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ALL-SPORTS RECAP2010-11 Sport-by-Sport RecapThe 2010-11 athletics season at Chattanooga included four SoCon titles and six NCAApostseason appearances. The Mocs had 12 individuals claim league championships,and five SoCon Player of the Years. Chattanooga had three SoCon Coach of theYear recipients, an athletic All-American and one CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-American along with seven All-District selections.Men’s Basketball (John Shulman, head coach) - 16-16, 12-6 SoCon North/tie 1st• The Mocs captured their 28th title in 34 seasons in the Southern Conference tyingfor the North Division crown...that is by far the most by any school in the league overthat time span with Davidson second with 17...it was their eighth divisional title.• Head Coach John Shulman has led UTC to three division titles in the last four years.Chattanooga is the only school to accomplish that in league play.• The Mocs were 13-0 when leading with five minutes to play in 2010-11 and is anastonishing 109-5 (.956) during Shulman’s seven years on the bench.• Point guard Keegan Bell was named to the Bob Cousy Award watch list given tothe nation’s top point guard. His 182 assists in 2010-11 is the third most in schoolhistory for a season and he is just 73 assists behind Tim Brooks (1992-93) and WesMoore (1996-99) for the career record at 414. Bell and Omar Wattad were named toAll-SoCon teams.• Ricky Taylor scored a McKenzie Arena record for a SoCon game with 41 points inthe double overtime win over UNC Greensboro. He is 164 points shy of becoming the18th Moc student-athlete to score 1,000 points in the DI era.Women’s Basketball (Wes Moore, head coach) - 17-14, 13-7/3rd SoCon• Wes Moore became the ninth fastest in NCAA history, 43rd overall to record 500career wins...also posted his 300th win at UTC.• Despite returning just four players from the previous season, the Lady Mocs finishedthird in the league...UTC advanced to the semifinals of the SoCon Tournament, fallingby one point in overtime to the eventual champion Samford.• Junior Whitney Hood and sophomore Kayla Christopher were named All-SoConCoaches...Hood was also named to the All-SoCon Media First Team...sophomoreKylie Lambert was named to the SoCon All-Tournament Second Team.• Hood became the fifth straight Lady Moc to lead the SoCon in scoring (18.8 ppg)...584points is the sixth most scored in UTC history in a season...she was also second inthe SoCon in field goal percentage (.525)• Christopher moved up to No. 8 all-time in made 3-pointers at UTC...she was also amember of the SoCon Winter All-Academic Team.Cross Country (Bill Gautier, head coach)Men (3rd SoCon/6th NCAA Regional) • Women (4th SoCon/12th NCAA Regional)• Senior Emmanuel Kirwa became just the second UTC runner to win three straightSoCon titles and Runner of the Year honors (Nic Crider, 1996-98)...he was the 12thChattanooga runner in the last 15 years to win the SoCon title...placed 47th at the NCAAChampionships...named all-region with an eighth-place finish at NCAA South Region.• Lucas Cotter was named SoCon Freshman of the Year after finishing 14th at theSoCon meet...he was also a member of the All-SoCon Second Team.• Junior Chris Berry and senior Anneli Uys were named First Team All-SoCon.• UTC placed 10 cross country runners on the SoCon Fall All-Academic Team.• Both the men’s and women’s teams were named All-Academic by the USTFCCCA...the men were 15th in the nation with a 3.46 g.p.a. while the women were 22nd witha 3.59...Lady Mocs set a school record with a 3.82 g.p.a. in the spring semester.Football (Russ Huesman, head coach) - 6-5, 5-3/3rd SoCon• The Mocs posted a 6-5 overall record and finished third in the SoCon at 5-3...UTCrecorded back-to-back winning seasons for the first time since 1990 and 1991...thefive SoCon wins were the most since 1985.• UTC set a number of attendance records, including highest average per game at12,699...the Mocs also sold a school record 2,676 season tickets in 2010.• Junior receiver Joel Bradford was named 3rd Team AP All-American...he broke theschool record with 1,284 receiving yards...twice set a new UTC single-game markwith 254 yards against Eastern Kentucky and 274 yards at Furman...both were thetop-2 game totals in the NCAA FCS in 2010.2011 Mocs Football• School-record nine All-SoCon members...first teamers Joel Bradford (WR), Chris Harr(OL), Garrett Hughes (TE) and Buster Skrine (DB)...second teamers B.J. Coleman(QB), Ryan Consiglio (LB), Chris Donald, T. J. Hurless (OL) and Kadeem Wise (DB).• Spent two weeks ranked in the FCS top-25 for the first time since 1997...No. 20ranking on Oct. 25 was their highest national ranking since reaching the No. 17 slotin the Sporting News Preseason Top-25 in 1992.Men’s Golf (Mark Guhne, head coach) - 3rd SoCon • 9th NCAA Regional• UTC competed in its fifth straight NCAA postseason event at the NCAA ColoradoRegional...the Mocs finished ninth after final round charge fell short on back nine.• The lineup featured a junior, sophomore and three freshmen...that young groupranked as high as No. 33 in the nation during the season receiving votes in the GolfWorld/Nike Coaches Poll...finished No. 33 on Golfstat.• Junior Stephan Jaeger repeated as Southern Conference Golfer of the Year...hewas joined on the All-SoCon squad by sophomore Steven Fox and Freshman BenniWeilguni...Weilguni and Davis Bunn made the All-Freshman team...Jaeger also claimedhis third straight berth on the PING All-East Region team.• Jaeger ended the season ranked nationally at No. 53 in the Golfweek/Sagarin PerformanceIndex and No. 60 on Golfstat.• Jaeger earned medalist honors at the LSU National Invitational (his first collegiatewin), while freshman Chris Robb won at the Springhill Suites Collegiate in just hissecond career start.Women’s Golf (Colette Murray, head coach) - 1st SoCon • T12th NCAA Regional• The Mocs repeated as Southern Conference Champions in just the fourth year of theprogram...UTC dominated the field out-distancing runner-up College of Charleston by30 strokes...it was one of a school record-tying four wins in 2010-11.• Chattanooga ended the year ranked No. 31 in the Golfweek/Sagarin PerfomanceIndex with a season-best of No. 28 while also receiving votes in the NGCA/Golf WorldCoaches Poll.• Seniors Emma de Groot and Christine Wolf and junior Maria Juliana Loza earnedAll-SoCon honors with de Groot winning SoCon Golfer of the Year...Colette Murraywas named SoCon Coach of the Year for a second straight campaign as Jordan Britt,Yushira Budhram and Marion Duvernay were named to the All-Freshman team...LozaBritt, Budhram and Duvernay were all named NGCA All-American Scholars.• The Mocs made their fourth NCAA postseason appearance in as many seasons atthe NCAA Central Regional in Notre Dame, Ind...Chattanooga finished tied for 12th,while Loza lost in a playoff for individual berth in NCAA Championship.• de Groot claimed the Mocs first SoCon Medalist honor besting Britt by three shotsfor her sixth career win...Wolf earned her first win in record fashion at the JMU/EagleLanding Invite setting new school and tournament records for scoring in a round (66),36 holes (141) and tournament with a seven-under par 209...as a team there, theMocs set records with 10-under par 278 in the final round for a five under total of 859.Soccer (J.D. Kyzer, head coach) - 4-13-2, 2-7-2 SoCon/11th• Home matches returned to Finley Stadium.• Senior Serena Allen was named CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District.• Junior Donna-Kay Henry was named to the All-SoCon first team, finishing with ninegoals and two assists.• The Lady Mocs were honored with the NSCAA Team Academic Award for an overallteam GPA of 3.19.• UTC set a program record with a 3.41 g.p.a. in the fall semester while nine teammembers made the Academic All-SoCon team...also had a school-record eight studentathletespost a 4.0 g.p.a. in the fall.Softball (Frank Reed, head coach) - 44-14, 20-3 SoCon/1st • NCAA Tournament• Overall record of 44-14 (.759) was the best win percentage in the 18-year history ofthe program...20 SoCon wins was also record...13th regular season SoCon Championship,11th SoCon Tournament Title and eighth NCAA Regional appearance.• Head Coach Frank Reed was the SoCon Coach of the Year, while Michelle Fuzzardwas named SoCon Player of the Year and Sara Poteat was selected as the SoConTournament’s Most Outstanding Player.128Joel Bradford Emma de Groot Stephan Jaeger Bailey Dewart Demetrius Johnson Michelle Fuzzard