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Athletic Department News Athletic Team Accomplishments Basketball The Men’s team finished in 4th place in the Mid-South Conference (MSC) and participated in the NAIA National Tournament in Tulsa, OK. The Men lost in the first round to Science and Arts College. The Women’s team placed 2nd in the MSC and participated in the NAIA National Tournament in Jackson, TN. They lost in the 2nd round to Lewis & Clark State University. Melissa Irvin, an alumnus from the class of ‘95, is the head coach for this team. Golf The Men’s team finished 15th in the NAIA National Tournament. The Women’s team finished 19th. Bill Sergent, a member of the class of ‘78, coaches both teams. Judo Both the Men’s and Women’s teams finished in 2nd place in the National Collegiate Judo Championships. Head coach Doug Fortune, an alumnus from the class of ‘74, was selected to manage the U. S. National Team at the World Judo Championships in Germany this summer. (Many of the members of this team are also on the U.S. Olympic Team.) Swimming The Men’s team finished 4th in the NAIA National Tournament. Lebor Janek, a senior member of the team was national champion in both the 200 and 400-meter individual medleys. The Women’s team finished in 5th place in the NAIA National Tournament. Tennis The Men’s team finished in 4th place in the MSC. The Women’s team finished 2nd. Chin Teck Tan, an alumnus from the class of ‘87, coaches both teams. CC STUDENT IS THIRD FASTEST IN THE WORLD! Cumberland College junior Anthony Kabara, from Chuka, Kenya, currently holds the third fastest 800-meter time in the world for this year’s outdoor track season. Kabara ran a time of 1:45.29 in the 800m at the Duke University Invitational Track meet on April 7, 2001. That time is only a 10th of a second slower than the winning Anthony Kabara time of the Olympic final in the 800m this past summer. Kabara is a ten-time NAIA All-American and a five-time NAIA national champion. He currently holds the fastest NAIA time in the 800m. Track The track team placed 13th in the NAIA Nationals. Anthony Kabara won the National Championship in the 800-meter run. In addition, Christian Key, Thetlon Detry, Joe Salvato and Anthony Kabara won the 4 x 800 National championship. Floyd Stroud, a ‘74 Cumberland graduate, coaches this team. Baseball The baseball team finished 9th in the MSC. Terry Stigall, an alumnus from the class of ‘75, is the coach for this team. (See related story on page 13) Softball The softball team placed 3rd in the MSC. Angie Dean, a ‘90 Cumberland graduate, coaches this team. Wrestling The Men’s wrestling team placed 6th in the NAIA National Tournament. Andy Medders, a sophomore from Holiday, FL., won the national championship in the 125lb weight class. Both the men’s and women’s judo teams finished in second at the National Collegiate Judo Championships. Rankings Cumberland’s athletic program received a 4th place standing in the Sears Director’s Cup National Athletic Awards Program. The Sears Cup program ranks the athletic programs of all NAIA schools in the nation. Cumberland’s 4th place standing came at the end of the winter rankings and is the highest in the history of the college’s athletic program. 12
Stigall Steps Down as Baseball Coach Cumberland College has announced the resignation of Terry Stigall after 18 years at the helm as the head baseball coach. Stating that his resignation was for health reasons, Stigall says, “I feel that it is in the best interest of the program for me to step down and allow someone else who can give it their best to take over. I am just simply not able to do it any more.” Stigall, only the third baseball coach in the history of the college, leaves Cumberland after a successful career with 502 wins and 298 losses for a winning percentage of .628. His 500th win came on April 4, as his team defeated the Georgetown College Tigers. Stigall, a native of Danville, KY, came to Cumberland in 1971 to attend college and play for the baseball team. He graduated from Cumberland in 1975 with a degree in health and psychology. He served as an admissions counselor for the college and was actually the college’s first softball coach before becoming the head coach of the baseball team. Stigall later earned his master’s degree in education from Union College. “Having played at Cumberland under former head coach Walter Mathes, it was an easy adjustment to make to become the head coach because I knew the school and I knew the people. I have had a great coaching experience because of the excellent standards that have been established for athletics and academics. I have always been proud to be a part of the Cumberland College athletic program because of that,” says Stigall. Stigall will remain as an instructor in the college’s Health, Movement and Leisure Studies department. RECEIVE ALUMNI NEWS BY E-MAIL You can now receive periodic e-mail updates on campus happenings and special events. If you would like to receive this information, send an e- mail note to the Office of Alumni Services at: alumni@cc.cumber.edu. Please be sure to include your first and last name, your birth date (for security reasons), and your preferred e-mail address. Once this is received you will be added to our listserve. This is a private listserve, and your information will not be used for any other purpose. You may cancel this request at any time. Patriot Pride: A New Era for Cumberland Athletics President Taylor made this announcement on May 7, 2001. The Cumberland College Board of Trustees has voted to change our mascot from “Indians” to the “Patriots” which is more in keeping with our college’s architecture and our city and the name Williamsburg. As we change our mascot to “Patriots” we hope to eventually build a replica of Independence Hall as a business building and a replica of Monticello as a science building as funds become available. As funds become available, we’ll perhaps rename our gift shop at the Cumberland Inn the Dolly Madison room, for crafts, doll making, quilting and pottery displays. As funds become available, we could model a new dorm after the Christopher Wren dorm, at the College of William and Mary. We will want to order two additional larger flags, one for campus and one for the stadium. Further instructive, our geographical area of Williamsburg has also been involved in a great deal of early American history, and the school wanted to reflect that in its mascot name. One native of the area, who is buried not all that far from the campus, Pierce Dant Hamlin, was a very distinguished Revolutionary War soldier, with an impressive record of crossing the Delaware and fighting with General George Washington at Valley Forge. Today, we proudly fly the flag; we have ROTC; our college has produced four military generals, an admiral and on and on. Congressman Hal Rodgers tells me we have the largest number of veterans in this congressional district of any in the nation. Over time I believe we could create more of an emotional bonding through this Patriot theme, a continuity of the past and hope for the future. The mascot change will take effect immediately. 13
Page 1 and 2: The Magazine for Cumberland College
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