Wednesday, May 12, 2004
MORAVIAN HONORS SENIOR STUDENT-ATHLETES;
BREY & MOORE NAMED SENIOR ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
BETHLEHEM, PA --- Moravian College honored its 2004 senior student-athletes at its annual
Senior Athletics Awards Banquet Wednesday night in Johnston Hall. Softball standout Janelle
Brey (Allentown, PA/Dieruff HS) was named the Outstanding Senior Female Athlete
while track & field competitor Joe Moore (Andover, NJ/Newton HS) was
honored with the Outstanding Senior Male Athlete award. The Blue & Grey Scholar Athletes
awards were presented to women’s soccer player Justina Bria (Warminster,
PA/William Tennent HS) and baseball athlete Ethan Ordog (Roebling, NJ/Holy
Cross HS). The H.T.D. Gillespie Award for outstanding service to Moravian’s
athletics program was presented to Fritz Halfacre.
Brey, a third baseman, has helped the Greyhounds to a 37-4 record this
season and the team’s first-ever trip to the NCAA Division III World Series that
begins on Friday. Brey was named to Commonwealth All-Conference First
Team and the National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-East Region First Team this spring. Brey has
continued to rewrite the Moravian record books this spring and currently holds 16 Moravian
game, season and career records while ranking in the top five of the career offensive categories
she doesn’t own the record. Brey is hitting .398 this season with
51 hits, 45 RBIs, 33 runs scored, 12 walks, 13 doubles, a triple and seven home runs. Brey has
also set the school record with 100 assists in the field this season.
Moore, a sprinter and jumper, helped the Moravian men place fifth at
the 2004 Middle Atlantic Conference Indoor Championships and sixth in the 2004 MAC Outdoor
title. He won the 2004 MAC title in the long jump at both the indoor and outdoor championship
meets. Moore, who won the 2003 NCAA Division III Indoor National Championship
in the long jump, also ran on Moravian’s first place 4x100-meter relay at the MAC
outdoor championships. Moore finished second in the 200 meters outdoors
and fifth at the indoor meet. He has provisionally qualified for the 2004 NCAA Division
III Outdoor Championships at Millikin University on May 27th-29th.
Bria helped the women’s soccer post a 12-4-4 record and reach
the 2003 Commonwealth Conference Tournament and the championship game of the 2003 Eastern
College Athletic Conference Mid-Atlantic Tournament. Bria contributed
three goals and two assists for eight points. Bria was named to the Commonwealth
All-Conference Second Team and the MAC All-Academic Team for the third straight year. Bria,
who was a member of the CoSIDA Academic All-District II College Division Second Team, has
a 3.68 grade point average, and she is majoring in psychology and sociology.
Ordog, an outfielder, was a key part of Moravian’s run to the
2004 Commonwealth Conference Championship game. Ordog had 17 hits, 11
RBIs, 13 walks, seven runs and three doubles for the 15-22 Greyhounds. Ordog has
a 3.56 grade point average, and he is majoring in political science and religion.
Halfacre has made many contributions to the Moravian Athletic Department
including serving an assistant football and track and field coach. Halfacre has
also helped many student-athletes decide to attend Moravian.
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