9.2.2011

FARMVILLE, Va. – Longwood University Faculty Athletic Representative, Dr. Consuelo Alvarez, has announced her annual recognition of academic accomplishments achieved by student-athletes for the past academic year (2010-11). Twenty-nine Lancers earned academic and/or merit-based scholarship awards, were recognized as outstanding seniors within a major and/or concentration, made presentations, or had papers published. Longwood Athletics is proud to recognize these student-athletes and their off-the-field endeavors. The complete list follows.

Scholarships
Jessica Alley, Women's Cross Country
Caroline Ferguson-Irons, Billie Hubard, Eloise Hodges-Martinelli

Alexa Anderson, Women's Lacrosse
Presidential Merit

Andrea Bastiaanse, Field Hockey
Nance Honors

Kameron Carter, Women's Golf
Class of 47, Ashley Warren Taws

Katie Devlin, Women's Soccer
Olive T. Iler Award, to a senior majoring in physical education in the teaching option

Robert Fox, Men's Golf
Jay Christopher DeBoer Memorial Scholarship, for a business or economics major that is a member of the men's or women's golf team and exemplifies Chris' commitment to academics and athletics

Austin W. Gray, Men's Golf
Accounting Faculty Scholarship, presented by the accounting faculty to accounting majors of high academic quality

Kyle Hall, Baseball

Zsofia Jakab, Women's Tennis
Edith Stevens

Dylan Jensen, Men's Golf
Presidential Merit

Evan Jones, Men's Soccer
Paul & Frances Fox Scholarship, to an incoming business or economics student with at least 3.25 high school GPA and a minimum of 1150 on the SAT (or the equivalent on ACT)
Sue Simmons Goodrich

Justin Lacy, Baseball

Bethany Law, Women's Tennis
Camper-Smith, Don Merkle, Provost

Zachary Mahon, Men's Soccer
O'Hara-Waldo

Natalie Massey, Women's Soccer
Camilla C. and Helen B. Tinnell Scholarship, to two rising junior English secondary education majors who maintain 3.0 overall GPA and a 3.2 PGA in their major

Cody Merkes, Men's Soccer
Provost

Nasim Moadab, Women's Tennis
Kathleen Goodwin Cover Scholarship, to a junior or senior majoring in Sociology or Anthropology who demonstrates high professional, intellectual, and personal standards, and has contributed to the social and cultural programs at Longwood

Marta Pinyol, Women's Tennis
Academic Excellence in Communication Studies Scholarship

Amy Putnam, Softball
Class of 53, Harold & Annie Cole, Rena Wheeler, Provost, Hylah Hope Camp Simmons

Caitlin Smith, Field Hockey
Presidential Merit

Dylan Spicker, Women's Soccer
Elmore-Royal

Amanda Steinhagen, Women's Golf
Heintz-O'Neill

Samantha Stifler, Women's Lacrosse
Longwood Scholar, Nance Honors

Lauren Trizna, Women's Soccer
Altavista Group

Duan Wright, Women's Lacrosse
The Carol Stoops Droessler Scholarship

Outstanding Seniors
Zsofia Jakab, Women's Tennis
Nominated as Outstanding Biology Senior

Brittany Matthews, Softball
Real Estate Outstanding Senior

Nasim Moadab, Women's Tennis
Outstanding Senior Award for the Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice Departments

Michael Young, Men's Golf
Finance Outstanding Senior and “Delta Sigma Pi Key” for highest GPA within the Business school

Presentations
Andrea Bastiaanse, Field Hockey
Honors poster session at Longwood
Title: Pathogenesis Notecards

Chris Briere, Baseball
Research paper at the Allied Academics conference in Orlando, Florida
Title: Why Do Companies Pay Cash Dividends?

Nasim Moadab, Women's Tennis
Psychology Senior Seminar
Title: The Effects of Tactile Sensations on the Interpretation of Ambiguous Stimuli

Samantha Stifler, Women's Lacrosse
Honors poster session at Longwood
Title: Collection and analysis of human demography values and survivorship for the Westview cemetery in Farmville

Kathryn Wilson, Cheerleading
Honors poster session at Longwood
Title: Therapeutic horseback riding for students with disabilities: A case study

Mike Young, Men's Golf
Research paper at the Allied Academics conference in Orlando, Florida
Title: The Federal Open Market Committee and the Federal Funds Rate: A Test of Market Efficiency

Papers Published
Katie Devlin, Women's Soccer
Lucas, M.D. & Devlin, K. (2011). Students with Sickle Cell Anemia Participating in Recess.
Journal of The American Academy of Special Education Professionals
(Spring/Summer, 2011) (9)