Summer 2005 - Hood College

Summer 2005
Hood Magazine 7
Softball Finishes Third in AWCC
Coach Tricia Fiut’s softball team rounded out its year with a
third-place finish in the AWCC. The Blazers racked up 11
wins on the season and went 7-5 in AWCC regular season play.
Juniors Jennifer Jones and Julie Pallansch were each named
First Team All-AWCC. Jones led the team in batting average
(.460), home runs (three) and slugging percentage (.698),
while Pallansch also put together a nice offensive campaign
with a .438 average and a team-best 23 runs batted in.
Freshmen Jamie Bussey, Jennifer Guyer and Katherine Law
each earned Second Team All-AWCC honors.
Still Chosen as All-Star
The honors just keep rolling in for Hood women’s
lacrosse standout Tiffany Still.
The senior midfielder was selected to play in the
Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association/
STX Division III North-South Senior All-Star Game June 4 for
the nation’s top seniors. This is the first time someone from Hood
has achieved this honor and the announcement comes on the heels
of Still being named the AWCC’s Most Outstanding Player and to
the www.womenslacrosse.com Weekly Honor Roll April 17.
Athletics Awards Department Honors
The annual athletics banquet May 7 honored athletes, coach Brent Ayer and the cross country team for athletic excellence.
KIMBERLY SERVEDIO MEMORIAL AWARD
Janelle Moss ’06 (Jefferson, Md.)
Janelle was this year’s recipient
of the Memorial Award, named
for Kimberly Servedio, a member
of the Hood soccer team
who passed away six years
ago. Moss, a highly regarded
member of the softball team,
was recognized as the studentathlete
who most embodies Servedio’s characteristics
of sincerity, selflessness and optimism.
COACH’S AWARD
Danielle Allen ’05 (North Wales, Pa.)
Danielle was given the Coach’s
Award, which is awarded to
the student-athlete personifying
the philosophies of the
NCAA and the Hood athletic
motto: Mind, Body, Spirit.
She graduated as the all-time
leading rebounder in Hood
women’s basketball history.
DEAN’S AWARD
Tiffany Still ’05 (Flourtown, Pa.)
Tiffany received the Dean’s
Award which honors the student-athlete
who embodies all
of the desirable characteristics
of a good teammate and
friend. Tiffany graduated as the
all-time leading goal-scorer for
the women’s lacrosse team
and, as team captain, played a key role in helping
the squad to its most wins in school history
this spring.
PRESIDENT’S AWARD
Tammy McElroy ’05 (Church Hill, Md.)
Tammy was given the President’s
Award, which recognizes the
student-athlete who has given
outstanding service to his or
her team, the athletic department,
the Hood College community
and its student body.
Tammy helped the women's
basketball team to a pair of
NCAA Tournament appearances during her
career, served on the Campus Activities Board,
as the president of Meyran Hall, as a studentworker
for four years in Hood’s marketing and
communications office and as an intern for
WBAL-TV and WFMD radio.
TRUSTEES AWARD
Cheryl Banks ’06 (Baltimore, Md.)
Cheryl earned The Trustees
Award, named in honor of the
Hood College Board of
Trustees, as the student-athlete
who provided outstanding
leadership to a team, athletic
department and the Hood
community. Cheryl was a First-
Team All-AWCC performer in
women’s lacrosse and field hockey, and also
served as a student-worker for the athletic
department.
MOST OUTSTANDING STUDENT-ATHLETE
Kelly Buriak ’06 (Clinton, N.J.)
Kelly, a two-sport star oftentimes
competing for the tennis
and cross county teams in the
same weekend, earned this
year's Most Outstanding
Student-Athlete Award. She
blazed a new path for the cross
country team, serving as the
squad’s top runner for the past
two seasons and setting a host
of school records. In tennis, Kelly won seven
AWCC titles and had the squad’s best individual
record three of her four years on the team.
MALE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Marcelino Rabara ’08
(Rockville, Md.)
The inaugural men’s soccer team
experienced many firsts this
season. First game, first goal,
first win, etc., and now the
program's first Male Newcomer
of the Year Award. Marcelino
scored the men’s soccer program’s
first goal and had a goal and two assists in
its first-ever win. He finished the season
leading the squad in goals and points.
FEMALE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Amy Kaufman ’08 (Sykesville, Md.)
Amy earned the AWCC’s Most
Outstanding Swimmer Award
after leading the Blazers to the
conference championship. Over
the course of the season, she
helped lead the team to a 7-4
record—and a perfect 5-0 in
the AWCC—and has put her
name all over the program record book by setting
five individual records this season.
COACH OF THE YEAR
Brent Ayer (Men’s and Women’s
Cross Country and Club Track)
Brent has firmly established the
cross country and club track
programs in the mid-Atlantic
region. His women’s cross
country team, only in its second
year, was chosen as an
Academic All-America Team
after achieving a 3.54 team
grade point average.
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S CUP
Women’s Cross Country
The women’s cross country team earned the
Athletic Director’s Cup, given to the Hood team
with the highest cumulative G.P.A. The 13 members
of Hood’s squad were also chosen as an
Academic All-America Team earlier this year by
the NCAA Division III Cross Country Coaches
Association, placing them in the top 50 among
the 377 NCAA Division III schools that compete
in cross country. In order to obtain the honor, a
team must have a minimum of a 3.1 G.P.A