ANDERSON, S.C. - The Anderson College athletic department held its annual athletic honors night Tuesday at the Henderson Auditorium on the AC campus. Each team presented two awards and AC's all-conference and all-tournament athletes all received recognition for their performances during the 2002-03 athletic year. All of AC's senior athletes received desk clocks and AC's two championship teams -- women's cross country and men's tennis -- received CVAC championship watches. Freshman wrestler Careef Robertson collected three awards - most valuable wrestler, the Thom Hoppler Memorial Award, and the Ed Oxford Memorial Award, which is given to AC's top athlete. Here is a list of the team award winners and their hometowns: Baseball: Most Valuable Player - Jason Ratliff (Prosperity, S.C.; Most Valuable Pitcher - Nick Wates (Edgefield, S.C.) Men's Basketball: Best Work Ethic - Marko Zoric (Belgrade, Yugoslovia); Most Valuable Team Player - Robbie Seabrook (N. Charleston, S.C.) Men's JV Basketball: Heart and Hustle Award - Nolan Gottlieb (Macon, Ga.); Most Valuable Player - Shaun Murphy (Piedmont, S.C.) Women's Basketball: Heart and Hustle Award - Deanna Thompson (Summerville, S.C.); Most Improved Player - Michelle Fleck (Tucson, Ariz.) Cross Country: Most Valuable Runner - Dustin Lang (Williamston, S.C.); Career Award - Josiah Jones (Westminster, S.C.) Women's Cross Country: Most Valuable Runner - Ashley Smoak (W. Columbia, S.C.); Career Award - Jessica Merrill (Lorraine, Ohio) Men's Golf: Most Valuable Player - Kyle Owings (Pauline, S.C.); Coach's Award - Josh Moody (Belton, S.C.) Women's Golf: Most Valuable Player - Kathryn Adkins (Easley, S.C.); Coach's Award - Darcie Davis (Indianapolis, Ind.) Men's Soccer: Most Valuable Player - Kevin Rugaard (Villa Park, Ill.); Most Improved - Mike Hogan (Charlotte, N.C.) Women's Soccer: Defensive MVP - Brandi Bessinger (Aiken, S.C.); Offensive MVP - April Phillips (Blythewood, S.C.) Softball: Best Offensive Player - Caroline Rochester (Seneca, S.C.); Most Valuable Player - Kristen Price (Gilbert, S.C.) Men's Tennis: Most Valuable Player - Gabor Boczonadi (Budapest, Hungary); Max Grubbs Award - Olof Hallstrom (Lund, Sweden) Women's Tennis: Most Valuable Player - Ria Wright (Anderson, S.C.); Coach's Award - Kimberly Newman (Sumter, S.C.) Men's Track and Field: Most Valuable - Jeffrey Watson (Chesterfield, S.C.); Dee Fletcher (McDonough, Ga.) Women's Track and Field: Most Improved - Kassi Lakes (Peak, S.C.); Most Valuable - Deanna Pepper (Hendersonville, N.C.) Volleyball: Most Improved - Christy Plecha (Anderson, S.C.); Most Valuable Player - Betsy Fisher (Lexington, S.C.) Wrestling: Outstanding Wrestler - Careef Robertson (Irmo, S.C.); Thom Hoppler Memorial Award - Careef Robertson (Irmo, S.C.) Training Room: Iron Horse - Jason Rutland (Barnwell, S.C.); Purple Heart - Rebekah Shaw (Laurel, Miss.), Katie Howard (Duncan, S.C.) Ed Oxford Memorial Award (Anderson College Athlete of the Year) - Careef Robertson (Irmo, S.C.)
June 2, 2003
Rettinger Named Assistant Trainer
May 28, 2003
Former AC Pitcher On New Orleans Roster
May 28, 2003
AC Athletes Finish With A Cumulative GPA Of 2.7
May 22, 2003
Two AC Players Make All-Region Second Team
May 22, 2003
AC Releases Spring Honor Roll
May 12, 2003
Two AC Athletes Receive Post-Season Honors
May 12, 2003
Several Sports Camps Planned At AC
April 29, 2003
AC Honors Athletes At Awards Night
April 28, 2003
AC Finishes Fifth In CVAC All-Sports Competition
April 25, 2003
Three Players, Miller Honored By CVAC
April 25, 2003
Limestone Eliminates Anderson From Tournament
April 24, 2003
Baseball Team Heads To Wilson For CVAC Tourney
April 23, 2003
Trojans Snap Losing Streak By Beating Lander, 6-4
April 22, 2003
Augusta State Scores In 12th To Nip Anderson, 9-8
April 19, 2003
Mount Olive Completes Sweep, Takes CVAC Title
April 18, 2003
Mount Olive Continues Its Mastery Of Anderson
April 17, 2003
Anderson Goes For Title Against Long-Time Nemesis
April 16, 2003
Indians Snap Losing Streak Against AC
April 15, 2003
Owls Use Big Inning To Beat AC Again
April 14, 2003
Trojans Blast Erskine For 30th Victory
April 13, 2003
Jaguars Drill Anderson, 10-1
April 12, 2003
Trojans Rally Late To Earn Split With Erskine
April 9, 2003
Baseball Team Ranked No. 3 In Regional Poll
April 9, 2003
Wates Leads Nation In Saves
April 8, 2003
Wates Named CVAC Pitcher Of The Week
April 6, 2003
First Place!: Sweep Moves AC Into Top Spot
April 5, 2003
Anderson Rallies To Take Opener From Pfeiffer
April 3, 2003
Trojans Rout Emmanuel, 18-7
April 2, 2003
Mantle Scores In 10th To Beat Anderson
April 1, 2003
Rifles Hang On To Split Doubleheader With AC
March 30, 2003
Jones Delivers For AC In The 12th
March 29, 2003
Trojans Split Doubleheader With Limestone
March 27, 2003
No. 1 Owls Use One Big Inning To Beat AC, 7-2
March 26, 2003
North Georgia Stops Anderson Winning Streak
March 25, 2003
Trojans Rally To Take Two From Catawba
March 24, 2003
Trojans Ranked In Division II Poll
March 23, 2003
Anderson Rallies In The Eighth To Beat Coker, 6-4
March 22, 2003
Anderson Takes Two From Coker
March 16, 2003
Rutland, Thompson Lead AC Past Longwood
March 15, 2003
Lancers Spear Anderson Twice
March 14, 2003
Baseball Team Receives Award For SCDOT
March 13, 2003
Trojans Take Two From 2002 National Champions
March 11, 2003
Indians Scalp Trojans, 15-9
March 10, 2003
AC Leads CVAC Academic All-Conference List
March 9, 2003
Youngblood Leads Anderson Past St. Andrews
March 8, 2003
Knights Get Two Complete Games To Sweep AC
March 5, 2003
Trojans Get Past Southern Wesleyan, 10-8
March 4, 2003
Trojans Take Down Pacers, 7-5
March 2, 2003
Anderson-Barton Game Rained Out
March 1, 2003
Tenth-Inning Rally Gives Trojans Split At Barton
February 25, 2003
AC's Rutland Among Finalists For CVAC Award
February 25, 2003
USCS Ends Baseball Team's Winning Streak
February 23, 2003
On A Tear: 9-1 Trojans Take Two From Belmont Abbey
February 19, 2003
Anderson Rallies To Beat Error-Prone North Georgia
February 15, 2003
Anderson Sweeps Emmanuel, Improves To 6-1
February 13, 2003
Trojans Snap Lander's Six-Game Winning Streak
February 12, 2003
Taylor, Ratliff Lead Anderson Past SWU
February 9, 2003
Trojans Split Doubleheader With Newberry
February 8, 2003
Trojans Rout Brevard In Season Opener
February 3, 2003
Baseball Preview: Miller Hopes Momentum Continues
January 21, 2003
Baseball Team Picked Sixth In CVAC Poll
December 19, 2002
Five Teams Surpass 3.0 GPA In The Fall
September 24, 2002
Former AC Pitcher Mattox Receives Award From Mets
August 28, 2002
Eighty-Five AC Athletes Make CVAC Honor Roll