2010-11 Highlights
UWF ATHLETICS
2010-11 HIGHLIGHTS
2010-11 UWF Athletics Major Accomplishments:
- Won NCAA Division II National Baseball Championship, the sixth national title in school history
- 59th overall Gulf South Conference title, most all-time in GSC history
- Sixth straight GSC Women’s All-Sports Trophy, GSC-record ninth all-time
- Five GSC championships and nine NCAA postseason appearances
- Finished 33rd in Learfield Sports Division II Directors' Cup standings, highest among GSC schools
- Taylor Brewster (women's tennis) and Frank Cope (men's soccer) named to GSC "Top Ten" list
- 10 of 13 teams advance to postseason play
- Women’s tennis wins 11th GSC Championship, most of any UWF sport
- Softball Head Coach Tami Cyr earned 900th career head coaching victory
- Shakira Duncan of the women's soccer team named Daktronics Ron Lenz National Player of the Year
- Volleyball advances to NCAA South Regional tournament championship match for second time in program history
- Five UWF coaches win GSC Coach of the Year awards
- Head Baseball Coach Mike Jeffcoat named NCBWA and ABCA National Coach of the Year
- Six UWF student-athletes win GSC Player of the Year awards
- Sports Information Department streams live video broadcasts for first time, broadcasting 71 total events over the course of the season
INDIVIDUAL HONORS COMPLETE LIST
MEN'S SOCCER
- 14-5-2 overall record, 5-0 GSC
- Earned fifth straight GSC title, defeating Christian Brothers, 2-0, in championship game
- Advanced to NCAA Division II South Regional, falling to Rollins, 1-0, in first round
- Head Coach Bill Elliott earned 200th career victory on October 15, a 3-2 win over Alabama-Huntsville
- Frank Cope named Daktronics All-America Honorable Mention
- Cope, Daniel Martini, Sean Reynolds and Marquel Waldron named to All-GSC team
- Nick Salafrio named GSC Freshman of the Year
- Martini named GSC Tournament Most Outstanding Player
- Martini, Cope, Waldron, Nikola Kljaic and Elliott Purdom named to All-GSC Tournament team
- Cope named to Daktronics All-South Region First Team
- Martini and Waldron named to Daktronics All-South Region Second Team
- Five Argonauts (Martini 2x, Reynolds, Andre Verardi, Matthew Aldred) earn GSC Player of the Week honors
- Five Argonauts (Waldron 2x, Purdom, Trey Kramer, Ramon Sealy) earn GSC Defender of the Week honors
- Reynolds became first player in UWF history to earn both GSC Player and Defender of the Week honors in career
- Cope, Martini and Bruno Ferreira named to GSC All-Academic team
- Cope named to GSC "Top Ten" list
WOMEN'S SOCCER
- 17-2-2 overall record, 7-0 GSC
- Earned third straight GSC title, defeating North Alabama in Championship Match, 2-2 (5-4 PK's)
- Hosted NCAA Division II South Regional Tournament, falling to Tampa, 2-2 (5-4 PK's)
- Argonaut team wins second straight NCAA Division II scoring title
- Shakira Duncan earns second straight Daktronics National Player of the Year award
- Head Coach Joe Bartlinski earns third career GSC Coach of the Year award and fourth NSCAA South Region Coach of the Year award
- Duncan named Daktronics South Region Player of the Year and First Team All-American and NSCAA First Team All-American
- Jodi-Ann Robinson named NSCAA First Team All-American
- Noha Saleh, Monica Malavassi and Tina Murray named Daktronics All-America Honorable Mention selections
- Six Argonauts (Duncan, Robinson, Malavassi, Saleh, Jordan Stone and Ali Ryan) named to NSCAA All-South Region team
- Seven Argonauts (Duncan, Robinson, Malavassi, Saleh, Murray, Stone and Alexis Garrand) named to Daktronics All-South Region team
- Duncan named GSC Tournament Most Outstanding Player
- Duncan, Robinson, Saleh, Murray and Garrand named to GSC All-Tournament team
- Five Argonauts (Duncan 3x, Malavassi, Robinson) earn GSC Player of the Week nods
- Three Argonauts (Stone, Saleh, Ryan) earn GSC Defender of the Week awards
- Duncan earns second straight NCAA Division II individual scoring title
- Duncan ends career with UWF record 64 goals and 153 points
- Malavassi and Daniele Cruz Mejia represent Costa Rica in ESPN2-televised World Cup qualifier vs. United States National Team
- Saleh and Malavassi named to GSC All-Academic team
VOLLEYBALL
- 30-7 overall record, 9-1 GSC
- Earned third straight GSC Championship, defeating North Alabama, 3-1, in title match
- Advanced to NCAA Division II South Regional tournament, topping North Alabama and Rollins before falling to Tampa in Regional Championship match
- Katie Johnson named GSC East Division Player of the Year
- Melissa Wolter named GSC East Division Coach of the Year
- Chelsea Wilhoite named semifinalist for Coach Wooden Citizenship Cup
- Wolter earns 200th career victory on Sept. 17 in 3-0 sweep over Christian Brothers
- Argonauts end season with program-record 18-match home winning streak
- Johnson, Wilhoite and Kara Gonzalez named to All-GSC First Team
- Anna Stoecklein and Tricia Tirabassi named to All-GSC Second Team
- Johnson, Wilhoite and Stoecklein named to Daktronics All-South Region Second Team
- Wilhoite named GSC Tournament Most Outstanding Player
- Wilhoite, Johnson, Gonzalez and Abby Timmer named to GSC All-Tournament team
- Johnson, Gonzalez and Tirabassi named to NCAA South Regional All-Tournament team
- Seven Argonauts (Johnson 3x, Wilhoite 3x, Gonzalez) named GSC East Player of the Week
- Johnson named GSC East Defensive Player of the Week
- Gonzalez ended career with 306 total blocks, a UWF program record
- Wilhoite ends career with 466 games played, a UWF program record
- Stoecklein tallies UWF single-match record 30 digs on Nov. 13 vs. Harding
- Jamie Nichols named to GSC All-Academic team
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
- Third place finish at GSC Championship Meet
- Fifth place finish at NCAA Division II South Regional meet
- Captured team title at MC/Watson Ford Invitational in Clinton, Miss.
- Karyssa Tourelle-Fallon named to All-GSC First Team
- Kelbe Beck, Stacy Paton and McKenzie Carney named to All-GSC Second Team
- Paton named to GSC All-Academic team
- Ruth Ashley earns GSC Runner of the Week nod
- Carney, Paton and Renea Porsch named to USTFCCCA All-Academic team
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
- Second Place finish at GSC Championship Meet
- Fourth Place finish at NCAA Division II South Regional Meet
- Captured team titles at the Gulf Coast Stampede and the MC/Watson Ford Invitational
- Seth Rosonina and Eddie Pagan named to All-GSC First Team
- Jared Black, P.J. Orgass and Dominique Sykes named to All-GSC Second Team
- Rosonina named GSC Freshman of the Year
- Pagan earned NCAA All-South Regional Meet spot
- Pagan, Black named GSC Runner of the Week
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
- 11-15 overall record, 4-8 GSC
- Sher'Ryan Scott named to All-GSC Second Team
- Emily Erland named to GSC All-Academic Team
- Jessica Young (MVP) and Octavia Bearden named to UWF Tip-off Classic All-Tournament team
- Bearden named to UWF Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament team
- Young and Kirstin McIntyre named to Highpointe Hotel Corporation Classic All-Tournament team
- Bearden and Jade Howard named to Florida Tech/Carmax Classic All-Tournament team
- Young and Scott named to UWF Holiday Classic All-Tournament team
- Howard named GSC East Player of the Week
MEN'S BASKETBALL
- 9-17 record, 2-10 GSC
- Marquis Mathis and Jamar Moore named to All-GSC Second Team
- Moore earns three GSC East Division Player of the Week awards
- Mike Lewis earns GSC East Division Player of the Week award
- Argonauts earn first win over Valdosta State since 2004-05
- Lewis, Moore named to All-Tournament team at Alaska Invitational
- Lewis (MVP), Darryl McGhee named to McDonald Fleming Moorhead UWF Christmas Classic All-Tournament team
BASEBALL
- 2011 NCAA Division II National Champions
- Earned No. 1 national ranking in Collegiate Baseball, College Baseball Lineup and NCBWA polls; spent five weeks as No. 1-ranked team in Division II baseball
- Hosted and won NCAA Division II South Regional Tournament, earning first College World Series bid in program history
- Qualified for GSC Tournament, advanced to fourth day
- Collected program-record 22-game winning streak from March 6-April 16
- Mike Jeffcoat named NCBWA and ABCA National Coach of the Year and GSC East Division Coach of the Year
- Greg Pron named Daktronics South Region Player of the Year, NCBWA South Region Player of the Year and GSC East Division Player of the Year
- Daniel Vargas-Vila named ABCA South Region Pitcher of the Year
- Zach North wins Elite 88 Award at NCAA Division II National Baseball Championships
- Seven Argonauts (Pron, Dustin Lawley, Shane Waller, Jason Postill, Vargas-Vila, Brandon Brewer, Ben Hawkins) named to All-GSC First Team
- Josh Huggins and Tyler Hastings named to All-GSC Second Team
- Five players (Pron, Vargas-Vila, Waller, Postill and Brewer) named to ABCA All-South Region team
- Five players (Pron, Vargas-Vila, Waller, Postill and Brewer) named to Daktronics All-South Region team
- Four players (Pron, Vargas-Vila, Waller and Postill) named to NCBWA All-South Region team
- Four players (Pron, Vargas-Vila, Waller and Brewer) earn Daktronics All-America honors
- Four players (Pron, Vargas-Vila, Waller and Brewer) earn NCBWA All-America honors
- Three players (Pron, Vargas-Vila and Waller) named to ABCA All-America team
- Two players (Pron and Waller) named to College Baseball Lineup All-Star Team
- Lawley and Postill named to Tino Martinez Award Watch List
- Pron, Postill and Waller named Tino Martinez Award Semifinalists
- Vargas-Vila, Pron, Huggins and Taye Larry named to NCAA Division II Championship All-Tournament team
- Hawkins earned NCBWA National Pitcher of the Week and Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week after no-hitter vs. West Alabama on April 9
- Jeffcoat earns 300th career head coaching victory on March 27 vs. North Alabama
- Three Argonauts (Pron 2x, Lawley) Named GSC East Player of the Week
- Six Argonauts (Postill 2x, Vargas-Vila 2x, Hawkins 2x) named GSC East Pitcher of the Week
- Pron, Vargas-Vila named to GSC All-Tournament team
- Pron sets UWF career records for RBIs and hits
- Pron sets UWF season record for hits
- Waller ties UWF season record for saves
- Brewer sets UWF career record for walks
- Vargas-Vila sets UWF season record for wins
- North, Hastings and Eric Kroll named to GSC All-Academic Team
- Five Argonauts (Pron, Vargas-Vila, Lawley, Hawkins, Brewer) picked in Major League Baseball draft
- Three Argonauts (Waller, Postill, Zach Jadofsky) sign contracts with Major League Baseball franchises
MEN'S GOLF
- Won 10th GSC Championship
- Placed 9th at NCAA South/Southeast Super Regional Tournament
- Otto Bonning named GSC Player of the Year
- Steve Fell named GSC Coach of the Year for the tenth time
- Two Argonauts (Bonning, Carlos Rodriguez) named to PING All-America Team
- Three Argonauts (Bonning, Ryan Black, Rodriguez) named to PING All-South Region Team
- Three Argonauts (Bonning, Black, Rodriguez) named to All-GSC First Team
- Blake Olson named to All-GSC Second Team
- Rodriguez (medalist) and Thomas Guste-Pedersen earn spots on GSC All-Tournament Team
- Captured team titles at the McLaughlin, the Matlock Collegiate Challenge and the Argonaut Invitational
- Bonning won medalist honors at the Bobcat Invitational
- Rodriguez named to GSC All-Academic Team
WOMEN'S GOLF
- Finished second at GSC Tournament
- Bhavna Shetty earns fourth consecutive GSC Player of the Year award
- Shetty named to All-GSC First Team
- Jenny Lines and Jaime Jordan named to All-GSC Second Team
- Captured BSC Ann Rhodes Invitational
- Jennifer Gartin took medalist honors at Queens Invitational
WOMEN'S TENNIS
- Captured 11th GSC Tournament title, beating North Alabama in the final, 5-0
- Qualified for NCAA Division II South Regional tournament, downing Florida Southern before falling to Barry in the Regional Final
- Spent much of the season ranked in the top-10 of the ITA Division II National Rankings
- Taylor Brewster named GSC East Player of the Year
- Derrick Racine named GSC East Coach of the Year
- Racine named USTA/ITA Campus QuickStart Provider of the Year
- Brewster named ITA Singles All-American
- Brewster, Jacquline March and Luiza Sonnervig named to All-GSC First Team
- Caitlyn Baines named to All-GSC Second Team
- Barbara Olivera advanced to Quarterfinals of USTA/ITA South Regional Championships
- Brewster and Baines ranked as 11th-best doubles team in final ITA National Rankings
- Brewster ranked as 20th-best singles player in final ITA National Rankings
- Brewster, March and Naomi Higa named to GSC All-Academic Team
MEN'S TENNIS
- Advanced to GSC Tournament Championship, falling to Valdosta State, 5-1
- Defeated Rollins in the NCAA Division II South Regional Tournament before losing to Valdosta State in the Regional final
- Spent much of the season in the top-10 of the ITA Division II National Rankings
- Andrey Pozhidaev and Bruno Ferreira named to All-GSC First Team
- Ferreira named ITA Singles All-American
- Ferreira and Pozhidaev named ITA Doubles All-Americans
- Racine named USTA/ITA Campus QuickStart Provider of the Year
- Ferreira and Pozhidaev advanced to Quarterfinals of USTA/ITA South Regional Championships
- Ferreira and Pozhidaev ranked in top-25 in final ITA National Rankings
SOFTBALL
- 22-21 overall record, 11-16 GSC
- Head Coach Tami Cyr earned 900th career victory on Feb. 15 vs. Lynn
- Amber Ingram, Kaley Kania and Karri Bisbee named to All-GSC First Team
- Ingram Named GSC East Player of the Week
- Ingram and Kania named to Daktronics All-South Region Second Team
- Ingram, Kania and Crystal Thompson named to GSC All-Academic Team
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