April 21, 2008
FARMVILLE, Va. -- Longwood University announced its annual student-athlete award winners at the school’s Athletics Awards Banquet Monday night in Farmville. The top award winners for 2007-08 are senior baseball standout Nick von Gersdorff/Purcellville (Loudoun Valley) and senior softball standout Ryan Washington/Bealeton (Liberty), named the school’s male and female Athletes of the Year, respectively. Washington is a repeat winner as she claimed the award a year ago as well. Longwood is near completion of it first year of competition as an official member of Division I.
von Gersdorff, a first baseman/right fielder, has started 33 of 35 games for the baseball team (20-18) while batting .305 and leading the team in RBI (34), triples (2), stolen base percentage (1.000, 5-5), and multi-RBI games (9). His other stats include runs (11), hits (36), home runs (3), doubles (5), slugging percentage (.458), on-base percentage (.328), multi-hit games (9), and a .981 fielding percentage while leading the team in fielding chances (209) and putouts (185). von Gersdorff has started 136 of 167 career games with a .275 career batting average, including eight home runs and 72 RBI. He also was awarded the Male Henry I. Willett Scholar-Athlete Award. Nick is a business administration major with a 3.724 GPA, and the son of Richard and Margaret von Gersdorff of Purcellville.
Washington, a shortstop, has started all 43 games for the softball team (27-16) while batting a team-best .357 and also leading the team in runs (35), RBI (26), home runs (3), triples (2), total bases (61), stolen bases (23), slugging percentage (.530), on-base percentage (.457), and multi-RBI games (8). Her other stats include doubles (7), multi-hit games (9), and a .928 fielding percentage while leading the team in fielding chances (167) and assists (72). Washington has started all 179 of her career games with a .400 career batting average, including 26 home runs, 123 RBI, and 80 stolen bases; currently the all-time leader in hits (212) and runs (143). Ryan is a criminal justice major and the daughter of Daniel and Patricia Washington of Bealeton.
The keynote speaker for the event was Mr. Hank Kim ‘90, a former member of the men’s golf team and now principal consultant with The Altavista Group (management and information technology) in Chesterfield.
2007-08 Longwood University Athletics Banquet Award Winners
Male Athlete Of The Year: Nick von Gersdorff • Purcellville • Senior • Baseball
Female Athlete Of The Year: Ryan Washington • Bealeton • Senior • Softball
Male Henry I. Willett Scholar-Athlete Award: Nick von Gersdorff • Purcellville • Senior • Baseball
Female Henry I. Willett Scholar-Athlete Award: Caitlin Hooe • Richmond • Senior • Softball
Freshman Male Athlete Of The Year: Justin Morreim • Virginia Beach • Baseball
Freshman Female Athlete Of The Year: Kameron Carter • Bassett • Women’s Golf
Jimmy Yarbrough Inspiration Award: Michelle Owen • Finksburg, Maryland • Junior • Women’s Lacrosse
SAAC Coach of the Year: Ali Wright • Women’s Golf
Male Henry I. Willett Scholar-Athlete Award: Nick von Gersdorff
Senior • Baseball • Purcellville • Loudoun Valley
Business Administration Major \ Finance Concentration … 3.724 GPA
Nick has started 33 of 35 games for baseball team (20-18) … first baseman/right fielder is batting .305 and leads team in RBI (34), triples (2, tied), stolen base percentage (5-5), and multi-RBI games (9) … other stats include runs (11), hits (36), home runs (3), doubles (5), slugging percentage (.458), a .328 on-base percentage, and multi-hit games (9) … has a .981 fielding percentage; leading team in fielding chances (209) and putouts (185) … career totals include starting 136 of 167 games with a .275 career batting average … other career totals include runs (66), hits (131), home runs (8), triples (4), doubles (12), and RBI (72) … 2007 and 2006 Division I Independent All-Academic Team … Dean’s List … Athletics-Academics Award … son of Richard and Margaret von Gersdorff of Purcellville.
Female Henry I. Willett Scholar-Athlete Award: Caitlin Hooe
Senior • Softball • Richmond • Douglas Freeman
Business Administration Major \ Real Estate, Finance Concentrations … 3.754 GPA
Caitlin has started 42 of 43 games for softball team (27-16) … outfielder is batting .323 and leads team in hits (42), doubles (11), total bases (61, tied), and multi-hit games (10, tied) … other stats include runs (34), RBI (16), home runs (2), triples (1), stolen bases (14), slugging percentage (.469), on-base percentage (.397), fielding percentage (.968), and multi-RBI games (5) … career totals include starting 176 of 179 games with a .359 career batting average (4th all-time) … other career totals include runs (137, 3rd all-time), hits (202, 2nd all-time), home runs (15, t-5th all-time), triples (11, 3rd all-time), doubles (42, 2nd all-time), RBI (90), and stolen bases (49, 3rd all-time) … three-time Division I All-Independent 1st-Team … 2007 Division I Independent All-Academic Team … 2006 NFCA All-Region 2nd-Team … 2006 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District III 2nd-Team … Dean’s List … Athletics-Academics Award … daughter of Greg and Cathy Hooe of Richmond.
Freshman Male Athlete of the Year: Justin Morreim
Baseball • Virginia Beach • Frank W. Cox
Justin has started 31 of 32 games for baseball team (20-18) … designated hitter/first baseman is batting .311 and leads team in triples (2, tied) and doubles (10) … other stats include runs (25), hits (38), home runs (2), RBI (24), slugging percentage (.549), multi-hit games (10), multi-RBI games (8), and on-base percentage (.346) … has a .959 fielding percentage … majoring in biology … son of Michael and Renee Morreim of Virginia Beach.
Freshman Female Athlete of the Year: Kameron Carter
Women’s Golf • Bassett • Bassett
Kameron played all 22 rounds for women's golf team (two team tournament wins) … tied for team lead with 76.86 scoring average … career low 18-hole score of 72 … career low 36-hole score of 145 (72-73) … career low 54-hole score of 221 (72-73-76) … five Top Five, six Top 10, six Top 20 individual finishes … runner-up at Lady Monarch Invitational (72-73-76--221) … majoring in pre-pharmacy … daughter of Terry and Helen Carter of Bassett.
Jimmy Yarbrough Inspiration Award: Michelle Owen
Junior • Women’s Lacrosse • Finksburg, Maryland • Mount de Sales Academy
Michelle started three of three matches for women's lacrosse team (6-10) prior to a season-ending injury and will seek a medical hardship waiver for the year of eligibility … attacker scored four goals totaling four points, adding one ground ball, two draw controls, and one caused turnover … .400 shot percentage … .800 shots-on-goal percentage … President of Longwood Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) … student-athlete representative to the Intercollegiate Athletics Council (IAC) … student-athlete representative search committee member for Director of Athletics … community outreach initiatives include FACES of Farmville, Alzheimer's Walk, and Special Olympics … majoring in art education … daughter of Bob and Patty Owen of Finksburg, Maryland.
