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the third head strength and conditioning
coach in school history, came to Shenandoah
after serving as an assistant strength and
conditioning coach at a private facility in
North Carolina. Prior to that experience, the
2011 Towson University graduate served in
the strength and conditioning departments at
both Gardner-Webb and Loyola (Maryland)
universities; the former as a graduate assistant
and the latter as an assistant coach.
both D3baseball.com and the ABCA, as
well as a first team Capital One Academic
All-America, is a second team pick on the
2015 preseason All-America team. Paul led
Shenandoah University to a 33-11 mark
last season with a .444 batting average
and 62 RBI in 178 at-bats. In addition to
earning All-America honors, he was named
as the Player of the Year in the ODAC and
the South Region by both the ABCA and
D3baseball.com.
Shenandoah University players on the second
team. Senior Ashley Cross and junior
Presha Merritt were named as a forward and
a midfielder, respectively.
Five football players earned Virginia
Sports Information Directors’ (VaSID)
All-State honors in selections announced
in January. Sophomore Cedrick Delaney
was named first team at running back while
four players: Dustin Edwards ’16, Jacob
Newton ’18, Jake Payne ’16 and Ian
Griffin ’15, were named to the second team.
Edwards and Newton were named to the
second team offense, at offensive line and
placekicker, respectively, with Payne and
Griffin both picked as defensive linemen.
All five were previously named All-ODAC
with Delaney and Payne earning first team
accolades. Newton, a freshman, was a second
team All-ODAC honoree, as were Edwards
and Griffin. Including the five picks, the
Hornets have had 38 all-state honorees since
starting the football program in 2000.
Freshman Jenna Rampale leads the
Shenandoah University selections to the
VaSID College Division All-State field
hockey team in selections announced in
December. Rampale, the Hornets’ starting
goalkeeper, earned VaSID Rookie of the
Year honors in addition to being named
second team All-State. She is one of three
Seven student-athletes were honored
by the ODAC for their sportsmanship
in All-league accolades announced on
Jan. 8, by the league office. The seven
were among 75 student-athletes from
league member schools recognized for their
commitment to fair play on the fields of
competition. David Bell ’15, Winston
Davis ’18, Nicole Legare ’16, Nate Long
’16, Kati Richardson ’16, Rachel Roberts
’17 and Sarah Wohld ’15, represented
Shenandoah on their respective fall AllSportsmanship teams with Bell’s selection
to the football team, marking the secondstraight year he has earned the honor. Four
of the seven earned Dean’s List honors this
past semester with Long’s 3.92 GPA leading
the way. The group has an average GPA of
3.31. Student-athletes are selected by their
head coaches for inclusion to the annual
All-Sportsmanship teams. The ODAC selects
three All-Sportsmanship teams during the
year: fall, winter and spring, with each of its
championship sports represented. Legare,
Long and Wohld served as co-captains this
season for women’s cross country, men’s soccer
and field hockey, respectively, while Bell was a
football co-captain in the fall of 2013.
The women’s cross country team has been
honored for its academic performance
in selections announced on Feb. 11 by
the U.S. Track & Field/Cross Country
Coaches Association. The squad was one
of 211 Division III women’s teams to be
honored by the USTFCCCA for having at
least a 3.10 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale.
The Hornets had a 3.31 team GPA with six
of the 10 women on the squad earning Dean’s
List accolades with at least a 3.25 GPA. Seven
of the 10 women were at 3.0 or better and all
10 had at least a 2.6.
Senior Michael Paul has been named
to the D3baseball.com preseason AllAmerica team in selections announced
on Jan. 13, by the website. Paul, who
was named All-America last season by
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