Both Emory swimming and diving teams are ranked second in the
nation, according to collegeswimming.com. The
rankings are based on a team's best times in a dual-meet lineup.
The teams are pointing toward the conference championship meet,
to be hosted by Emory, Feb. 12-14 at the P.E. Center. February
also marks the close of basketball season with the men's team hoping
to remain a factor in the conference race.
Swimming & Diving
(Women)
A second-place finish at the NCAA Div. III national championships
would be the best in school history. The Eagles have placed fourth,
third and third, respectively, at the last three national meets.
Emory is looking to extend its streak of five consecutive University
Athletic Association (UAA) titles, a school record.
Swimming & Diving
(Men)
A second-place finish at the NCAA Div. III national championships
would tie the best in school history. The Eagles have placed third,
second, third and third, respectively, at the last four national
meets. Emory is looking to extend its streak of five consecutive
UAA titles, a school record.
Basketball (Men)
Emory put itself in the thick
of the conference race with a 92-85
win at Washington University (Mo.), the defending conference champion.
The victory was just Emory's second at Washington since the inception
of the UAA in 1987. As of Jan. 30, Emory's only two conference
losses were by a combined six points, including a 75-72 loss at
home to the No. 2 team in the nation, University of Rochester (N.Y.).
Junior forwards Clayton Fuller and Chase Fawsett were in the top
four in the conference in overall scoring and rebounding. Fuller
led the UAA in points (20.4 per game) and was second in rebounds
(8.4 per game). Fawsett was fourth in scoring (18.0) and third
in rebounding (7.9).
Basketball (Women)
This season is the college swan song for graduating seniors Stephanie
Seibert and Beth Byron, both of whom have moved into the top 10
list in school history in several career statistical categories.
Entering February, Seibert was in the top 10 in career points,
field goals, free throws, free throw percentage, rebounds and blocks.
Byron was on pace to finish second in career free throw percentage,
and she was third in career three-point field goals and 10th in
career points.
Honors
Melissa Roberts, a former four-time all-region Emory softball
player, has been named the NCAA Div. III female winner of the Woody
Hayes National Scholar-Athlete Award. The award, named for the
longtime Ohio State University football coach, is presented in
recognition of academic and athletic success and community service.
Roberts ('03C) holds nine notable school career records in softball,
including most doubles and RBIs. She helped lead Emory to third-
and fourth-place finishes at the NCAA Div. III national softball
tournament. She graduated with a 3.88 cumulative grade point average
while majoring in neuroscience and behavioral biology and received
the school's highest student honor, the Brittain Award, given to
one Emory graduating senior in recognition of service to the University
performed without expectation of reward or recognition. She currently
is spending the school year studying abroad in Scotland as one
of four Emory graduates selected as a prestigious Bobby Jones Scholar.
Roberts is the fourth Emory athlete to be honored as a Woody Hayes
scholar-athlete in the program's 17-year history.
For the latest
on Emory varsity athletics, check out www.go.emory.edu.
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