Published: May 07, 2008 12:06 am            

Metro Roundup: HCAC honors Rose for its all-around athletic performance

The Rose-Hulman athletic department earned the 2007-08 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Commissioner’s Cup for its all-around athletic performance during the academic year.

The Commissioner’s Cup is awarded to the institution accumulating the most standings points in the HCAC’s 19 league championship events. Rose-Hulman won the award with 103 points, followed by Anderson (93.5) and Franklin (91.5).

In addition, Rose-Hulman tied with Franklin in the HCAC Men’s All-Sports Trophy standings. Both schools scored 53.5 points in the 10 men’s sports.

Manchester College claimed the Women’s All-Sports Trophy by just 1.5 points over Rose-Hulman’s effort. The Engineers tallied 49.5 points in nine women’s sports.

During the 2007-08 academic year, Rose claimed team championships in women’s soccer, softball, men’s swimming and men’s track and field.

“The Commissioner’s Cup is a huge credit to our coaching staff, student-athletes and everyone connected with Rose-Hulman athletics. I can’t say enough about the commitment and energy that our teams spent this year. This was a true team effort, with so many sports contributing to the award in a big way,” said Rose athletic director Jeff Jenkins.

This marks Rose-Hulman’s first Commissioner’s Cup and the first athletic department award honoring the efforts of the combined men’s and women’s teams. The Engineers previously won the Indiana Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s All-Sports Trophy in 1996.

Honors

• ISU honors spring athletes — The Indiana State University athletic community, along with family, friends and fans, paused Monday night to honor the spring sports teams at the Terre Haute Savings Bank Spring Sports Banquet.



Special awards

Baseball — Brady Shoemaker (most valuable player), David Gurbach (most improved player), Sean Osborne (team leadership), Pascual Del Real (Coach’s Award), Ryan Strausborger (Blackwell Award).

Women’s golf — Kayley Bondine (most valuable player), Diana Price (most improved player), Kelsea Ice (Coach’s Award).

Softball — Meredith Simpson (most valuable player), Britaney Searing (most improved player), Kelsey Andrson (team leadership), Meagan McCurdy (Coach’s Award).

Men’s tennis — Anton Tsymbalov (most valuable player), Joshua Smith (most improved player), Rishi Behl (team leadership), Blake Douglas (Coach’s Award).

Women’s tennis — Joanne Schickerling (most valuable player), Sarah Meghoufel (most improved player, Stadler Award), Fadzai Masiyazi (team leadership), Jennifer Migan (Coach’s Award).

Men’s track and field — Sean Wright (most valuable), Josh Williams (most improved player), Josh Lee (Coach’s award), Sean Bowman (Hillman award).

Women’s track and field — Erica Moore (most valuable player), Lauren Martin (most improved), Katie Weber (team leadership), Kylie Hutson (Coach’s award), Samantha McClendon (Hillman Award).

First-year letterwinners

Baseball — Pascual Del Real, Gary King, Brian Ramirez, Cole Standbridge, Ben Caple, Nathan Inman, Brady Shoemaker, Andrew Trepel, Josh Williams , Micah Spencer, David Gurbach, Bronco Lafrenz, Brian Jett, Bryan Chestnut, Brendon Smith, Brian Oliver, Michael Manus.

Women’s golf — Jessica Borstrand, Diana Price.

Women’s track and field — Amanda Barlage, Cori Carr, Alicia Fritschi, Kelsey Hanley, Rachel Posey, Jaquelle Spencer.

Men’s track and field — Julian Chike, Michael Disher, Tykeen Fulton, Michael Roberts, Steven Swinford, Chauntez Tyus. Softball — Britt Boyer, Reva LeDune, Leslie Fakes.

Men’s tennis — Joshua Smith.

Women’s tennis — Sarah Meghoufel, Valeriia Petrovych.

Second-year letterwinners

Baseball — Ryan Strausborger, Nick Ciolli, David Brumagin, Sean Osborne.

Men’s tennis — Mike Wenham, Blake Douglas, Mpilo Migogo, Jon Sigurdsson.

Women’s golf — Kayley Bodine, Abby Butler, Kelsea Ice, Mackenzie Mack, Breanne Smith.

Women’s track and field — Angel Canada, Kylie Hutson, Lauren Martin, Jeanne Middleton, Erica Moore, Jeanne Roberts, Nikki Royer, Heather Stembridge, Adriane Wunderlich, Katie Weber.

Men’s track and field — Bryant Kent, Lyle Nolcox, Gary Ogburn, Antinoice Surry, Brandon Youngdale.

Softball — Lindsey Starwalt, Amber Paz, Kacy Kestner, Katie Iocoangeli, Audrey Childress, Meagan McCurdy.

Third-year letterwinners

Women’s track and field — Mary Kate Conway.

Men’s track and field — Anthony Bertoli, Andrew Geller.

Softball —Meredith Simpson, Katie Armour, Christina Meyers, Sam Markowski.

Men’s tennis — Michael Wenham.

Women’s tennis — Fadzai Masiyazi.

Fourth-year letterwinners

Men’s tennis — Anton Tsymbalov, Rishi Behl.

Womens’ tennis — Jennifer Migan, Joanne Schickerling, Marie Caujolle.

Women’s track and field — Samantha McClendon.

Men’s track and field — Logan Edwards.

Softball — Kelsey Anderson.

Softball

• Goslee feted — Rose-Hulman sophomore Jordan Goslee has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Month for April.

Goslee is the eighth Rose student-athlete to capture Player of the Month honors in the college’s two years in the HCAC.

Goslee’s efforts helped the Rose softball team achieve a school record mark of 25-12 this season, including the team’s first regular season conference championship. She posted an 8-1 record and an 0.82 earned run average during April.

Baseball

• Phegley still hot — At Bloomington, Terre Haute North High School standout Josh Phegley hit a grand-slam home run for Indiana University in its 13-1 victory over visiting Purdue on Monday.

After the contest, Phegley was hitting a Big Ten Conference-leading .440 with nine homers and 59 RBIs.

The Hoosier won three games out of their four-game series with the Boilermakers.

        

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