Hornets' Cross Country Athlete Tabbed for ODAC/Farm Bureau Honor

SALEM, Va. --- Lynchburg College cross country athlete, Ashley Meyer, is one of eight student-athletes from Old Dominion Athletic Conference member schools to earn a 2009 ODAC/Farm Bureau Insurnace Scholar-Athlete Award during the fall athletic schedule.  Meyer was tabbed from a pool of nominees by a vote of each of the conference's sports information directors.

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, forming a partnership with the ODAC to emphasize the NCAA Division III philosophy of the complete student-athlete experience.  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.

Meyer, a senior from Springfield, Missouri, stars as a biomedical science major in the classroom and as an all-conference runner on the women's cross country team.  A member of the Lynchburg Dean's List in 2007 and 2008, Meyer boasts a 3.952 grade point average.  She is a member of three national honorary societies including Phi Eta Sigma (freshman academics), Phi Kappa Phi (national academics) and Omicron Delta Kappa (leadership).

On the course, Meyer is a two-time All-ODAC First Team performer, including back-to-back third place finishes in the 2008 and 2009 ODAC Championship Meet.  Her efforts this season helped lead Lynchburg to its first ODAC women's cross country title since 2003 and sixth crown in program history.

"We are proud of the accomplishments of every one of our student-athletes," says ODAC commissioner Brad Bankston. "It is especially gratifying to be able to recognize those who personify the definition of ‘student-athlete' through these awards, and we are proud to be affiliated with Farm Bureau Insurance in this program."

For more information about the ODAC/Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Awards, visit the ODAC's home on the Internet at www.odaconline.com.