Wednesday, April 6, 2005
21 GREYHOUNDS NAMED TO MASCAC WINTER ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL
ANNVILLE, PA --- The Moravian College winter athletic teams had 21 members named to the
2004-2005 Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Winter Academic Honor
Roll announced Tuesday with at least one member from each of the four winter sports.
The Honor Roll, which has a total of 343 student-athletes on it, comprises those student-athletes
of sophomore class standing or higher who participated in a varsity-level sport and registered
a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 (4.00 scale) or higher and completed the playing
season in good standing.
The women’s track and field team had 13 honorees while the men’s track and
field team had four, and the men’s and women’s basketball teams each had two
members of their team on the MASCAC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
Leading the selections for the women’s track team, who won the Middle Atlantic
Conference Indoor Championships, were seniors Julie Anderson (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty
HS) and Heather McGarvie (Medford, NJ/Shawnee SH). Anderson competed
in the open weight throw and threw 14.27 meters (46 feet, 10 inches) while McGarvie won
the 800-meter run in 2:19.58 at the MAC Indoor Championships. She went on to the 2005 NCAA
Division III Indoor National Championships. Junior Alexis Vergalla (Glen Gardner,
NJ/ Voorhees SH) placed sixth in a time of 10:33.38 while senior Chelsea
Mullins (Jim Thorpe, PA/Jim Thorpe HS) was third in the 5,000-meter run with a
time of 18:32.03 and junior Rebecca Moore (Easton, PA/Easton HS) finished
second in the pole vault, clearing 3.04 meters (ten feet) all at the MAC Indoor Championships.
Sophomore Erin Recker (Catasauqua, PA/Catasauqua HS). Recker had
won the 55-meter dash at the MAC Indoor Championships with a Moravian College and record
time of 7.26 seconds and also went on to the 2005 NCAA Division III Indoor National Championships.
Also earning spots on the MASCAC Winter Academic Honor Roll from the women’s track
and field squad were seniors Kellie Smith (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge HS),
and Margaret Benny (Tamaqua, PA/Tamaqua HS) junior Lauren Bahnatka
(West Chester, PA/Henderson HS), and sophomores Ashley McCuen (Horsham,
PA/Hatboro-Horsham HS), Suzanne Tamlyn (Wappingers Falls, NY/Wallkill
HS), Tammy Balliet (Whitehall, PA/Whitehall HS), and Amy
Reehil (Roselle, NJ/Roselle Catholic HS).
Leading the men’s track and field team, who placed 4th in the Middle Atlantic Conference
Indoor Championships, were junior William Shimer (Bethlehem, PA/Liberty HS) and
senior Greg Rarick (Drums, PA/Hazleton HS). Shimer placed
12th in the 5,000-meter run at the MAC Championships while Rarick teamed
up with fellow senior Patrick Grogan (Nazareth, PA/Notre Dame HS) and
two other teammates to take sixth with a time of 10:52.10 in the 4,000-meter distance relay
team. Senior Scott Silvoy (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS) placed
fourth in the finals of the 55-meter dash with a time of 6.67 seconds.
The Moravian men’s basketball team posted a record of 7-18 overall record. Leading
the greyhounds was junior forward Tyler Tripucka (Glen Ridge, NJ/Glen Ridge HS).
He had ten points this season with eight rebounds, three assists, and two steals. Also
making the Academic Honor Roll was sophomore forward Matt Devlin (Sadsburyville,
PA/Coatesville HS). He contributed 80 points, 67 rebounds, five assists, six steals,
nine three-pointers, and 20 blocked shots this season.
The women’s basketball team had an outstanding record of 24-6 and was the runners-up
in both the Commonwealth Conference tournament and the Eastern College Athletic Conference
Division III Southern Tournament. Leading the team was junior forward Heather MacDonald
(Wayne, NJ/Wayne Valley HS). She scored 59 points, grabbed 47 rebounds, and had
eight assists, nine steals, and six blocked shots this season. Junior guard Dianna
DeFiore (Hammonton, NJ/St. Joseph HS) had 65 points, 23 rebounds, 19 assists,
and nine steals.
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