May 1, 2006

GREENSHEET HEADLINES

• Sunset service for Newport Ministerial Alliance postponed

• Lyon to award two honorary doctorates at Commencement

• Chorale holds spring concert

• Lecture series chronicling Scots-Irish connection to the Ozarks coming to Lyon College

• Silent auction benefits Lyon grad battling cancer

• Lyon hosts Student Creative Arts and Research Forum

• Art exhibition examines effects of Hurricane Katrina

• Lyon College biology department wins Space Consortium grant

• Alumni Council meets on campus

• Sports

• Lyon Athletic Department, Booster Club aid tornado victims

• Norris Weintz, Susie Harper recognized at Lyon College

• Kelly Signs with Lyon College, Pea Ridge Star to play college ball

• Baseball roundup


 


 


 Sunset service for Newport Ministerial Alliance postponed

The sunset service the Newport Ministerial Alliance had scheduled for May 7 has been postponed, and no new date has yet been set.

One of the event’s organizers, the Rev. Alan Ford, pastor at Newport’s First Presbyterian Church, said he’ll announce the new date when it has been established.

Worshippers from at least six Christian denominations from the Newport Ministerial Alliance were set to come together at Jacksonport State Park for the service.

Jimmy Bell, Lyon’s pipe major and director of Scottish Heritage, and the members of the pipe band were scheduled to perform at the event.

 

  

Lyon College SGA President accepted to Harvard University graduate program

By Wil Shane
Lyon College News Bureau

Everyone at Lyon College knows Josh Manning is passionate about politics, and that passion will soon take him to Harvard University and into the career he’s dreamt of since high school.

(Manning is pictured at right with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Manning of Crawfordsville.)
Manning, who serves as president of the Student Government Association and the student body, has been accepted into Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government for September 2006. While there, he’ll pursue a master’s degree in public policy, slated for graduation in 2008.

Manning is set to graduate Saturday with a bachelor’s degree in political science and a concentration in journalism. He said he decided he wanted a career in politics while still in high school.

“I had this incredible history teacher, Mr. McBride,” he said. “He really lit a fire under me for American history and politics. Everybody always says there’s that one teacher that impacted them, and without a question, mine was Mr. McBride.”

He’s still unsure if he’ll focus on becoming a staffer for an elected official, a strategist or even running for office one day, Manning said.

“I haven’t ruled out anything at this point,” he said. “But to be honest, I think writing and speaking are where it’s at. There’s only so much change you can affect from inside the system, but from the outside, you can keep politicians and leaders accountable.”

Manning breaks the typical mold by being a conservative when so many other young people consider themselves to be liberal.

“I would definitely be classified as a traditional conservative based on my belief in the value and capability of every man – the ability of each to pull himself up by his own bootstraps if he truly wants to,” Manning said. “Along with that goes my belief that the government’s job is not necessarily to provide for people so much as it is to protect them from domestic crime and foreign danger, restrain evil domestically, and ensure the rule of law domestically.”

Though he considers himself to be a Republican, he leans more toward the title of conservative, he added.

“In days past I would have eagerly said I’m a Republican and I still am, but it’s hard for a real conservative to unhesitatingly back a party that’s spending such an incredible amount of money on social programs and plain old pork,” Manning said.

Lyon College helped prepare him for Harvard in a myriad of ways, he said.

“Lyon has provided me with a very broad knowledge base from which I can draw,” Manning said. “This enables me to analyze ideas not just from one or two perspectives but from a great many different points of view at once, which is essential in a world that is changing faster than any of us can keep up with. The school has also given me so many leadership opportunities that they’re hard to all remember. It really has given me an opportunity to spread my wings and try some different approaches to leading.”

The rigorous academics at Lyon have also definitely been a plus, he added. He said he met another student that was accepted to Harvard who hadn’t read some of the books that Manning read in his classes at Lyon College.

“I thought, well, it looks like I’ll actually be fine here,” he recalled. “Lyon’s helped me become better read already.”

Manning said the entire faculty has contributed to his success, but he owes special gratitude to two Lyon professors, starting with Dr. Scott Roulier, associate professor of political science.

“Dr. Roulier’s advising has been invaluable,” he said. “He’s pushed me to succeed and helped equip me to do just that. He has been a teacher, mentor, and true friend.”

Dr. Brad Gitz, the William J. Clinton Professor of International Politics, also deserves an immense amount of credit for Manning’s education, he said. In fact it was Dr. Gitz who suggested Manning look into Harvard.

“He introduced me to the most interesting political ideas I’ve ever encountered, and, more than any other person, helped me see the big picture of national and global politics and helped me fall in love with ideas for their own value,” Manning said. “In more ways than he’ll ever know, he’s helped me grow up academically and intellectually. I’d give so much to have just one tenth of his brilliance. He’s one of my intellectual heroes.”

Even though Manning will be attending the Kennedy School of Government, he said John Kennedy was never one of his primary political role models.

“However, I’m an enormous fan of Ronald Reagan,” he quickly added. “Despite what many on the Left said during his time in office, we now know from his letters and memoirs that he was a brilliant intellect who understood more than I think anyone ever really gave him credit for.”

In addition to Roulier and Gitz, Manning said he owes thanks to three sets of people.

“First, Walter and Peggy Roettger went so far beyond the call of duty in helping me that I feel like I'm one of their own,” he said. “Dr Roettger wrote letters for me, he and Mrs. Roettger both showed me around D.C. when I was looking at schools there, and they introduced me to some of the most amazing contacts I've ever met. In short, they did everything they could for me, and I will owe them for their help and encouragement for the rest of my life.”

Lyon trustee Skip Rutherford also played a pivotal role for Manning.

“That incredibly generous Southern Democrat took a young Conservative like me under his wing and pulled strings that I didn't even know existed in an attempt to get me into KSG,” Manning said. “I’ve learned more from Skip than anyone else about taking the initiative, being decisive, and fighting passionately for what I believe in.”

Finally, Frank Lyon Jr., Lyon College’s chairman of the board, is another to whom Manning is grateful.

“He and his lovely wife Jane have always treated me so kindly, and he, holding an MBA from Harvard, was good enough to also write in my support,” he said. “He and Mrs. Lyon have done so very much for this school that I love. I can’t imagine that this place would be anywhere near the same were it not for them.”

“They’ve all taught me the importance of giving people a chance,” he said. “They all took a chance on me, put some of their names on the line for me, and bought me an opportunity to do some really neat things with my life. After learning from them, I can’t wait for the opportunity, if it ever comes, to do the same for others.”

Lyon to award two honorary doctorates at Commencement

The Lyon College Class of 2006 will  receive diplomas at Commencement at 9 a.m. Saturday in Couch Garden.  Ninety-eight members of the senior class are scheduled to graduate.

In addition, honorary doctorate degrees will be presented to Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, president of George Washington University, and Dr. Richard H. Ekman, president of the Council of Independent Colleges, will both receive the honorary doctorates from Lyon College during Commencement.

Ekman will also be the keynote speaker at the graduation ceremony. His address, titled "Leaders and Learners," will focus on the enduring value of a liberal arts education and the importance of being able to think from a historical perspective.

Baccalaureate will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 5, in Brown Chapel. The Rev. W.W. “Bill” Branch, general presbyter of the Presbytery of Arkansas, will be the speaker. Liturgists will be the Rev. Steven Voris of Albuquerque, N.M., father of Lyon senior Tim Voris, and the Rev. Nancy McSpadden, College chaplain.

Lyon College will award Trachtenberg an honorary Doctor of Laws degree, and Ekman will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, the 15th president of George Washington University, has held the post since 1988, the longest tenure of any GWU president. He previously held the position of president for 11 years at the University of Hartford. Before that, he was at Boston University for eight years serving as dean of arts and sciences and vice president.

Richard H. Ekman served as vice president for programs of the Atlantic Philanthropic Service Co. before being appointed president of CIC in September of 2000. From 1991 to 1999, he served as secretary of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, where he focused on issues in higher education, technology, libraries, area studies and faculty development. He’s also served as director of the division of education programs and of the division of research programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Chorale in concert

The Lyon College Concert Chorale performed its spring concert Thursday night in Bevens Music Room. The chorale was directed by Joel Plaag and accompanied by Ceil Smith on piano.

                                                                                                                                                        Photo by Eric Stewart

Lecture series to chronicle Scots-Irish connection to the Ozarks

The music and culture of the Ozark region reflect the history of the Scots-Irish peoples who settled in the area, and an upcoming lecture series at Lyon College will soon detail those influences.

The Scots-Irish Connection to the Ozarks Lecture Series will consist of eight evening lectures over a two-week period in Nucor Auditorium on the Lyon campus at 7 p.m. between July 10 and 20.

The lecture series is made possible by a $7,545 grant from the Arkansas Humanities Council.

The lectures are free and open to the public and will feature nationally and internationally recognized scholars in the field of Celtic music and heritage. An estimated 200-300 attendees will benefit from one or more of the lectures.

The first week’s lectures begin on Monday, July 10, with a presentation focusing on the Gaelic language. The second lecture will focus on the musical roots and traditions associated with the Highland harp and bagpipes on July 11. An overview of the migration pattern of the Scots-Irish into the Ozarks will be the focus of the third lecture on July 12, and the fourth will focus on the life and music of Pipe Major Donald MacLeod on July 13.

The second week’s lectures run July 17 – 20, and will focus on the works of Robert Burns, the migration of Scottish culture to Southern Appalachia from Northern Ireland, and the migration of Scots-Irish music into the Ozarks. In addition, the lecture will continue on the life and music of Pipe Major MacLeod.

Lyon’s Director of Scottish Heritage and Pipe Major Jimmy Bell, with Dr. Brooks Blevins, coordinated planning for the Scots-Irish Connection to the Ozarks Lecture Series. Other members of the planning committee included Lyon staff members Kenton Adler, academic services coordinator, webmaster and member of the Lyon Pipe Band; Kim Boehm, director of the APPLE Project Upward Bound Program; and Mary Baxley, administrator of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Dr. Blevins will serve as humanities scholar and will give two public lectures on the Scots-Irish migration into the Ozark region and its influence on Ozark traditional music. Dr. Blevins is an assistant professor of history at Lyon College. He holds a B.A. in history from Lyon College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in American history from Auburn University. Among his many books and other publications are two that deal with Arkansas subjects: “Hill Folks: A History of Arkansas Ozarkers and Their Image” (University of North Carolina Press, 2002) and “Lyon College, 1872-2002: The Perseverance and Promise of an Arkansas College” (University of Arkansas Press, 2003).

Dr. Jamie MacDonald will present a public lecture on the Gaelic language. Dr. MacDonald is a member of the Celtic Studies Department at Saint Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada. Dr. MacDonald was raised in North Carolina, his ancestors having emigrated to the Upper Cape Fear Valley settlement there in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. There was great interest in his family in its Scottish heritage and he grew up steeped in Scottish culture. Dr. MacDonald initially obtained his B.A. from East Carolina University and his M. A. from Appalachian State University in Psychology.

MacDonald obtained his Ph.D. in Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh in 1993. In 2002, he left Scotland to take up his current teaching post in Canada. Dr. MacDonald is a fluent Gaelic speaker and enjoys singing and collecting Gaelic songs. He was the first Native American to win a prize in the gold medal Gaelic singing competition at the Scottish National Mòd.

He’s been the program adviser for Gaelic television projects for BBC Scotland and Grampian Television and has published a Gaelic dictionary for children. He recently came out with a Gaelic phrasebook and CD for learners, entitled "Làn Gàidhlig," or "Full of Gaelic". Dr. MacDonald was instrumental in the founding of the United States Mòd, the North Carolina Mòd, and the Grandfather Mountain Gaelic Song Week. He has taught Gaelic, Gaelic song and Scottish Studies at seminars and workshops throughout the United States, Canada and Scotland.

Holly Callahan will present a public lecture on the history and heritage of the Scottish small pipe. Ms. Callahan has published numerous articles and arrangements of traditional Scottish harp music and has served as a guest lecturer at the Ohio Scottish Arts School, Oberlin, Ohio. She received an M.A. in historical studies from the University of Maryland in 2002. Her thesis was entitled “The History and Heritage of the Scottish Small Harp.” It examines the history of the Scottish harp from its demise to the current rebirth of the tradition and focuses on the issues of gender, ethnicity and heritage-based identity.

This work is based on analysis of Scottish fiddle, bagpipe, and folk song traditions, a series of oral history interviews, and manuscript collections housed in the National Library of Scotland. Holly held the position of Assistant Curator of Historical Manuscripts and Sheet Music in the Special Collections and Rare Books Department of the Johns Hopkins University for almost 10 years. She is currently employed as a part-time Librarian in the Genealogy and Family and Local History unit of the Maryland Historical Society and runs a hand-spinning and hand-weaving business on her llama and alpaca farm in Freeland, Maryland.

Dr. H. Tyler Blethen will give a public lecture on the migration of Scottish culture to Southern Appalachia from Northern Ireland that examines settlement preferences, agricultural practices, religion, music and storytelling. Dr. Blethen received his master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

He is professor of history at Western Carolina University and served as director of the University’s Mountain Heritage Center from 1985 to 2003. Among his publications are “From Ulster to Carolina: The Migration of the Scotch-Irish to Western North Carolina and Ulster,” and “North America: Transatlantic Perspectives on the Scotch-Irish.” His latest book, “High Mountains Rising: Appalachia in Time and Place,” received the 2005 Appalachian Writers Association’s Book of the Year Award for Nonfiction and the 2005 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award.

Angus John MacClellan will present a public lecture focusing on the life and musical career of Pipe Major Donald MacLeod. Angus J. is a Scottish piper well known for his solo and band accomplishments, as well as being a judge and a teacher of piping. He is former Pipe Sergeant of the world-renowned Strathclyde Police and is a double Gold Medalist. He has served as an instructor for The College of Piping and as a consultant for Dunfion Bagpipes. A prize student of Donald MacLeod, Angus J. lives in Bearsden, Scotland, and is one of the foremost authorities on Piobaireach (classical bagpipes) in the world today.

Dr. Terrell Tebbetts will present a public reading and lecture on selected works of Robert Burns. Dr. Tebbetts holds the Martha Heasley Cox Chair in American Literature at Lyon College. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas in 1971, and since joining the Lyon College faculty in 1970, he’s been voted Alpha Chi Professor of the Year four times and was awarded the Williamson Prize for Faculty Excellence in 1981. In 1992, he was named the CASE/Carnegie Professor of the Year for the state of Arkansas. Dr. Tebbetts is an active scholar, having published some three dozen literary articles in journals including Philological Review, South Central Review, New Orleans Review, Victorian Poetry, Christianity & Literature, College Literature, Southern Literary Journal, The F. Scott Fitzgerald Review, and The Faulkner Journal. His articles also appear in books published by the UP of Mississippi, Greenwood, and the Modern Language Association. In addition his poetry has appeared in journals such as Whole Notes, Voices International, Poet, The Lyric, and Sparrow.

For more information on the Scots-Irish Connection to the Ozarks Lecture Series, contact Kim Boehm, director of the APPLE Project Upward Bound Program at 870-698-4263.

Silent auction benefits Lyon grad battling rare form of cancer

On Friday, April 28, organizers hosted a Benefit and Silent Auction for 1994 Lyon College graduate Stephanie Scarborough, who is battling a rare form of cancer. The event was held at Club UBU in Little Rock.

Shannon Boshears and many others performed, and a silent auction followed. Over $6,000 in items were donated to the auction.

Donations can be mailed by sending a check or money order to: Club UBU, Cancer Benefit Fund, 824 W. Capital, Little Rock, Ark., 72201

For more information, please call 501 375-8580 or 501 541-5264, or send an e-mail to: cancersucksbenefit@yahoo.com.

Lyon hosts Student Creative Arts and Research Forum

A group of Lyon College students made a series of art and research presentations recently, and three of them “S.C.A.R.F.”-ed up some cash prizes.

Lyon hosted its annual Student Creative Arts and Research Forum (S.C.A.R.F.) in the Bevens Room on April 25. Six students were selected to present their work including Eric Bork, Justin Clark, Tristen Dean, Chris Estes, Morgan Presley and Chris Watkins.

Bork’s presentation was called “Clobber,” and Clark’s was entitled, “Work in Progress.” Dean called his presentation, “Vallandigham v. Lincoln: Civil Liberties and Executive Wartime Powers.” Estes presented “Genomic Analysis Confirms Lower Numbers of Drug Metabolism Enzymes in Brugia Malayi Compared to in Caenorhabditis elegans.”

Presley’s presentation was called “Investigating the Causes of Abnormalities in Songbirds of the Northeast Arkansas Agricultural Fields.” Watkins finished out the presentations with “Toast.”

Three winners took home cash prizes, including: Bork, first place and $300; Estes second place and $200; and Clark, third place and $100.

Lyon College art exhibition to examine the effects of Hurricane Katrina

An art major at Lyon College wants the emotions that washed over him as he created a series of paintings inspired by Hurricane Katrina to flood Kresge Gallery during his exhibition.

From April 26 to May 7, Lyon senior art major Chris Watkins will present his exhibition, “Hurricane Katrina: Before and After the Storm,” at the gallery, located in the Alphin building on the Lyon Campus. An opening reception was held Thursday, April 27, from 6 – 8 p.m.

A native of El Dorado who now resides in Batesville, Watkins said his work contains paintings that represent the struggle the people of New Orleans faced after Hurricane Katrina destroyed the city.

“This natural disaster didn’t just affect the city of New Orleans, but everyone in America,” he said. “While I was painting this subject matter, I found myself painting with a lot of emotion. It felt like I was there watching the events occur right in front of me. My goal for this exhibition is to allow people to feel the same emotion I felt while they see these paintings.”

After Watkins graduates in May 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in art, he plans to seek a career in teaching.
The exhibit is  free and open to the public. For more information, contact Chris Valle at 698-4336, or by e-mail at: cvalle@lyon.edu.

Lyon College biology department wins Space Consortium grant

The work some Lyon College biology students are doing in collaboration with Dr. David Thomas has earned a series of prestigious grants to help them complete their project.

The Arkansas Space Grant Consortium awarded Dr. Thomas, associate professor of microbiology and Lyon’s ASGC campus representative, a $7,750 grant for the research project, “The Roles of Antioxidants in UV Resistance.”

However, the ASGC received more funds from NASA than originally planned, prompting the group to approve a revision and extension of the grant to include two students and additional travel funds for Dr. Thomas to accompany them to NASA Ames Research Center.

A letter to him dated April 26 from Dr. Keith Hudson, director of the ASGC, announced the extra grant amount of $1,055. Additionally, students Desiree Parish and Michelle Eubanks, both sophomores, also won grants for their work on the project. Parish received $7,450 and Banks received $2,809.

Dr. Thomas said the goal of the project is to determine which antioxidants are needed for coping with ultraviolet radiation.

“Antioxidants are a group of chemicals and enzymes that all organisms require if they use or produce oxygen,” Dr. Thomas said. “Part of the damage that ultraviolet radiation causes is due to the formation of reactive forms of oxygen or ‘reactive oxygen species’ (ROS). We’re studying how photosynthetic bacteria – called cyanobacteria – grow when certain antioxidant genes are deleted.”

Previous research has shown that different types of stress are mitigated by different antioxidants, he added.

“My interest is primarily in understanding how antioxidant genes contribute to the survival of photosynthetic organisms,” he said. “However, this type of research also contributes to our understanding of how human cells are damaged during UV exposure.”

The Arkansas Space Grant Consortium is funded through a NASA Training Grant.

Alumni Council meets on Lyon campus

The Alumni Council met April 21 on campus. Among those attending
were (front row from left) Donald Taylor '01, executive director; Lee
Andrew Smith '79; Sarah "Cricket" Oquist '93, president; and Harley
Ward '03. Behind them (roughly clockwise) are Nese Memec '76,
Vice President Aimee Dunnavant Martin '01, Kevin Hamilton '94, Lamar Marshall
'89, Len Rayburn '91, Eric Wilson '06, SWhane Smith '93, Penney
Rector '88, Jane Ellen Frazier '99, Tammy Gilmore '89, Tracy
Stewart-Lange '86, and Elizabeth Mazar '00.

Sports

 Lyon Athletic Department, Booster Club aid tornado victims

By Wil Shane
Lyon College News Bureau

The Lyon College Athletic Department took to the field April 9, but instead of playing games, they fed the residents of a town left devastated in the wake of a killer tornado.

One week after an F3 tornado ripped through the Greene County town of Marmaduke, a group of players, coaches and booster club members from Lyon traveled to the city to help feed the victims left homeless by the massive twister.

Lyon College women’s head basketball coach Tracy Stewart-Lange said the idea came out of a breakfast meeting with booster club president Mike Byrd.

“Mike made a call, and we were set for that particular day,” she said. “They had a need that we could help provide for.”

The group served hot dogs, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, potato salad, chips, drinks and honey buns to the people of the city. They started dishing it out around 10:30 a.m., with Doug Gillam, Robbie Watkins and Byrd cooking, and continued for “five or six hours,” Lange said.

On Sunday, April 2, the tornado that tore through Marmaduke destroyed an estimated 80 percent of the structures in the city. There were 47 injuries, with two serious enough to require the patients to be airlifted to area hospitals. No one was killed in Arkansas, but the storm system claimed 27 lives, including 23 in Tennessee.

The following Sunday, April 9, Lange assembled a group of athletic department and booster club members to aid in feeding the victims of the tornado.

The storm left nearly 750 of the town’s 1,100 residents without shelter, and even more without food or water. Lange said everyone in the group who participated in the effort felt happy and blessed to be able to serve the people of Marmaduke in any capacity they could.

“Honestly, I think we all felt honored to do it and especially grateful for the opportunity,” she said. “Seeing what they have experienced and realizing that it could easily happen to you or your family makes you more conscious of helping whenever or wherever you can because it maybe you or someone you love the next time."

Everyone from Lyon College that was involved in the relief effort worked hard and gave of themselves, but the lion’s share of credit goes to Mike Byrd and the booster club for getting the wheels rolling, Lange said.

"I just want to thank our booster club members who made all of it happen,” she said. “It provided us with the chance to hopefully make a little bit of a difference for those good folks up there.” On March 1, 1997, another tornado on a similar path of destruction hit Marmaduke, though the damage from that storm was less extensive than the latest twister to hammer the city.

Marmaduke was named for Confederate Maj. Gen. John Sappington Marmaduke, who later served as governor of Missouri. During the Civil War, Marmaduke established a camp for his soldiers near the present-day site of the town.

More information and photos from the experience are on the Lyon College athletics web pages.

Norris Weintz, Susie Harper recognized
along with other athletic award winners

Susie Harper and Norris Weintz were named Winnie Marable and Dick Winningham Award winners, respectively, at the Lyon College Annual Athletic Awards Night on Wednesday.

The Winnie Marable award is given to the outstanding female student athlete while the Dick Winningham Award is given to the outstanding male student athlete. Harper was a member of the Lyon Pipers volleyball team and ended her career ranked fourth on the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics all time digs list with 2,718. Weintz was sixth all-time in scoring for the Scots basketball team, with 1,802 points.

Lyon baseball player Sam Cooke was named the NAIA Champions of Character individual award winner. The baseball team was the NAIA Champions of Character team winner.

Listed below are the other award-winners:

Among those receiving awards Wednesday evening were (from left) Susie Harper, the Marable Award; Sam Cooke, the Champions of Character Individual Award; Norris Weintz, the Winningham Award; and Tony Fortune, the Dahlquist Scholar-Athlete Award..

                                                              Photo by Eric Stewart

Marable Award

Susie Harper

Dick Winningham Award

Norris Weintz

NAIA Champions of Character Individual Award

Sam Cooke

NAIA Champions of Character Team Award

Baseball

Men’s Basketball Awards

Statistical Awards
Assist Leader Trey Salley
Rebound Leader Norris Weintz
Free Throw % Leader Noris Weintz
Field Goal % Leader Norris Weintz
Three Point Field Goal % Leader Jonathan Donaldson
Hustle Award Charles Black
Scot Award Jason Donaldson

TranSouth 1st Team All Conference
Norris Weintz
Jonathan Donaldson

TranSouth Scholar Athletes
Adam Hill Norris Weintz
Matt Owens

NAIA All American Scholar Athlete
Norris Weintz

NAIA Honorable Mention All-American
Norris Weintz
Jonathan Donaldson

4 Year Letter Winners
Norris Weintz
Jason Donaldson
Women's Basketball Awards

Statistical Awards
FG % Award Nikki Baker
FT % Award Prescilla Mathias
3 pt. FG % Nikki Baker
Assist Award Prescilla Mathias
Rebound Award Maribeth Waters and Orma Fisher
Defensive Award Kim Edmonson
Piper Award April Carter

TranSouth Scholar Athletes
Nikki Baker
Kim Edmondson
Leslie Larsen

TranSouth All Freshman Team

Maribeth Waters

Baseball

**Baseball has not completed their season**

TranSouth Scholar Athletes
Sam Cooke
Hal Skinner

 Volleyball Awards

TranSouth Scholar Athletes
Madeline Homer
Susie Harper
Alyson Boone
Alison Sablick
Daria Paunovic

Offensive Player of the Year
Daria Paunovic

Defensive Player of the Year
Susie Harper

Piper Award
Alison Sablick

1st team All TranSouth Conference
Susie Harper
Daria Paunovic

2nd team All TranSouth Conference
Alison Sablick

Men’s Golf Awards

Men’s Golf Medalist Award
Jonathan Knowles

Women’s Golf Awards

TranSouth Scholar Athletes
Amanda Fore
Madeline Homer

TranSouth 1st Team All Conference
Jennifer Cross

Women’s Golf Medalist Award
Jennifer Cross

Women’s Cross Country Awards

Statistical Awards
Top Runner – Rita Ameri
Most Improved – Rachel Miesner

TranSouth 1st Team All Conference
Rita Ameri

Transouth Scholar Athletes
Danielle Bell
Rachel Miesner

Men’s Cross Country Awards

Statistical Awards
Top Runner – Glenn Ritter
Most Improved – Tony Fortune

TranSouth 1st Team All Conference
Glenn Ritter

Transouth Scholar Athletes
Daniel Angel
Tony Fortune
J.R. Paysinger
Glenn Ritter
Daniel Haney

The Dahlquist Scholar-Athlete Award
Tony Fortune

 Women’s Tennis Awards

Statistical Awards
Top Doubles – Andrea Higginbottom and Rachel Nicholson
Top Singles – Andrea Higginbottom
Piper Award – Andrea Higginbottom

Transouth Scholar Athletes
Rachel Nicholson
Christy Kirchner
Jessica Throesch

Men’s Tennis Awards

Statistical Awards
Top Doubles – Matt Petty and Juan Daza
Top Singles – Matt Petty
Scot Award – Matt Petty

Transouth Scholar Athletes
Jonathan Bunch
Tony Fortune
Juan Daza

Women’s Soccer Awards

Transouth Scholar Athletes
Lily Case
Amanda Fore
Tasha Sanders
Rachel Rowe

Team Awards
Defensive MVP – Lilly Case
Offensive MVP – Christen Sanford
Team MVP - Allison Morrison

TranSouth All-Conference 1st Team
Allison Morrison

Men’s Soccer Awards

Transouth Scholar Athletes
Tim Akin
Robert Kaloghirou
Jacob Mattern
Eric Wilson
Kris Koelemay

NAIA Academic All American
Robert Kaloghirou
Tim Akin

Team Awards
Offensive Player of the Year – Nick Jones
Defensive Player of the Year – Brent Hugg
Most Outstanding Player of the Year – Steve Banks

TranSouth All-Conference 1st Team

Eric Wilson
Nick Jones
Steve Banks

 		  




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basketball

Pea Ridge's Alex Kelly signs with Lyon College to play basketball

By Dustin Dearman
The Morning News

PEA RIDGE -- Alex Kelly had a illustrious career as part of the Pea Ridge Blackhawks basketball program.
Now, he hopes to continue that at the college level.
Kelly, a senior, signed a national letter of intent Friday to play basketball at Lyon College next season.
"He's the first (Pea Ridge boys basketball player) to sign in quite a while," said Pea Ridge coach Larry Walker. "We are proud and thankful for the effort he has given us over the years he's been here."

In his senior season with the Blackhawks, Kelly averaged 19 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.1 steals, 2 assists and 2 blocked shots per contest.
He earned his first All-State selection this season and was named to The Morning News All-Area Team.
Lyon College, which is coached by Kevin Jenkins, went 15-14 last season losing in the first round of the TransSouth Tournament.
"It's a good school, fairly small," Walker said. "(Alex's) very comfortable with the players and the coaches there."
Kelly will receive a four-year, full-ride scholarship.

Baseball

(From the Batesville Daily Guard)

CONWAY — The Lyon Scots closed the regular season with a sweep of the Central Baptist Mustangs in a nonconfernce baseball doubleheader here Thursday. Lyon won game one 13-2 and the nightcap 8-1.

Andy Bettis has returned to form after a hamstring injury. He hit two home runs in game one and tallied four runs batted in.

Bettis wasn’t the only one with a hot bat. The Scots recorded nine doubles in the 2-game set. Justin Brown, Sean Coker and Steven Wright hit a pair each and teammates Sam Cooke, Rob Webster and Matt Byrd each hit one.

Nathan Baker earned his fourth consective win in game two, allowing one run on four hits in seven innings of work. Brandon Qualls was the game one winner. He allowed two runs on five hits.

The Scots have won five straight, their longest winning streak since a 10-game streak was snapped on Mar. 6 in Mobile, Ala.

Lyon finishes the regular season with a 34-20 record, 14 wins off last season’s record of 48-14.

“We did have higher expectations this season, but I’m not disappointed, because of the adversity we fought through,” Head Coach Kirk Kelley said. “We’re ready to start the tournament.”

TranSouth Tournament begins Tuesday at Cumberland

The 2006 TranSouth Baseball Tournament begins on Tuesday, May 2 on the campus of Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee.  The seven-team tournament will last through Saturday, May 7.  Lyon plays Freed-Hardeman at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The winner plays Cumberland at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Cumberland University earned the No. 1 seed in this week's tournament with a 15-3 league record.  Trevecca Nazarene University finished second with a 13-5 record, Union University claimed the third seed with a 10-8 record, and Freed-Hardeman finished fourth with an 8-10 mark.  Lyon College and Crichton College tied for the fifth spot with a 6-12 record, with Lyon earning the No. 5 seed by way of the tiebreaker.  Martin Methodist finished seventh with a league record of 5-13. 
 
Cumberland has already earned at automatic bid to next weeks NAIA Region XI Tournament.  The winner of the conference will tournament will earned the other automatic bid from the TranSouth Conference.  Should Cumberland win the tournament title, the runner-up team will received the automatic region bid.  The two automatic bids from the MidSouth Conference and then two at-large bids from the higher ranked teams in the region rankings, not already in the region, will complete the field of six region tournament participants.

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