By Joey Warren
ASU Cross Country
For the third consecutive season, Augusta State’s Adam Ward has been named the Peach Belt Conference’s Coach of the Year by his peers. Mr. Ward was recognized with the honor at the conclusion of the PBC Women’s Cross Cou
ntry Championships on Oct. 25 in Milledgeville, Ga.
Mr. Ward led ASU to a second-place showing in the PBC Championships and their fifth top-two finish of the season. The Jaguars are currently ranked No. 2 in the Southeast Region and are awaiting an at-large bid to the NCAA Southeast Regional, slated for Saturday, Nov. 8 in Wingate, N.C.
Senior Jenafer Forward recorded four top-three finishes and was named an all-conference performer for the fourth straight season. Junior Sophie Baconnet also earned first-team honors after placing seventh in the PBC Championships.
Fellow junior Kara Kreutzer and freshman Savannah Sutton earned second-team All-PBC honors, with Sutton being named the league’s Freshman of the Year as well.
ASU Basketball
ASU has been picked to finish second in the Peach Belt Conference, according to a vote of the league’s head coaches in a preseason poll.
Last season, ASU earned its first-ever bid to the Elite Eight in Springfield, Mass., after capturing the South Atlantic Regional Championship. The Jags posted a 27-7 record in 2007-08 and finished second in the PBC regular-season standings last season, posted a 27-7 record in 2007-08 and captured the South Atlantic Regional Championship. The Jags are led by senior center Garret Siler who led the NCAA among all divisions in field goal percentage and led the PBC in rebounding. Also returning is two-time, all-conference guard Ben Madgen, who averaged 16.00 ppg. last season and was an All-South Atlantic Region pick as well.
The PBC regular season begins Nov. 15 and continues through the 2009 PBC Tournament, March 3-8 in Aiken, S.C.
Oct 19, 2008
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