Women's Tennis Receives NAIA Champions of Character National Award; Falls in First Round of National Tournament (5-12-08)

Mobile, Ala. - Georgetown College's Women's Tennis was named the NAIA-Buffalo Funds Five Star Champions of Character team at the annual awards banquet held on Sunday, May 11, 2008.  All 132 member schools were eligible to submit a nomination and Georgetown was chosen by the coaches association officers.

The Tiger team was selected because of exemplary character and sportsmanship on the court, campus and community.  Head coach Kevin Calhoun cited many examples in the nomination, including his students' discipline, integrity and willingness to give up personal goals for the benefit of the team.

"There is absolutely no doubt that these young athletes have learned much about themselves, who they can be and how to live after their college tennis ends," said Calhoun.  "I could not be more proud of them and they way they have embraced the champions of character initiative."

But, perhaps junior Sarah Yost, who won the Mid-South Conference's individual champions of character award, said it best.  "Character is a choice and we make the right choices and manage them...Every one of my teammates has character.  I trust all of them to do what is right, even when it is hard." 

In the NAIA National Championships, Georgetown fell in the opening round to Union College by a score of 6-3.  Two of the wins came in doubles, as Emily Kerrick and Adrienne Bartlett defeated Juliana Negosek and Yeris Vargas 9-7, while Sarah Yost and Bianca Rugimbana beat Camila Cunha and Ximena Aguilar 8-4.  Kerrick and Bartlett entered the tournament ranked 13th in the country.

It was the team's first earned appearance in the NAIA National Tournament, after competing as a host school in 2000 and 2001.

Women's Tennis to Play in the NAIA National Tournament  (5-5-08)

Georgetown College Women's Tennis has earned the right to play for a national championship for the first time since the NAIA team format began in 2000.

This is not the team's first appearance in the tournament, as Georgetown played in both 2000 and 2001 as the host school. The Tigers currently own a No. 14 national ranking and have an overall record of 13-7, with all seven losses coming at the hands of top 20 teams.

"We have played a very strong schedule and our seven losses were to EKU, No. 4 Lindsey Wilson (three times), No. 7 Berry, then No. 10 Brenau and then No. 15 Northwood, so our schedule has been difficult," explained head coach Kevin Calhoun.  "But we also beat three teams in the top 25 including No. 10 Southern Nazarene. I think we are ready for anything that we are going to see next week."

Calhoun said he doesn't expect an intimidation factor to be present when his team takes to the courts.  "Despite losing to Lindsey Wilson three times, we competed really well with them all three times and our players aren't the intimidated types." 

Georgetown is led by junior All-American Emily Kerrick (Lexington, Ky.), who is ranked No. 25 in singles and freshman Adrienne Bartlett (Louisville, Ky.) who has been as high as No. 31 in the country.  Combined, the duo competes as No. 13 in NAIA doubles.  The roster also includes Jackie Cobb (freshman, Washington Courthouse, Oh.), Charis Gambill (junior, Ashland, Ky.), Megan Mars (sophomore, Harrogate, Tn.), Bianca Rugimbana (sophomore, Brisbane, Australia), Megan Watts (senior, Versailles, Ky.) and Sarah Yost (junior, Manchester, Ky.).

The NAIA National Tennis Championships will be played May 12-16 in Mobile, Alabama at the Mobile Tennis Center.  Brackets will be released on Wednesday by 6:00 p.m. 

Student-Athlete Athletics Council Awards Annual GC's on Sunday  (4-28-08)

The Georgetown College Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) hosted the third-annual GC Awards on Sunday, April 27th in the Georgetown College Chapel. Former Tiger and current WKYT-TV chief meteorologist T.G. Shuck served as master of ceremonies and gave student-athletes an idea of how much they will appreciate the foundation that athletics helps to form in their lives when they are in their chosen careers.

Shown left: Juniors Jason Frilling (baseball) and Katie Filiatreau (basketball) were named Mr. and Ms. Georgetown for their leadership and accomplishments in the classroom and in their sport and are congratulated by Director of Athletics Eric Ward.

Award winners were nominated and chosen by students, teammates and staff members and are listed below. (Click on the individual's name to see a photo of them receiving their honor if they were present.)

	Female Recipient	Male Recipient
Rookie of the Year	Whitney Ealey (softball)	Christian Heavens (golf)
Courage Award	Amy Chamberlain (soccer)	Donnovan Brown (baskeball)
Comeback Award	Sarah Gronefeld (softball)	Mike Secor (football)
Stripes Award	Sarah Yost (tennis)	Michael Clemons (track)
Supporting Role	Amy Schiller (basketball)	Jerry Turner (basketball)
Performance of the Year	Victoria Witt (softball)	Luke Garnett (cross country)
Play of the Year	Kim Ingle (basketball)	Colin Wilkerson (baseball)
Athlete of the Year	Jennifer Tarplee (softball)	Gus Chase (basketball)
Mr. and Ms. Georgetown	Katie Filiatreau (basketball)	Jason Frilling (baseball)
Coach of the Year	Thomas Thornton (softball)	Happy Osborne (basketball)
Most Improved Academic Team of the Year	Volleyball	Golf
Academic Team of the Year	Cross Country	Cross Country
Team of the Year	Softball	Basketball

Four Women's Tennis Student-Athletes in National Rankings (4-18-08)

The most recent International Tennis Association rankings have been released and senior Emily Kerrick leads the Tigers with a career-high 25th ranking in singles play. Kerrick and doubles partner Adrienne Bartlett are ranked twelfth, while Bartlett is at No. 43 in single play. Teammates Sarah Yost and Bianca Rugimbana are No. 23 in doubles play.

The Tigers finished the Mid-South Conference Tournament today losing in the finals to Lindsey Wilson 5-2. The men also fell in the finals to Lindsey Wilson by a score of 5-0. Both teams will advance to the Region XI Tournament to be held at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. Tournament play will begin on Thursday, April 24 with the men facing Bethel College and the women will take on Lindsey Wilson College for the third time in just over a week.

Tennis Teams Honored at MSC Banquet: Calhoun Coach of the Year, Carcamo Co-Player of the Year and Yost Champions of Character Award Recipient (4-17-08)

The Georgetown College Tennis teams racked up a lot of hardware at the annual Mid-South Conference banquet held in Louisville on Wednesday night. The highest honors the conference gives went to Sarah Yost, as she was named the 2008 Women's Tennis Champion of Character Award recipient voted on by all conference coaches. Head Coach Kevin Calhoun was named the Men's Tennis Coach of the Year and Matias Carcamo was honored as the Co-Player of the Year along with Lindsey Wilson College's Freddy Luciani.

Mid-South Conference Women's Tennis Champion of Character Award

Sarah Yost

Georgetown College First Team All-Conference Selections
singles (men's)
Eugenio Aspillaga
Matias Carcamo
Andres Escalante

singles (women's)
Adrienne Bartlett
Emily Karrick
Sarah Yost

doubles (men's)  
Matias Carcamo/Andres Escalante       

doubles (women's)
Emily Kerrick/Adrienne Bartlett

Georgetown College Honorable Mention All-Conference Selections

singles (women's)  
Bianca Rugimbana

doubles (women's)
Sarah Yost/Bianca Rugimbana

Georgetown College Academic All-Conference Honorees

Charis Gambill
Megan Mars
Megan Watts
Sarah Yost

MSC Tennis Championship Brackets Released (4-16-08)

The 2008 Mid-South Conference Men's and Women's Tennis Tournament will be held this Thursday and Friday, April 17-18, at the Bass-Rudd Tennis Center in Louisville, KY.  Updated brackets are now available for both the men and women, with Lindsey Wilson and Georgetown College the top two seeds in both.

Action gets underway tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m. when the University of the Cumberlands and Pikeville College square off in the men's 3/6 match, while Campbellsville University and WVU Tech will meet as the four-five seeds. On the women's side, Campbellsville and Tech will meet in the 4/5 match at 9:30 a.m. for the right to take on Lindsey Wilson tomorrow afternoon.

Click here to view men's bracket        Click here to view women's bracket

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