Spring13AtLourdes

The women’s team recorded
a great deal of success
throughout the fall,
finishing in its
highest within the
conference to date.
The Gray Wolves
won 3 events last
fall, including their
own Lourdes Fall
Finale. Sophomore from
Sylvania, OH,
Brooke Darah
became the first
Lourdes golfer
to earn WHAC
recognition when
she was named
Golfer of the Week,
after posting 1 of
2 match victories
attained last fall. She
also led Lourdes with
an 84 stroke average.
Heather
Steiner, a
sophomore from
Tiffin, OH, also
won an
individual
tournament
for the Gray
Wolves.
Coming in
2013-2014…
The University also
announced that it will
add men’s and women’s
cross country, lacrosse
and competitive cheer
and dance beginning
with the 2013-2014
academic year.
Champions of Character
In addition to their competition successes last fall,
Lourdes student-athletes excelled in the classroom
as well. Post-season academic awards were released in
women’s volleyball and the Gray Wolves had 3 recipients of
various honors. Junior Andrea Brown from Northwood, OH,
became the first Lourdes student-athlete in any
sport to be named to the Sports Information
Directors Association (CoSIDA) Academic
All-District I First Team while classmate
Ali Mass from Walbridge, OH was named a
NAIA Scholar-Athlete. Andrea and Ali
also joined senior Shelby Schuster
from Sylvania, OH, on the WHAC
All-Academic Team.
Lourdes student-athletes also
took time out of their busy schedules
to assist in the community. The men’s basketball
team interacted with local children during a
fundraiser for the Ronald McDonald House while
the men’s and women’s volleyball programs
assisted at a local food pantry and
worked on an area house through
Habitat for Humanity. The women’s
volleyball team also hosted a fundraiser
for progeria research at one of its matches.
The Lourdes Athletic Department, as a whole,
raised money for Bethany House in Toledo
at the final home match of the volleyball
season as part of the NAIA’s Champions
of Character initiative.
Individually,
sophomore Amelia
Horton from Milan,
MI, was named to the WHAC’s
Champions of Character Team in
women’s volleyball. i
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