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AthleticsDodson, Pierre-Louis Earn Top AwardsTwo of Lee’s most celebrated athleteswere selected as winners of the2008 annual Paul Conn Student Athleteof the Year Award. Jan Dodsonhas been a standout on the basketballcourt for the past four years and RicardoPierre-Louis has put the Flames onthe world soccer map with his performances.Dodson directed the Lady Flames tofour straight NAIA National Tournamentappearances and a Sweet 16(highest ever by Lee women’s basketballteam) this past season. She wasnamed All-SSAC and second-teamNAIA All-American. From Nov. 17,2007-March 21, 2008, Dodson helpedlead the Lady Flames to 27 straightwins – a record that may never be broken.Lee also set a school record with32 wins and Dodson earned a spot onThe team of Jason Browning,Kelvin Page, Will Campbell and MattHadden combined to capture theannual Stanley Butler Memorial GolfInvitational title. Playing in the fourmanteam, select shot event, thewinners fired an impressive 16-underpar 56.Andy Higginbotham directed histeam of Dan Hampton and PhilPearson to a second-place finishwith a 15-under 57. Hampton alsocollected an extra $1,000 when hisball landed closest-to-the-pin in theannual helicopter drop.Third-place honors in the championshipflight went to the teamof Tarry Walker, Gary Rominger,Matt Clouse and Harry Ledford.They totaled an impressive 14-under58 finishBill Estes paced a group of fourtaking home the top prize in the B-Flight. Estes was joined by BillRobertson, Troy Gregory and AveryJohnson. The team carded an 11-the All-SSAC Academic and NAIAScholar Athlete teams.A three-time first-team NAIA All-American, Pierre-Louis broke theLee single season and career scoringRicardo Pierre-Louis and Jan Dodsonunder par 61. Scott Hicks directed thesecond-club. He played with TommyBrown, Richard Cribbs and Ricky Perry.Ralph Brett captained the team of LaurenBrett, Matt Holden and SteveMoore to the third-place finish. Theywere 8-under par at 64.records. The Flames reached thenational tournament two of the pastthree seasons and won SSAC andRegion XIII titles. Pierre-Louis wasnamed the 2007 NAIA Player of theYear and was drafted in the first round(22nd overall pick) in the Major LeagueSoccer Super Draft. He was also a starin the classroom and a SSAC scholarfor three years.“Jan and Ricardo are outstandingchoices for the award,” said Lee AthleticDirector Larry Carpenter. “Both haveexcelled academically and athleticallyand helped take their teams to newheights. Jan is a well-rounded individualwho makes an impact on all she comesin contact with. Ricardo came to Leeand everyone knew it was only a matterof time before all the soccer scoringrecords would be his. He is an outstandingindividual whose humility surpasseshis athletic accomplishments.”Butler Golf Tourney Is Anticipated Annual EventJulie Donnestad outdid all the menand claimed the longest drive honors.Phil McNamara was closest-to-the-pinon the second hole. Phil Pearsongrabbed the same prize on No. 14,while Jerry McGaha walked awaywith the straightest drive prize.(l-r) Jason Browning, Will Campbell and Matt Hadden were winners of Lee’s annualStanley Butler Golf Tourney. Not pictured, Kelvin Page.28
DimitarPamukchiyanTennis TeamsBattle in SSACThe year started off well for theFlames tennis team as they weredubbed the fifth-best team in the NAIAin the preseason poll, easily a Leerecord. Despite missing top player DimitarPamukchiyan in the first two games,the Maroon and White got off to a 2-0start. Not even the return ofPamukchiyan could push Lee past No. 1Auburn University-Montgomery in thethird match, though the netters did takethree of nine points from the Senators.AUM went on to win both the men andwomen's national titles.Despite shellacking Emmanuel Collegein the opening round of the SSACTournament, Lee could not gain anymomentum in the rest of postseasonplay, losing 5-0 to AUM in the leaguesemifinals before 24th-rated Xavier Universityeliminated them from the RegionXIII Tournament by the same score.The Lady Flames’ season went muchthe same way. The Lee ladies started offwith two dominant wins before losingto three talented opponents. Afterimproving to 7-5 in mid-season, Leelost twice by 8-1 margins. The 7-7final record extended the Lady Flames’streak of seasons without a losingrecord to 10.Senior Erin Schanke was best on theteam with an 8-5 record, with threewins against ranked players. BrooklynGoodell (7-6 at No. 2 and five wins inSSAC play) and Kelli Miller (7-5 atNo. 3) both captured some key victoriesover the course of the campaign.2007-08 Season ScoreboardVOLLEYBALL: 28-13, 12-0 SSAC• SSAC Tournament Champions• Highest Rating: No. 12WOMEN'S SOCCER:22-2, 10-0 SSAC• SSAC Tournament Champions• NAIA Region XIII TournamentChampions• Highest Rating: No. 2MEN'S SOCCER:16-5-3, 5-2-2 SSAC• Highest Rating: No. 4WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY:• NAIA Region XIII ChampionsMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY:• One NAIA Scholar-AthleteWOMEN'S BASKETBALL:32-3, 20-0 SSAC• NAIA National TournamentSecond Round• SSAC Regular Season andTournament Champions• Highest Rating: No. 2MEN'S BASKETBALL: 33-2, 17-1 SSAC• NAIA National TournamentElite Eight• SSAC Regular Season andTournament Champions• Highest Rating: No. 2BASEBALL: 63-10, 23-4 SSAC• Finals of NAIA World Series• NAIA Region XIII TournamentChampions• SSAC Regular Season Champions• Highest Rating: No. 2SOFTBALL: 32-22, 15-11 SSAC• Highest Rating: No. 11GOLF:• NAIA National ChampionshipQualifier• NAIA Region XIII Champions• Highest Rating: No. 33WOMEN'S TENNIS: 7-7, 3-4 SSAC• Highest Rating: No. 18MEN'S TENNIS: 6-6, 1-3 SSAC• Highest Rating: No. 5TORCH • Summer 200829
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