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Nine runners represent UAH on GSC Fall All-Decade teams |
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Written by Antoine Bell
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Tuesday, 13 July 2010 |
Birmingham, AL — The Gulf South Conference officially closed the door on another exciting decade of collegiate athletics with the release of the GSC Fall Sports All-Decade Teams (2000-09). The Cross Country teams were loaded with former UAH runners, highlighted by first team picks Andrew Hodges (2000-03) and Erin Zellers - above - (2005-08). Seven others were voted to the men's and women's second teams. Those inductees included Brandon York (2000-03), Mark Temple (2006-09), Will Rodgers (2006-09) and Josh Moshier (2007-present) from the UAH men's teams and Caitlin Heider (2003-05, 07), Amy Phillips (2000-03), Katherine Herring (2003-04) from the women's teams.
The six-sport team is the first of three such squads to be released during the summer, including the Men’s and Women’s Basketball All-Decade Teams in mid-July and the Spring Sports All-Decade Teams (excluding women’s golf) later in the month.
The initiative marks the first time that the Conference has compiled an All-Decade list for sports other than football. Previously, the GSC has recognized football all-star teams from the 1980’s, the first Quarter Century (1971-1975) and the 1990’s.
Hodges was a three-time first team All-GSC (2000, 2002, 2003) honoree. He was also second team All-GSC in 2001. He is tied for fourth all-time at UAH in the 8K (25:35) and has three of the fastest 10K marks in UAH history. He is ranked second (32:22.5) and ninth twice times at 33:11.
Zellers is one of only four runners in conference history to earn first team All-GSC honors four years (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008). She owns three of the top 10 fastest 5K times in UAH history. She is ranked second (17:37), seventh (18:12) and 10th (18:16). In addition, Zellers also has three of the top 10 fastest 6K times, ranked second (21:43), third (22:00) and tied for seventh (22:25).
Heider and Phillips each three time All-GSC first teamers and both made the second team in the other season. Herring made the first team twice. Heider is the UAH record holder in the 5K (17:17). She also has four of the other fastest times in the top 10 at the UAH...third (17:44), fourth (17:52), fifth (18:00) and ninth (18:17). Heider also holds four of the top 10 6K times including the record mark of 21:37. She is also ranked fourth (22:03), ninth (22:30) and 10th (22:44). Meanwhile, Phillips is ranked eighth all-time at UAH in the 5K (18:13 and ranked 5th all-time in the 6K (22:06). Herring is currently ranked sixth all-time at UAH in the 6K (22:20).
York, Temple and Rodgers were all two-time All-GSC first team honorees. York and Rodgers also made the second team twice while Temple made the second team in 2006. Meanwhile Moshier, who is still active and will be a senior in 2010, made the All-GSC first team in 2009 and the second team in 2007 and 2008.
Temple the UAH record holder in the 8K (25:30 and is tied for the eighth fastest 8K time of 25:42. She is ranked third in the 10K (32:40). York holds the UAH record holder in the 10K (32:22.1). He is ranked seventh all-time at UAH in the 8K (25:39) and also has the fourth fastest 10K time of 32:46. Moshier enters his final season at UAH ranked second (25:31) and 10th (25:49) all-time at UAH in the 8K, while he is ranked eighth all-time in the 10K (33:10).
Players could only be nominated for the All-Decade Team if they competed in at least two seasons during the decade and were also named to the All-GSC First Team at least once. Each squad was broken up into First and Second Teams and Players and Coaches of the Decade were selected. Honorable Mentions were also recognized in special circumstances; for example, those student-athletes that competed in just one season and were an All-GSC First Team member during the past decade. The league office decided to designate the men’s and women’s soccer squads as “All-Time Teams” because the GSC has only sponsored the sport since 1996.
The Conference also recognized the best Teams of the Decade using a formula based on how a school’s team finished in the All-Sports Trophy standings the past 10 years. Harding University Sports Information Director Scott Goode spearheaded the computation of each school’s team-point-total based on the simple formula of All-Sports points earned divided by All-Sports points possible during the decade. The resulting score is the percentage of All-Sports points earned during the decade per sport. The formula included only the seasons that each school sponsored the respective sport. A score of 100 indicates that the team earned the maximum number of points (i.e. - won the conference championship) in each season in the decade.
Both UAH men's and women's teams were voted second behind Team of the Decade Harding University who claimed both men's and women's top awards.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 13 July 2010 )
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Moshier named to Gulf South Conference Top Ten |
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Written by Antoine Bell
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Friday, 25 June 2010 |
Birmingham, AL — The Gulf South Conference announced its 14th annual GSC “Top Ten” Award winners on Thursday and UAH junior runner Josh Moshier was among the honorees. These awards, based on athletic, academic and extracurricular achievement during the 2009-10 academic year, recognize the top five male and top five female student-athletes as the cream of the GSC crop. The top male and female receive the Commissioner’s Trophy, the Conference’s most prestigious honor. The presentations were made at the GSC’s Annual Awards Banquet at the Embassy Suites in Hoover, Alabama on Thursday.
The “Top Ten” are selected with the assistance of an advisory committee representing the Athletics Directors, Senior Woman Administrators, SportIDs, FARs and Presidents from randomly selected GSC schools, which makes a recommendation to the Commissioner, who has the final decision. Ties are not broken, so more than ten student-athletes can be honored.
Moshier marks UAH’s third overall men’s winner, and second cross country honoree in three years. In 2009, he was All-South Region and first team All-GSC. In addition, Moshier was a member of the Fall Academic All-GSC team.
Joining Moshier on the men's Top Ten list were Brandon Friedel (Arkansas Tech, Basketball, Victoria, Tex.), Jon Koenigsfeld (Valdosta State, Baseball, New Port Richey, Fla.), Brett Munson (North Alabama, Golf, Louisville, Kent.), Hayden Simpson (Southern Arkansas, Baseball, Magnolia, Ark.).
The “Top Ten” women’s field included Courtney Jones (West Florida, Soccer, Panama City, Fla.) and Bethany Wright (Henderson State, Volleyball, Georgetown, Tex.), Katy Grant (Harding, Cross Country, Mustang, Okla.), Natali Gumbrecht (Valdosta State, Tennis, Sachsen bei Ansbach, Germany), Becca Tipton (Arkansas-Monticello, Softball, Dermott, Ark.).
In addition to the individual honors, the Conference recognized its All-Sports Trophy Champions (men: Valdosta State; women: West Florida) and bid farewell to departing administrator, Henderson State University Athletic Director Sam Goodwin.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 25 June 2010 )
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Chargers finish 6th at regional, women 11th |
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Written by Antoine Bell
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Saturday, 07 November 2009 |
Tampa, Fla. - The UAH men's cross country team's hopes for a trip to the
NCAA Division II National Championships where dashed when one of its top runners was unable to
finish. Charger sophomore Samson Too was in the thick of the men's 10K when he
collapsed and dropped out of the race. The result was disasterous for the
Chargers who wound up with a sixth place finish at the NCAA Southeast Region
Championship on Saturday morning. The Lady Chargers finished 11th in the women's
6K.
 "Florida is a curse for us," said UAH head coach David Cain. "We had
something similar happen to us the last time the Regional was here."
"We were right right there and had a great chance to finish in the top
three, but it just didn't happen."
Freshman Stephen Dolan had an outstanding race running the seventh fastest
10K time in UAH men's history finishing eighth with a time of 33:08. The finish
earned him a spot on the All-Region team. Joining Dolan on the All-Region team
was junior Josh Moshier who crossed the line ninth at 33:10. Senior Will Rodgers
narrowly missed the All-Region group, finishing 15th with a time of 33:25.
A pair of freshmen, Dante Dorsey and Travis Whatley rounded out the UAH top
five. Dorsey finished 51st at 35:51 and Whatley was 79th at 36:51.
Overall, the Chargers scored 162 points with their sixth place team
finish. Gulf South Conference champion Harding University won the race with 48
points. Sunshine State Conference schools Florida Southern and Nova Southeastern
advanced to the DII nationals finishing second and third with 89 and 105 points
respectively. GSC schools West Georgia and West Florida finished ahead of UAH at
fourth and fifth.
In the women's race, the Lady Chargers tallied 228 points. Region host
University of Tampa took first place with 32 points. Harding was second with 47
points to earn the other spot at the DII finals.
Junior Gwen Kyser was the Lady Chargers' top finisher in the 6K placing 19th with a
time of 23:52. A trio of freshmen followed, two in the top 50. Allyson Pierce
was 44th (25:29) and Emily Thompson 48th (25:42), while Jacqueline Lintzenich
was 55th at 26:06. Junior Amanda Tucker rounded out the Lady Charger top five,
crossing the line 62nd with a time of 26:26.
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