ATHLETIC NEWS
Erika and Brandon Ramsey Featured in September 25th Gwinnett Daily Post:
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=7&ArticleID=64956
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LADY WOLVES DEFEAT RANDOLPH CLAY IN FINAL FOUR GAME. THEY NOW HEAD TO MACON FOR THEIR 6TH STATE TITLE ON MARCH 14!
Follow the links below for related stories:
Articles from the Macon Telegraph:
http://www.macon.com/176/story/647275.html
http://www.macon.com/176/story/647134.html
Article from the Gwinnett Daily Post:
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=7&ArticleID=57239
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WESLEYAN IS 2009 TRADITIONAL STATE RUNNER-UP!
4 WRESTLERS WIN STATE TITLES!
The Mat Wolves won their 3rd straight state runner-up title on Saturday, and 4 wrestlers won state titles, the most in school history. Colin Genthert (160) claimed his back-to-back title, the first in school history, along with Michael Douglas (171), Cole Watson (189), and Andrew Uria (215) who each won their first titles. Also placing for the Wolves were Brooks Spraetz (112) and Tyler Hediger (135) in second, Josh Tolman (140) in fifth and Zach Rindik (119) in sixth place.
Follow the link below for the complete story from the Gwinnett Daily Post:
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=7&ArticleID=56574&TM=32898.42
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LADY WOLVES WIN 5TH REGION CHAMPIONSHIP!
The Lady Wolves defeated Paideia on Saturday to win their 5th region championship. They begin their quest for a 6th state championship on Friday when they host Athens Christian. The boys team defeated Eagle’s Landing Christian to earn a 3rd seed in the state tournament and will travel to Athens Academy on Saturday. Times for both games will be announced as soon as possible.
Follow the link below for more details about the region tournament games:
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=7&ArticleID=56580&TM=31187.31
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Wesleyan's Robert Watters ('06) Facing Off Against Presbyterian in 12-8 Win Against Air Force!
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ANNE MARIE ARMSTRONG IS PREP VOLLEYBALL ALL-AMERICAN!
Congratulations to Senior Anne Marie Armstrong who was recently named a Prep Volleyball All-American. 150 athletes from 41 states were chosen for this honor based on several criteria including all-state recognition and the player’s overall impact on her team and state. Follow the link below for the players chosen from Georgia:
http://www.a5vball.com/index.php?contID=showclubnews&pressID=88
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WESLEYAN MAT WOLVES WIN 2009 STATE RUNNER-UP TITLE!
The varsity wrestling team lost a close battle with Bremen in the finals of the State A Wrestling Duals in Macon on Saturday night. With a score of 24-29, the Wolves bring home their 2nd State Runner-Up title in two years. Follow the link before for complete details of the tournament.
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=7&ArticleID=55249&TM=37982.88
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FRANKLIN PRIDGEN NAMED 2009 ATLANTA TIP-OFF CLUB STATE COACH OF THE YEAR!
Head Football Coach Franklin Pridgen has been named the Atlanta Touchdown Club’s Coach of the Year in all classifications. He will be honored on February 7th at the 71st TD Club of Atlanta Awards Banquet. Follow the Gwinnett Daily Post link below for more details:
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=7&ArticleID=55204&TM=29448.48
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WRESTLING TEAM IS 2008-2009 AREA 2 CHAMPIONS!
Wesleyan defeated #2 ranked Commerce, 37-21 in the final dual of the Area 2-A tournament on January 10th. Wesleyan also defeated #3 ranked Social Circle, 4-24, Athens Christian ,64-12, and Savannah Country Day, 78-0. Undefeated for the tournament were Wesleyan's Brooks Spraetz, Alex Sierota, Josh Tolman, Colin Genthert, Michael Douglas, and Andrew Uria.
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WESLEYAN WINS FIRST STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP!
Wolves end ECI's 29-game winning streak and bring home the state A football title!
Follow links below picture for complete details:
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=7&ArticleID=53973&TM=30002.57
Don’t miss the slideshow at the end of the above article.
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=7&ArticleID=53975&TM=31323.07
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=7&ArticleID=53974&TM=31323.07
http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/sports/highschool/stories/2008/12/13/wesleyan_eci_a_championship.html
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WOLVES ARE HEADED TO THE GEORGIA DOME!
The Wesleyan Wolves defeated the Lincoln County Red Devils, 20-12, Friday night to advance to the State Championship game for the first time in school history. QB Conor Welton connected with 3 different receivers, Bobby Worthington, Anderson Porter, and Daniel Cardwell, to lead the Wolves to victory over Lincoln, a team with 14 state championships in its school history. It was an electrifying night at packed Henderson Stadium with plenty of media coverage, see links below:
Gwinnett Daily Post articles:
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=7&ArticleID=53651&TM=26237.29
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=7&ArticleID=53649&TM=26237.29
GDP Photos:
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&TM=27616.3
AJC article and photo link:
http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/printedition/2008/12/06/hswesley.html
http://projects.ajc.com/gallery/view/sports/high-school/lincoln-county-wesleyan/
The Wolves now head to the Georgia Dome on Saturday, December 13th, for a 2 p.m. matchup with #1 ranked Emanuel County Institute.
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Wesleyan's Conor Welton and Kyle Karempelis in the News!
Follow the link for the complete story:
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=7&ArticleID=53420
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Football Team Defeats Miller County, Advances to State Final Four!
Follow the link below for the complete story:
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=7&ArticleID=53365&TM=32823.32
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Senior Anne Marie Armstrong is Gwinnett Daily Post All-County Volleyball Player of the Year. Grace Leah Baughn, Maggie Smith earn 1st team honors. Follow the link below:
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&TM=77258.88
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Head Swim & Dive Coach Colin Creel is featured in the “My Take” column of the AJC:
http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/printedition/2008/11/19/hstake.html
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Head Girls Basketball Coach Jan Azar is featured in the AJC's “Inside the Stat”:
http://www.ajc.com/sports/content/printedition/2008/11/19/hsstat.html
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Anne Marie Armstrong and Chantel Kennedy Signing Day!
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Anne Marie Armstrong Featured in Gwinnett Daily Post "Super Six" in Basketball!
Click HERE for details.
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Tanner Smith ('08) Making His Mark on Clemson Basketball Team!
Click HERE for details.
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Kelby Smith ('08) Off to Great Start on Citadel's Wrestling Team.
Click HERE for details.
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Wesleyan Basketball Alums, Nikki Luckhurst ('04), Kelly Hall ('07), and Ali Watt ('07) Together Again!
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Erika Ramsey is 2008 State Cross Country Champion!
Boys Team is 2008 State Cross Country Runner Up!
Girls Team Takes 3rd at State!
Click HERE for details.
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Wesleyan Boys and Girls Win Region 7-A Cross CountryTitles!
Click HERE for details.
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Wesleyan Runner, Erika Ramsey, Featured in Post Article.
Click HERE for the article.
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Wesleyan Advances to State "Elite Eight" in Columbus!
Click HERE for details.
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Wesleyan wins 8th straight Area Volleyball Title!
Click HERE for details.
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Lady Wolves Defend Their Gwinnett County Volleyball Championship Title!
Click HERE for complete details.
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Wesleyan Volleyball Players Named to Gwinnett Daily Post "Super Six."
Anne Marie Armstrong, Haley Collins, and Maggie Smith make up half of the top six volleyball players in Gwinnett County in 2008.
Click HERE for complete article.
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Senior Anne Marie Armstrong is featured in this month’s Sports Illustrated “Faces in the Crowd.” Follow the first link below for “Faces.” The second link is a video of Anne Marie highlights that is featured on the SI website.
http://www.takkle.com/fic/faces/selections
http://www.takkle.com/videos/12574/-/member/7373872?range=all
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Nikki Luckhurst ('04) has been named to Great Britain's National Womens Basketball Team and will compete for a spot in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Click HERE for complete details.
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WOLVES ARE 2008 STATE AA BASEBALL CHAMPIONS!
Wesleyan sweeps Lovett, 12-0 and 12-6, in the State AA Championship Series to win its first state title in school history.
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2008 State AA Champions!
Click on the links below for complete newspaper coverage of the state champions:
AJC coverage:
http://www.ajc.com/highschool/content/sports/highschool/stories/2008/03/08/hsgirls2_0309.html
http://www.ajc.com/highschool/content/sports/highschool/stories/2008/03/08/hsboys2_0309.html
GDP coverage:
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=7&ArticleID=12245
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=7&ArticleID=12247
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Gwinnett Daily Post Sports Editor Will Hammock features the Lady Wolves senior Carter Johnson in the following article:
http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.asp?SectionID=7&SubSectionID=7&ArticleID=12248
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MAT WOLVES ARE 2008 STATE AA TRADITIONAL RUNNER-UP!
Kelby Smith, Colin Genthert are individual state champions.
Also placing for the Wolves were Michael Douglas (2nd), David Kaszycki (3rd), Josh Jeng (4th), and Michael Hagenau (4th).
Click HERE for complete details.
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WESLEYAN BOYS ARE REGION 6-AA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS!
Photography by Jim Worthington
Wesleyan celebrates after defeating GACS for the region championship.
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CHAD HALL ('03) IS NFF-COLORADO OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR!
DIZON, HALL, MESA STATE HEADLINE 2007 NFF ALL-COLORADO TEAM
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. -- University of Colorado’s Jordon Dizon was voted as the 2007 National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame - Colorado Chapter Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year. United States Air Force Academy’s Chad Hall was the unanimous choice for the organizations Offensive Player of the Year. Jared K eating of Mesa State and head coach Joe Ramunno were selected as this years Special Teams Player of the Year and Coach of the Year.
The 2007 NFF All-Colorado Team was voted on by the organization’s board members and the sports information directors from each of the 10 Colorado football-playing institutions.
A consensus first team All-American, a unanimous first team All-Big 12 performer and the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, Dizon was the nation’s leading solo tackler (12) and second overall (160). He had a school record 19 third down stops and had 25 for zero or minus yardage.
Hall was the only player in the nation to lead his team in rushing (1,415) and receiving (488) this season in 2007. He led the nation in all-purpose yards over the last seven weeks with an average of 257.5 yards per game and was ranked second nationally in rushing yards over the last seven weeks with an average of 179.5 yards per game. Hall set a school-record with 275 rushing yards and 333 all-purpose yards vs. Army. He has recorded four of the top six single-game all-purpose yardage marks in school history. Hall rushed for 1,415 yards this season (second most in school history) and he set a new single-season Academy record for all-purpose yards with 2,504. Hall led the Mountain West Conference in rushing with a 117.9 average and in all-purpose yards with an average of 208.7.
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Betsy Smith is only Georgia players named to the 2007-2008 AVCA All-America Volleyball Team!
2007-08 AVCA HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR ALL-AMERICA TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL
LEXINGTON, Ky. (February 12, 2008) - The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) is proud to announce the 2nd Annual AVCA High School Senior All-America Teams for girls’ volleyball.
For the second consecutive year, Texas was represented by five players, the most in the country. Four athletes from Ohio were selected, while North Carolina produced three AVCA High School All-Americans.
For more information on the AVCA High School Senior All-America Team, including breakdown of states by region, go to www.avca.org and click on the High School All-America link. Only players in their high school senior season whose high school head coaches are AVCA members were eligible for nomination.
The AVCA High School Senior All-America Committee consists of: Region 1 – Rob Slavin, Sacred Heart High School (Mass.); Region 2 – Tony Crisafulli, North Star High School (Pa.); Region 3 – Joy Becker, Leon High School (Fla.); Region 4 – Al Bennett, Westlake High School (Texas); Region 5 – Carol Russo, Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association; Region 6 – Ken Corum, Oak Park High School (Mo.); Region 7 – Gwen Egbert, Papillion-LaVista South High School (Neb.); Region 8 – Brian Doyon, Battle Mountain High School (Colo.); Region 9 – Amy Fisher, Faith Lutheran High School (Nev.); Region 10 – Jeff Carroll, Billings Sr. High School (Mont.).
2007-08 AVCA GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR ALL-AMERICA TEAM
Player School City, State Pos. College
Rachael Adams Mt. Notre Dame High School Reading, Ohio MB Texas
Brianne Barker Amarillo High School Amarillo, Texas S Oklahoma
Jillian Bates Billings Senior High School Billings, Montana MB Eastern Michigan
Kelsey Black Amarillo High School Amarillo, Texas OH Texas A&M
Katie Camp Cardinal Gibbons High School Raleigh, North Carolina MB UCLA
Molly Coldren Notre Dame Preparatory School West Bloomfield, Mich. OH Cent. Michigan (softball)
Melanie Delimont Andover High School Andover, Kansas MB Kansas State
Sloane Donhoff Assumption High School Louisville, Kentucky OH Michigan
Lainey Gera Archbishop Mitty High School San Jose, California DS/Lib.
Amanda Gil Archbishop Mitty High School San Jose, California MB UCLA
Missy Harpenau Mother of Mercy High School Cincinnati, Ohio OH Cincinnati
Jordan Haverly Rockford Keith School Rockford, Illinois MB Nebraska
Cat Highmark Chaparral High School Scottsdale, Arizona S/H Long Beach State
Kaitlynn James Assumption High School Louisville, Kentucky OH Nebraska
Kayla Jeter Solon High School Solon, Ohio OH Tennessee
Katie Kabbes Cardinal Gibbons High School Raleigh, North Carolina OH Penn State
Camyrn Kleinert Westlake High School Austin, Texas OH
Rachel Krabacher McAuley High School Cincinnati, Ohio MB Dayton
Mollie Lacy Lincoln Pius X High School Lincoln, Nebraska MB Washburn
Alyssa Lang Deep Run High School Glen Allen, Virginia OH UMBC
Andrea Nolan Immaculate Heart Academy Wash. Township, N.J. S undecided
Jenny O’Brien Charlotte Latin High School Charlotte, No. Carolina OH undecided
Nneka Ogwumike Cy Fair High School Cypress, Texas MB Stanford (basketball)
Brittany Quick Hanford High School Richland, Washington MB Montana
Kasey Sauls Shawnee Mission East High School Prairie Village, Kansas S Appalachian State
Amanda Schmidt North Star High School Boswell, Pennsylvania MB
Christa Scholtz Westlake High School Austin, Texas DS/Lib.
Betsy Smith Wesleyan School Norcross, Georgia MB Florida
Ally Taylor Darien High School Darien, Connecticut MB Lafayette
Lauren VanOrden Grandview High School Aurora, Colorado S/H San Diego State
Ashley Welborn Billings Senior High School Billings, Montana OH MSU-Billings
Courtney Zuber Leon High School Tallahassee, Florida DS/Lib.
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Wesleyan Boys Repeat as 2A State Swim Champions!
Follow this link for complete state swim results.
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Football Signing Day!
Wesleyan Seniors (seated left to right) Derren Evans (Presbyterian), Samir Tejpaul (Georgetown), and Josh Johnson (Fordham) sign letters of intent to play football at the next level. Head Coach, Franklin Pridgen, is on hand for the celebration.
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Betsy Smith Honored as 1st Team Academic All-American!
Wesleyan senior, Betsy Smith, has been named to the 1st Team Academic All-American by Prep Volleyball. Follow the attached link for complete details.
Click here for article
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Swimmers defeat AAAAA Northview!
1/22/2008 12:01:00 AM Gwinnett Daily Post:
Swimming and diving roundup: Wesleyan girls beat defending AAAAA champs in the pool
NORCROSS - The Wesleyan girls swimming and diving team handed Northview its first ever loss in a dual or tri-meet this past weekend, defeating the Titans by a 161-148 margin.
The Class AA Wolves won two of the three relays against the defending Class AAAAA girls state champions. Wesleyan fell just short against Northview in the boys competition, losing 158-156.
Freshman Erika Ramsey won two events for the Wesleyan girls, the 50 freestyle in 26.35 seconds and the 500 free in 5:40.94. Teammates Jordan Jackson (100 backstroke, 1:06.14) and Hannah Machemehl (100 breaststroke, 1:12.97) added swimming wins while Abby Nelson won in diving with a score of 193.85.
Wesleyan got two boys wins each from Grant Smith (200 individual medley, 2:04.78 and 500 free, 5:00.64) and Rich McMurry (50 free, 22.68 and 100 free, 50.50)
Click here for Dunwoody Crier swim article
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Wrestling Wins 2nd Straight Area Title!
The Mat Wolves easily defeated Lovett on Saturdayto capture their 2nd consecutive Area 3-AA title. They travel to Macon on January 18-19 to defend their State AA title at the State Duals.
Click here for Post article
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Wesleyan Swim & Dive Team, Basketball Teams in the News!
Click here for swim article
Click here for basketball article
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Wesleyan Basketball Teams Sweep Deep South Classic!
The Lady Wolves defeated #1 Marietta in a dramatic overtime classic on Saturday, Dec. 29th, to capture their 2nd Deep South Classic title. The Wolves later trounced Collins Hill to win their first Deep South championship in their first bid for the title. Anne Marie Armstong and Howard Thompkins were named the tournament's respective MVPs. Erin Hall and Tanner Smith were named to their All-Tournament teams.
Click here for girls article
Click here for boys article
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Wesleyan's Smith Named State's Top Volleyball Player
Wesleyan senior Betsy Smith has been named the 2007-08 Gatorade Georgia Volleyball Player of the Year, making her a finalist for Gatorade's national player of the year later this month.
Smith led the Wolves to four state championships in four seasons, capping her senior season with 14 kills and nine digs in a state championship win over Lovett. She had 441 kills and 226 digs during the season.
The Florida signee also maintains an A average in the classroom, volunteers with multiple church and community projects and mentors 20 freshmen in Wesleyan's peer leadership program.
"She has a very high volleyball IQ," Wesleyan coach Ted Russell said. "She understands the many facets of the game. And she's a great leader. Kids follow her. She was selected as a captain for the USA Volleyball A2 Junior National Team. For them to choose her, that speaks volumes about her leadership."
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Chad Hall ('03) is named Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Year.
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- Hall is Air Force's second MWC Offensive Player of the Year (Mike Thiessen-2000).
- Hall is the fourth running back since the inception of the MWC to be named offensive player of the year.
- Only player in the nation to lead his team in rushing (1,415), receiving (488) and all-purpose yardage (2,504).
- Leads the MWC and ranks 16th nationally in rushing average (117.92 ypg).
- Leads the MWC and ranks third nationally in all-purpose yardage (208.67 ypg).
- Set new MWC single-season records for all-purpose yardage in overall (2,504 yards) and conference-only games (1,617 yards).The previous overall mark was held by BYU's Luke Staley with 2,018 yards in 2001, while the conference-only record was originally set by Wyoming's Jovon Bouknight with 1,475 yards in 2005.
- Has the second-most rushing yards in a single-season in school history behind Beau Morgan's 1,494 yards (1996), and needs just 80 in the bowl game to set a new Academy standard.
- Named the MWC Offensive Player of the Week three times in 2007.
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Rick Anderson ('07) recently walked on and made the 2008 varsity baseball team at Georgia Southern University.
Follow this link for the complete roster.
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Carolyn Whitney ('06), Kelly Hall ('07), Elise Whitney ('06) at recent UGA/Georgia Southern basketball game.
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For the 5th consecutive year, Wesleyan has been named the team of the year by the Gwinnett County Volleyball coaches. Betsy Smith was named player of the year, Anne Marie Armstrong, and Haley Collins were named to the first team and Brooke Atkinson is Wesleyan's scholar athlete
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WESLEYAN BOYS WIN 3RD CONSECUTIVE AA CROSS COUNTRY TITLE
Click here for Post article
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LADY WOLVES WIN 4TH CONSECUTIVE STATE A/AA VOLLEYBALL TITLE
Click here for AJC article
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Howard Thompkins and Tanner Smith Make All-American Teams
The current "Sporting News Basketball" issue reports this year's Boys High School All-American Team:
Howard Thompkins is a member of the Third Team and Tanner Smith made the Seniors Honorable Mention.
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