Reflections Magazine Issue #79 - Fall 2013 | Page 18

Athletics News

saints highlights
Softball
Sophomore first baseman Taylor Hayes (left)
was named an honorable mention NAIA AllAmerican and a second
team All-American by
the National Fastpitch
Coaches Association. She led the Saints
with a .450 batting average including
seven home runs, 14 doubles and 42 RBI.
Senior Tonya Berta was named to the
Collegiate Sports Information Directors of
America Academic All-American second
team. The language arts major previously
earned academic all-district honors and
is a two-time academic all-conference
honoree. Berta and juniors Katie O’Hotzke
and Hayes were each named to the AllWolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
first team. Berta, a center fielder, hit .360
and scored 34 runs. She had 28 stolen
bases, and leaves as SHU’s career stolen
base leader. O’Hotzke was named as a
designated player. She batted .352 with
10 doubles, five home runs and 33 RBI
and had a 12-12 record on the mound
with 94 strikeouts in 142 2/3 innings.
Earning honorable mention were sophomore catcher Bitty Treece and freshman
outfielder Mariah Boss. Hayes, O’Hotzke
and Berta were also each honored the
National Fastpitch Coaches Association
All-Region first team in the Great Lakes
region. Berta, Hayes and Treece each
earned spots on the CoSIDA Academic
All-District Team. Siena registered a 3.45
team grade point average during the
2012-13 academic year, good for ninth
place in the NAIA, according to the NFCA.
The Saints finished 19-23 on the season.

Baseball
Senior catcher Corey
Caldwell and senior
second baseman Kyle
Benschoter (left) were
named to the AllWolverine-Hoosier
Athletic Conference first
team. Caldwell had a .343 average with
14 doubles, three home runs and 28 RBI.
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Benschoter hit .358 with 17 RBI. Junior
outfielder Mike Lollo was named to the
honorable mention team after leading
SHU with a .392 average. He was also
tabbed to the conference’s Gold Glove
team. Earning academic all-conference
and NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors were
Caldwell, Lollo, juniors Alec Duncan,
Drew Byers, Nolan Herendeen, Robbie
Schwartz and Travis Mielcarek and
sophomore Kyle Johnson. SHU finished
13-28 overall, 6-16 in the WHAC.

Golf
Men: Four Saints earned spots on the
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
all-academic team last spring. Honored
were seniors Kyle Hanson and Adam
Schmaltz and sophomores Dylan Orr and
Josh Short. Hanson, Schmaltz and Short
were each named NAIA Scholar-Athletes.
To earn the honor, student-athletes must
have a minimum 3.5 grade-point average
and be at least a junior.
This fall, senior Nick
Campbell (left) was
named to the All-Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic
Conference first team
after earning conference
medalist honors. The Saints finished third
in the final WHAC team standings.
Women: The Saints finished fifth at the
Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
Championships at Scott
Lake Country Club last
spring. Sydney Gossett
(left) shot a school
record first round of 80
to finish fourth overall
(164). Gossett was also
named to the honorable mention AllWolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
team. She finished with an 86.9 average
for 18 holes. This fall, the Saints finished
third in the final WHAC standings. Freshman Andrea Richards was named to the
All-WHAC first team, while teammates
Ashley Everett and Gossett each earning
honorable mention recognition. Gossett
fired a school record round of 73 at the
St. Francis (Ind.) Invitational.

Outdoor Track

Men’s Lacrosse

Men: The Saints were third at the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference meet.
Gauge Aebersold (left)
set a conference record
by winning the shot put
in a toss of 55 feet, 11
inches. Logan Moore
won the 110 hurdles
(14.37) and Zach Widner
the 1500 (4:02.34) to lead the way. At
the NAIA Outdoor Championships, Travis
Derscheid was seventh in the decathlon
(6,354 points), Tre Goynes eighth in the
high jump (6-7), Will Hinton eighth in the
discus (158-5), Ryan Lucas fourth in the
pole vault (15-7) and Gauge Aebersold
seventh in the shot put (55-4 ¾) to each
earn All-American status. Senior Doug
Dawson and juniors Chas Frey, Chris
Schurr and Brett Smith were all named
NAIA Scholar-Athletes. In addition,
Dawson was