Sports News: Spring 2006
Tuesday, May 2, 2006

THREE MORAVIAN STUDENT-ATHLETES HONORED WITH LVAIAW AWARDS

BETHLEHEM, PA --- Three Moravian College student-athletes, seniors Megan Collins (Rehoboth Beach, DE/Ceasar Rodney HS) and Meagan Hennessy (Freehold, NJ/Freehold Township HS) and junior Kelly Applegate (Easton, PA/Wilson HS), were honored with the Outstanding Athlete Award for their sport at the 2006 Lehigh Valley Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Annual Awards luncheon hosted by Moravian Tuesday.

The LVAIAW is made up of seven schools, Cedar Crest College, DeSales University, Lafayette College, Lehigh University, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania, Moravian and Muhlenberg College. For pictures from the event, click here.

Collins (pictured at right) earned her award in the sport of soccer after leading Moravian to a 16-6-1 record and its first-ever NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament appearance. Collins, the 2005 Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year, netted a team high 16 goals and added six assists for 38 points and was named a National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas Second Team All-American, the first in Moravian's history. Collins had eight game-winning goals, and she finished her career second all-time at Moravian with 98 points on 41 goals and 16 assists in four seasons. Collins was on the Commonwealth All-Conference First Team in 2005 and 2003 and was on the Second Team in 2004 and 2002.

Hennessy was honored for her prowess on the softball diamond, and she was also named Moravian's Outstanding Athlete Award winner as each school selected on senior student-athlete to be honored. Moravian is currently 30-6 on the year. Hennessy, a two-time National Fastpitch Coaches Association Division III All-American, is 19-4 in the circle this season with a 0.37 ERA, 13 shutouts, five saves, two no-hitters, 209 strikeouts and just 65 hits, 46 walks and 15 runs (nine earned) in 169 2/3 innings of action. Hennessy, who already owns every Moravian pitching record, is continuing to climb the NCAA Division III record books. She is 7th in career strikeouts with 818, tied for 2nd in shutouts with 50, tied for 8th in wins with 86, tied for 9th in career ERA at 0.86, 9th in innings pitched with 754.2, tied for 11th in complete games with 96, 16th in games started with 105, and tied for 15th games with 120. Hennessy, who has been the Commonwealth Conference Pitcher of the Week five times this season and Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III South Pitcher of the Week once, has one hit at the plate this spring and has scored 11 runs.

Applegate helped Moravian's women's basketball team to a 21-7 record this season and a return to the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament. Applegate, who was named the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Year and to the Commonwealth All-Conference First Team, the Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball December Team of the Month, the Women's DIII News December Player of the Month, the Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball Team of the Year and the Lehigh Valley Small College Women's Basketball Player of the Year, led Moravian at 19.1 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. Applegate was also named to the Kodak/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association/ Kodak and WDIII News Honorable Mention All-American squads. Applegate, who was ranked in the top 25 nationally in field goal percentage, also added 37 assists, 43 steals and 26 blocked shots while shooting 55.7 percent (192 of 345) from the field, 55.6 percent on three-pointers (five of nine) and 76.4 percent at the foul line (146 of 191). Applegate, who broke the school record for free throws attempted in a season, became the 17th player in Moravian history to score 1,000 career points in the final regular season game and has 1,075 points in her career.