Six Trojans earn spot on Conference Carolinas All-Academic volleyball team
By MOC Sports Information
Published in Sports on November 6, 2012 1:48 PM
MOUNT OLIVE -- Mount Olive College and Erskine (S.C.) College shared honors for the most selections on the 2012 Conference Carolinas women's volleyball all-academic team.
The Trojans' representatives were Lauren Lee, Nicole Powell, Ashlee Reuter, Talita Rocha, Nicole Sparks and Laura Vega.
The Conference Carolinas recognizes juniors and seniors with a minimum 3.25 cumulative grade-point average. A total of 37 athletes were named the volleyball all-academic squad.
MOC finished 9-19 overall this season.
Cross country
MOUNT OLIVE -- Six Mount Olive College cross country runners earned spots on the 2012 NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region men's and women's teams.
Senior Ronnie Sturgill and three freshmen -- Dylan Lafond, Aki Kitagawa and Mike Munoz -- represent the Trojan men. Juniors Amber Thompson and Chelsea Long are the women's selections.
The Trojan men placed second in the Southeast Region and earned their second straight trip to the NCAA Division II championship meet scheduled for Nov. 17 at Joplin, Mo. Lafond finished seventh overall in individual competition and was one of four Trojans to break the 33-minute barrier in the regional meet.
Thompson placed sixth overall in the women's portion of the race and just missed qualifying for the national championships. Long, a national meet participant last season, ended up 12th overall and missed the top 10 by just four seconds.