PBC YEARBOOK
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Columbus State ’ s Edwards , Rolling Named PBC Scholar Athletes of the Year
HILTON HEAD , SC – Columbus State University baseball infielder Blake Edwards and women ’ s soccer defender Shelby Rolling were named the PBC Scholar Athletes of the Year at the leagues ’ year-end awards dinner on Tuesday in Hilton Head . It is the first time since 2006 that one school has had both the men ’ s and women ’ s honorees and only the third time overall in the 25-year history of the award .
The award is the highest individual honor given by the PBC to a student-athlete during the year and is selected by the league ’ s Faculty Athletic Representatives .
Blake Edwards graduated this May with a degree in business administration carrying a 3.88 GPA . From Zebulon , Ga ., he was named to the PBC Presidential Honor Roll four times , PBC baseball All-Academic three times , won the PBC Elite 15 Award twice and is a CoSIDA Academic All-American . He is a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Societies and spearheaded the CSU baseball teams ’ community projects including House of Heroes , Habitat for Humanity and the Vs . Cancer Foundation .
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On the field , Edwards was named first-team All-Conference in 2016 at third base . He led the PBC in total hits with 96 and was ranked in the league ’ s top 10 in runs , doubles , total bases and defensive assists . A Rawlings National Gold Glove winner , he hit . 387 with nine home runs and 53 RBIs as the Cougars won both the PBC regular-season and tournament championships and were the host of the NCAA Southeast Regional Tournament .
Edwards becomes the second Cougar to win the male Scholar-Athlete of the Year award , joining former golfer Chad Andrae who was among a trio of winners in 2001 .
Shelby Rolling graduated this May with a degree in Health Science and a 3.966 cumulative GPA . From Stayner , Ontario , Canada , she was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American this year , named to Who ’ s Who and inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society . Named to the PBC Presidential Honor Roll four times , she graduated with honors from CSU and was named the Outstanding Health Science Student for 2015 .
On the field , Rolling guided the women ’ s soccer team to their first appearance in the NCAA National Championship game last fall . The
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