honoree. She received the award Thursday evening at the NCAA Division III Championship banquet on the campus of the University of Wis.-Eau Claire. [...]
GRINNELL, Iowa – Grinnell College had three players earn spots on the 2013 All-Midwest Conference South Division Baseball first team. Third baseman Kainoa Inafuku ’14 earned All-MWC South honors for the second year in a row, while pitcher Jason Ormond ’13 and first baseman Walker Bell ’15 were first-time selections. Ormond, from Chicago, Ill. (Whitney [...]
PELLA — Three Central College softball players were tabbed for the NFCA Division III All-Midwest Region team. Pitcher Mallory Schulenberg (sophomore, Kansas City, Mo., St. Pius X HS) and catcher Caitlyn Meyer (senior, Newton) were first-team selections while right fielder Emily Te Brink (senior, Le Mars) was named to the third team. First-team picks are [...]
