Reflections Magazine Issue #78 - Spring 2013 | Page 13

Athletics News
Women: Stidham, a senior,
won her second national
title in the pole vault with
an effort of 12 feet, 11 1/2
inches. She was the outdoor
champion in 2012. Phoenix
Duncan was second for the
second straight year in the high jump, earning
All-American honors with a 5-7 jump. Cassie
Keeping earned All-American status in the
pentathlon, finishing eighth with 3,127 points
in the five events. Kasey Renshaw was the other
All-American, placing sixth in the weight throw
(57-0). The women placed 10th in the final
team standings. Stidham and Duncan also led
the way for the Saints to a third place finish at
the WHAC indoor championships. Stidham won
the pole vault (11-0 3/4) and Duncan the high
jump (5-6). Renshaw set a new school record in
the weight throw with a distance of 58-8 ½.

Those honored were Tonya Berta, Natalie
Huntoon, Jessica Lampkowski, Ashley O’Leary,
Brittney Rhodes, Jenn Sylvester, Bitty Treece,
Morgan Warfield and Lizz Wilson.
Volleyball
Men: The Saints finished 10-13 overall, 2-10
in the Mid America Men’s Volleyball Intercollegiate Conference East Division. Juan PaterninaVillero (right) of Columbia was named first
team all-conference and was also the Freshman
of the Year. He led the team in kills and aces.
Seniors Brandon Bowers and Juan Sierra, junior
Stas Motornaks and sophomore Max Field
earned academic all-conference recognition,
with Bowers and Sierra receiving honorable
mention all-conference honors.

Women: Sophomore outside hitter Lindsey
Adams (right) was named to the All-Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference first team
Basketball
after a vote of league coaches. Adams led SHU
in kills with 391 and was second in blocks
Men: The Saints finished 9-19 overall, 9-13
(48) and aces (34). Sophomore hitter Halie
in the conference under first-year coach Joe
Baker and freshman setter Carly Tillotson
Pechota. Guard/forward Ryan Hopson led the
each earned honorable mention, with junior
Saints in scoring with 10.1 points per game,
Lauren Baker receiving the team’s Champions
with guard Jamison Webster received the team’s
of Character award. Adams was also named
Champions of Character Award.
NAIA All-Mideast Region Honorable Mention by
the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
Women: The nationally ranked Saints (23-10)
Juniors Lauren Baker, Blaire Hondzinski and
received an at-large bid to the NAIA Division II
National Tournament, its first appearance ever, Lesley Klenner were each named Daktronics
NAIA Scholar-Athletes. The Saints finished
and played 14th ranked Briar Cliff (Iowa) in
17-11 and advanced to the quarterfinals of the
Sioux City, Iowa. SHU lost to Briar Cliff 94-77,
conference tournament. It was the progr