Continuing a 'Partnership in Excellence'
SALEM, Va. --- The ODAC and Farm Bureau
Insurance have built a strong relationship over the past few years,
emphasizing the importance of the complete student-athlete
experience at the NCAA Division III level. That "Partnership
in Excellence" continued this fall as the ODAC and Farm Bureau
salute the eight winners of the 2009 ODAC/Farm Bureau
Insurance Scholar-Athlete Awards from the fall athletic
campaigns.
The ODAC/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Award is given to a
student-athlete in each of the conference's 22 sponsored
sports. Farm Bureau Insurance of Virginia is the presenter of
each of the ODAC/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete
Awards. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must
be at least a sophomore standing and have spent at least one full
academic year at the nominating institution, must maintain at least
a 3.2 cumulative grade point average, and must have participated in
at least 50-percent of the team's events. The awards are
selected in a vote of the conference's sports information
directors.
Listed and linked below are each of the winners from the ODAC's
seven fall sports (two for football due to a tie in voting).
To learn more about each athlete, click the his or her associated
link.
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY: Robert
Warneford-Thomson, Washington and Lee University
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY: Ashley Meyer,
Lynchburg College
FIELD HOCKEY: Karissa
Sauder, Eastern Mennonite University
FOOTBALL: Greg
Kurkis, Washington and Lee University
FOOTBALL: Josh
Miller, Hampden-Sydney College
MEN'S SOCCER: Stephen Legg,
Lynchburg College
WOMEN'S SOCCER: Mary Dunn,
Eastern Mennonite University
VOLLEYBALL: Rebecca
Leedom Bradford, Virginia Wesleyan College