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AC Athletes Receive Recognition At Honors Night

ANDERSON, S.C. - The Anderson College athletic department held its annual honors night Tuesday at the Henderson Auditorium on the AC campus. National champion wrestler Careef Robertson and second-team All-American basketball player LaShonda Chiles both received the Ed Oxford Memorial Award, which is given annually to Anderson College's athlete of the year. Robertson's national title at 174 pounds was AC's first as a member of NCAA Division II, and Chiles led the Lady Trojans to the CVAC regular-season and tournament titles and a trip to the Sweet 16. She was the first AC basketball player to earn All-America honors, and she was the CVAC Player of the Year and the MVP of the CVAC Tournament. During the 2004-05, Anderson College won Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference team titles in women's basketball and men's tennis and finished third in the Hahn Cup, the league's overall sports trophy. In addition to the team awards, academic and All-CVAC awards were handed out. Here is a list of the team award winners: Men's Cross Country: Golden Guts Award - Matt Atkinson (Greenwood, S.C.), MVP - Ethan Schaffner (Baltimore, Ohio) Women's Cross Country: Golden Guts Award - Kasey Harold (Pataskala, Ohio), MVP - Jennifer Hitt (Simpsonville, S.C.) Men's Soccer: Most Improved - Michael Walker (Spartanburg, S.C.), MVP - Jody Forno (Toronto, Canada) Women's Soccer: Attitude and Commitment Award - Mary Thompson (Lexington, S.C.), MVP - Crystal Gaffney (Milford, Ohio) Volleyball: Most Valuable Offensive Player - Betsy Fisher (Lexington, S.C.), Most Valuable Defensive Player - Maggie Irvin (Spartanburg, S.C.) Men's Basketball: Most Valuable Player - Osvaldo Haynes (Greenwood, S.C.), Most Improved Player - Osvaldo Haynes (Greenwood, S.C.) Men's JV Basketball: Leadership Award - Ryan Freeman (Yorktown, Ind.), Most Improved - Mike Surratt (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) Women's Basketball: Most Improved - Stephanie Ponds (Bethune, S.C.), Heart and Hustle Award - Deanna Thompson (Summerville, S.C.) Wrestling: Thom Hoppler Memorial Award - Dayo Scott (McDonough, Ga.), Most Outstanding Wrestler - Careef Robertson (Irmo, S.C.) Baseball: Most Valuable Pitcher - Desmond Robson (Easley, S.C.), Most Valuable Player - Caleb Owen (Westminster, S.C.) Softball: Best All-Around - Cindy Crosby (Walterboro, S.C.), Commitment to Excellence Award - Carolyn Smith (Mauldin, S.C.) Men's Golf: Coach's Award - Steven Cooley (Roebuck, S.C.), MVP - Brad Eskierka (North Augusta, S.C.) Women's Golf: Coach's Award - Jenny Odle (Litchfield, Ill.), MVP - Brandi Jackson (Simpsonville, S.C.) Men's Tennis: Coach's Award - Raul Luna (Mallorca, Spain), MVP - Sid Sudhakar (Bangalore, India) Women's Tennis: Coach's Award - Katie Sexton (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.), MVP - Shelley Davis (Birmingham, Ala.) Men's Track and Field: Coach's Award - Jason Bryan (Mauldin, S.C.), MVP - Kipp Chrismer (Pawleys Island, S.C.) Women's Track and Field: Coach's Award - Kasey Harold (Pataskala, Ohio), MVP - Jennifer Hitt (Fountain Inn, S.C.) Cheerleading: Most Improved - Amber Beam (Greer, S.C.), Most Valuable - Heather Blau (Columbia, S.C.) Performance Team: Most Improved - Christie Brow (Keeseville, N.Y.), Most Valuable - Michelle Kelley (Anderson, S.C.) Training Room: Purple Heart - Lindsay Crump (Chapin, S.C.), Iron Horse - Osvaldo Haynes (Greenwood, S.C.) Ed Oxford Memorial Award (Anderson College Athlete of the Year): LaShonda Chiles (Greenwood, S.C.), Careef Robertson (Irmo, S.C.)