Sports News: Spring 1999

May 20, 1999

FIVE ‘HOUNDS ON MAC EXECUTIVE DIRCETOR’S
ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMS

ELEVEN OTHERS NAMED TO ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL

ANNVILLE, PA --- A total of 16 student-athletes from Moravian College are listed on the Middle Atlantic Conference All-Academic Teams and Honor Rolls that were released Thursday. This year is the first for the MAC Executive Director’s All-Academic Teams and the Academic Honor Rolls. In the past, all student-athletes were named to the MAC All-Academic Teams.

Moravian placed five student-athletes on the MAC Executive Director’s All-Academic Teams while the other 11 were named to the Academic Honor Roll.

To be eligible for All-Academic honors, a student-athlete must be at least a sophomore, maintain a 3.20 or higher grade point average and be a starter of significant reserve on a fall athletic team. To be named to the Executive Director’s team, a student-athlete needs to have academic qualifications as well as athletic contributions to his or her team. The 16 sports information directors in the MAC vote on the Executive Director’s team.

Juniors Zan Azzolino (Lodi, NJ/Immaculate Heart Academy) of the softball team and Tim Pfluger (Slatington/Northern Lehigh HS) of the men’s track and field squad and sophomores Meg Ryan (Edison, NJ/Edison HS) from the softball team, Brooke Dancho (Bethlehem/Freedom HS) of the women’s track and field squad and Damon Rutherford (Reading/Exeter HS) from the men’s track and field team were named to the MAC Executive Director’s All-Academic Team.

Azzolino, a first team MAC Commonwealth League All-Star and Louisville Slugger-National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-East Region Third Team honoree, led the Moravian College softball team to the squad’s second straight appearance in the NCAA Division III East Regional. For the season, Azzolino, the school record holder in assists, had 49 hits in 119 at-bats for a .412 batting average. She scored 26 runs and added five doubles, three triples and 17 RBIs. Azzolino was named to the All-Tournament Team at the NCAA Division III East Regional last weekend for the 28-16 Greyhounds.

Pfluger captured his fourth straight MAC Individual Championship in the 1,500 meters. Winning the event both indoors and outdoors the past two seasons. Pfluger also placed second in the 5,000 meters at the MAC Championships. The Greyhound squad finished third of 10 schools at the MAC Championships this spring.

Ryan, a MAC Commonwealth League First Team All-Star and Louisville Slugger-NFCA Second Team honoree as a designated player, led Moravian with 26 RBIs this season. Ryan hit .331 with 42 hits in 127 at-bats. She added 18 runs scored, seven doubles, three triples and a team high 16 walks. Ryan was named to the All-Tournament Team at the NCAA Division III East Regional last weekend.

Dancho helped the Lady Greyhounds to their seventh straight MAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship by competing in four events. Dancho finished third in the long jump, fifth in the triple jump, fifth in the 200 meters and sixth in the 100 meters.

Rutherford competed in three events at the MAC Championships, finishing second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, eighth in the 1,500 meters and tenth in the 5,000 meters.

Earning spots on the MAC Academic Honor Roll were sophomore Mike Gill (Lebanon, NJ/North Hunterdon HS) of the baseball team, junior Brian Fry (Bethlehem/Bethlehem Catholic HS) from the golf squad, juniors Trish Salomonsen (Effort/Pleasant Valley HS) and Marcia Zangrilli (Douglasville/Daniel Boone HS) and sophomore Katie Warren (Farmington, CT/Farmington HS) of the softball team, junior Erica Landes (Reading/Muhlenberg HS) and sophomore Kate Westermann (Milford, CT/Lauralton Hall) of the women’s track and field squad and seniors Jeff Bradbury (Conyngham/Hazelton HS), Josh Gold (Northampton/Northampton HS), Chris Lowthert (Auburn/Pottsville HS) and Tyler McClimon (Birdsboro/Daniel Boone HS) from the men’s track and field team.

Gill, the Greyhounds starting shortstop, had a .256 batting average this season with 23 hits in 90 at-bats. Gill also contributed 15 runs scored, 20 walks, nine RBIs and eight stolen bases for the 11-19-1 Greyhounds.

Fry tied for 29th at the MAC Championships as the Greyhounds finished fourth of 14 schools. Fry averaged 88.0 per round this spring with a season low of 83.

Salomonsen had four hits this season for the softball team with four RBIs and a three-run homerun against Delaware Valley. Zangrilli had five hits, five RBIs and two doubles while Warren had two hits in three at-bats, scored eight runs and had a 1-0 record on the mound.

Landes tied for fourth in the high jump at the MAC Championships for the winning Lady Greyhound squad while Westermann was 12th in both the 1,500 meters and the 3,000 meters at the MAC meet.

Bradbury placed eighth in the 10,000 meters at the MAC Championships while Gold was 19th in the javelin. Lowthert placed seventh in the 5,000 meters and ninth in the 10,000 meters. McClimon ran the same races as Lowthert with a 11th place showing the 5,000 meters and a seventh place finish in the 10,000 meters.