2010 Belmont Women's Cross Country Media Guide

BELMONT UNIVERISTYLocation: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nashville, Tenn.Founded: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1951Enrollment: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,445Nickname: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BruinsColors: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Navy, Red, and WhiteAffiliation: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NCAA Division IConference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atlantic SunPresident: . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dr. Robert C. Fisher

Alma Mater: . . . . . . . . . .Henderson State, ‘70Athletics Director: . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Strickland

Alma Mater: . . . . . . . . .Georgia Southern, ‘71Department Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . 615-460-6420Home Arena: . . . . . . . . . . . . Curb Event CenterCapacity: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000Press Row Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . 615-460-8554

TEAM INFORMATION2009 Conference Finish: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5th Returning/Lost: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10/3Newcomers: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0

COACHING STAFFHead Coach: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Seth Sheridan

Alma Mater (Year): . . . . . . . . .Belmont (1992) Graduate Assistant Coach: . . Ashley Casavant

MEDIA RELATIONSCross Country Contact: . . . . . . . .Dan ForcellaOffice Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615-460-8023Cell Phone: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207.650.6790Email : . . . . . . . . . . . [email protected]: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615-460-5584Web Page: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . belmontbruins.comMailing Address: . . . . . . . . . . Office of Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Media Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1900 Belmont Blvd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nashville, TN 37212

TABLE OF CONTENTSQuick Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Media Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42010 Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42010 Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Coaching Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-72009 Cross Country Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Team Records, Awards & Honors . . . . . . . . . . .9Meet the Bruins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-14Belmont University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15University Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16-20Academics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21Atlantic Sun Conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

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CREDITSThe 2010 Belmont University Women’s Cross Country Media Guide is a product of the Athletic MediaRelations Office, published by the Belmont University Athletics Department. It is intended to be acomprehensive resource of offical record to aid media in their coverage of Belmont Cross Country.

Managing Editors: Greg SageEditorial Assistance: Brian Karst, Kenisha Rhone,John Langdon, Dan Forcella, Megan WilsonPhotography: Don McPeak, Glenn Gregory, ASunPhotos.com.

Belmont University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer under all applicable civil rightlaws.

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BELMONT WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRYMEDIA INFORMATION

2010 SCHEDULEDATE DAY EVENT LOCATION TIME9/3 Friday Belmont/Vanderbilt Opener Percy Warner Park All Day9/18 Saturday Vanderbilt Invitational Percy Warner Park All Day10/2 Saturday Greater Louisville Classic Louisville, Ky. All Day10/9 Saturday FSU Invitational Tallahassee, Fla. All Day10/16 Saturday Evansville Invitational Evansville, Ind. All Day

USC Upstate Invitational Spartanburg, S.C. All Day10/30 Saturday Atlantic Sun Championships Spartanburg, S.C. All Day11/13 Saturday NCAA South Regional Hoover, Ala. All Day11/22 Monday NCAA Nationals Terre Haute, Ind. All Day

MEDIA INFORMATIONINTERVIEWSInterviews with Belmont runners and coachescan be arranged by calling Dan Forcella at 615-460-8023 or by email [email protected]. Runners and coach-es are available before and after most prac-tices, so please let us know in advance thatyou are coming, and we will help facilitate theinterview. Player interviews are not allowedprior to the start of any race. Do not contactstudent-athletes personally.

POST RACE INTERVIEW POLICESFor all home and away matches, Belmont stu-dent-athletes and coaches will be available forpost-match interviews approximately 10 min-utes after the conclusion of the race. Opponentinterview policy will be determined by the visit-ing SID.

ONLINE RESOURCESbelmontbruins.com: The official website

Belmont University athletics.atlanticsun.org: The official website of the

Atlantic Sun Conference.ASun.TV: Source for live video webcasts for

all 11 A-Sun schools. Membership basis, withlimited free content.

ncaa.com: The official website of the NCAA.twitter.com/BelmontXCTF: Belmont cross

country and track & field’s official Twitter page,featuring exclusive updates throughout the sea-son.

MEDIA RELATIONS STAFFGreg SageDirector of Media Relations and Broadcastingoffice: [email protected]’s Basketball

Kenisha RhoneDirector of Women’s Sportsoffice: [email protected]’s Basketball, Women’s Soccer, Track & Field

John LangdonAssistant Directoroffice: [email protected], Tennis

Dan Forcella*Graduate Assistantoffice: [email protected] Country, Men’s Soccer, Baseball

Megan WilsonGraduate Assistantoffice: [email protected], Softball

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Roster

2010 ROSTERNAME CLASS-EXP. HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL)Courtney Bishop Sophomore-1L Brentwood, Tenn. (Brentwood Academy)Fallon Dickens Sophomore-1L Arrington, Tenn. (Brentwood Academy)Jessica Duble Sophomore-1L Lookout Mountian, Ga. (Chattanooga Christian)Katelyn Eberhardt Junior-2L Mishawaka, Ind. (Mishawaka HS)Erin Mankin RS Junior-2L Nashville, Tenn. (Father Ryan HS)Kimberly Muldowney RS Sophomore-1L Hoover, Ala. (Hoover HS)Nicole Muldowney RS Sophomore-1L Hoover, Ala. (Hoover HS)Kara Sephel RS Junior-2L Nashville, Tenn. (David Lipscomb HS)Caitlin Standifer Junior-1L Plano, Texas (Plano West)Shannon Titus RS Sophomore-1L Bowling Green, Ohio (Bowling Green HS)

COACHING STAFFHead Coach: Seth Sheridan (Belmont, 1992)Graduate Assistant Coach: Ashley Casavant (Michigan State, 2010)

PRONUNCIATIONJessica DUBLE DEW-bulKimberly, Nicole MULDOWNEY mul-DOWN-neyKara SEPHEL SEFF-uhl

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Radio/TV Roster

CCOURTNEY BBISHOPSophomore - 1LBrentwood, Tenn.

FFALLON DDICKENSSophomore - 1LArrington, Tenn.

JJESSICA DDUBLESophomore - 1LLookout Mountian, Ga.

KKATELYN EEBERHARDTJunior - 2LMishawaka, Ind.

KKARA SSEPHELRS Junior - 2LNashville, Tenn.

SSETH SSHERIDANHead Coach14th Year

SSHANNON TTITUSRS Sophomore - 1LBowling Green, Ohio

CCAITLIN SSTANDIFERJunior - 1LPlano, Texas

NNICOLE MMULDOWNEYRS Sophomore - 1LHoover, Ala.

KKIM MMULDOWNEYRS Sophomore - 1LHoover, Ala.

EERIN MMANKINRS Junior - 2LNashville, Tenn.

AASHLEY CCASAVANTGraduate AssistantFirst Year

BELMONT WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRYCOACHING STAFF

Seth Sheridan is entering his 14th year as the headcoach of the Belmont women's cross country andtrack and field programs.

Sheridan has brought much attention to Belmont'scross country program, through sustained excel-lence on the running course and in the classroom.Eight times Atlantic Sun Conference Coach of theYear, Sheridan has directed the Bruins to sevenconference cross country championships in theprogram's nine year history in the league.

This past fall, senior Brittany Thune defended herAtlantic Sun Conference Individual Title and statusas league Runner of the Year. Thune also wasnamed to the USTFCCCA All-South Region Team,the 12th time since 1999 a Bruin female runner asbeen so honored. Thune also was Atlantic Sun All-Conference, extending the Bruins' staggering totalof all-league performers to 30 since joining the A-Sun in 2001.

Moreover, Thune was showered with academichonors. Among her numerous awards, Thune wasnamed ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American, Academic All-District, Atlantic SunFemale Student-Athlete of the Year, BelmontUniversity Presidential Scholar of the Year and thefifth Belmont student-athlete inprogram history toreceive an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.

In 2008, Lauren Williams Weaver became the firstBruin to win the A-Sun Individual title and Runnerof the Year honors in consecutive years. Weaverwent on to finish fifth at the NCAA South Regionmeet and 45th at Nationals - the best-ever perform-ance by a Bruin runner, eclipsing Keely Weaverwho qualified for the 2000 NCAA Cross Country

Championship. Weaver paced three Bruins earningAll-Conference honors, joined by Brittany Thuneand Elizabeth Smothers.

The program's success has also permeated intounparalleled national academic distinction. LaurenWilliams-Weaver was named to the 2007 NCAADivision I U.S. Track & Field and Cross CountryCoaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academicteam. Furthermore, Belmont's team GPA ranked inthe Top 10 nationally a remarkable nine consecu-tive years, including leading the nation in 1999 and2001. The Bruins' team GPA of 3.77 in 2007ranked second nationally. All told, a Belmont runnerhas received Academic All-Conference honors 93times since 2001. In other words, roughly 94 per-cent of Sheridan's runners since joining the AtlanticSun Conference have held a GPA of 3.0 or higher.

His track and field teams have also taken over-whelming strides. The Bruins finished a strong sec-ond place in the A-Sun Championships in 2007 and2008. Moreover, a record five student-athletes par-ticipated in the 2007 NCAA Regional meet inColumbia, Mo. - Lynette Rives, Lizz Pollock,

Jessica Giles, Khalia Turner and Christa Coppin.School and conference records continue to falldaily.

Prior to coming to Belmont, Sheridan served on thetrack coaching staff at Nashville's Montgomery BellAcademy in 1996. From 1993-1994 Sheridan wasan assistant coach for Elvis Ford at Austin PeayState University. While at Peay, he was instrumen-tal in the development of the distance runners.Before his stint in Clarksville, he served as theboys' track coach at the University School ofNashville in 1993.

A native of Mansfield, Pa., Sheridan was an all-dis-trict performer and two-time national qualifier duringhis collegiate career at Belmont. He is married tothe former Beth Tallent, a former All-American run-ner at Vanderbilt University. The couple has twosons, Brennen and Brooks.

The Sheridans reside near Franklin, Tennessee.


Coaching Staff

SSETH SSHERIDANHead Coach | 14th Year at Belmont | Eight-time Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year

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Coaching Staff

Cameron Harvey joined the Belmont women's track and field program for his first year in August 2008. He willuse his experience and expertise to help the sprinters, jumpers and hurdlers move to the next level as well as assistwith recruiting for the program. In a short time, Harvey has been instrumental in elevating the overall performance ofBelmont women’s track, as well as maximizing distance performance in the winter and spring.

Harvey joins the Bruins after a two-year stint at his alma mater Marquette University as a graduate assistant.While with the Golden Eagles, he was responsible for designing and implementing workouts for all sprinters and hur-dlers as well as handling scouting, recruiting and scheduling. While with the UM program, Harvey assisted in thedevelopment of two NCAA Division I qualifiers in the decathlon and indoor 800m and three USATF Junior NationalQualifiers in the 100m, 200m and high jump.

The program also saw an amazing 17 school records established in events ranging from the 60m to the outdoorpole vault on both the men's and women's side under Harvey's tutelage.

Before beginning his career with the Golden Eagles, he served as assistant coach at Rufus King High inMilwaukee. Harvey, who helped oversee over 150 student-athletes at RKHS, once again pushed athletes to excel onthe championship level. In 2005, a student-athlete claimed the state title in both the long and triple jumps.

Harvey got his coaching start at Catholic Memorial High in Waukesha, Wisc., as assistant men's hurdles andsprints coach. Over the course of his tenure, he helped the program earn the WIAA State Championship and themen's 4x400 relay team to back-to-back championships (2003, 2004). In addition, CMHS became the team indoorstate champions in 2004.

Harvey, who earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees from Marquette, was a four-year member of thetrack and field team. MU's record holder in the 110 hurdles, he was also a two-time Conference USA finalist in boththe 60m hurdles and 110m hurdles.

A native of Oshkosh, Wisc., Harvey resides in Nashville.

CCAMERON HHARVEYAssistant Coach | Third Season | Marquette, 2004

Ashley Casavant joins the Belmont women's cross country and track program in 2010 as a graduate assistant coach.

Casvant is a graduate of Michigan State University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology. While inEast Lansing, Casvant was a four-year letterwinner for the Spartans in cross country and track, earning AcademicAll-Big Ten honors all four years.

She was also part of the 2007 Michigan State cross country team that finished fifth at the NCAA Cross CountryNational Championships.

A native of Indianapolis, Ind. and a graduate of Cathedral High School, Casavant is pursuing a master's degree inSport Administration at Belmont.

AASHLEY CCASAVANTGraduate Assistant | First Season | Michigan State, 2010

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2009 Results

Belmont OpenerNashville, Tenn.

Sept. 44K

85 Participants

Crimson ClasicTuscaloosa, Ala.

Sept. 185K

116 Participants

Greater LouisvilleClassic

Louisville, Ky.Oct. 3

5K303 Participants

EvansvilleInvitational

Evansville, Ind.Oct. 17

5K113 Participants

Atlantic Sun Championships

DeLand, Fla.Oct. 31

5K85 Participants

NCAASouth RegionalTuscaloosa, Ala.

Nov. 146K

170 Participants

Aubrey AlexanderSeniorStrongsville, Ohio

15:55.6840th

20:25.1067th

19:43.35161st

19:48.3912th

20:1155th

24:45.87149th

Courtney BishopFreshmanBrentwood, Tenn.

16:02.0643th

19:19.0035th

19:09.9698th

19:49.8613th

19:2740th

23:19.63112th

Fallon DickensFreshmanArrington, Tenn.

18:02.2378th DNR DNR DNR DNR DNR

Jessica DubleFreshmanLookout Mountain, Ga.

16:43.2360th

20:13.0061st

20:38.06229th

20:38.9537th DNR DNR

Katelyn EberhardtSophomoreMishawaka, Ind.

17.16.7170th

22:14.4093rd

21:59.38273rd

22.06.0167th DNR DNR

Erin MankinRS SophomoreNashville, Tenn.

DNR21:08.20

82nd20:06.84

196th DNR19:5349th

24:01.15137th

Kim MuldowneyRS FreshmanHoover, Ala.

16:19.0751st

19:50.9050th

19:32.36139th

19:51.8714th

18:5725th

23:05.8099th

Jena RickardsSophomoreSisters, Ore.

17:34.0174th DNR DNR DNR DNR DNR

Kara SephelRS SophomoreNashville, Tenn.

DNR DNR DNR20:25.76

31st19:4244th

22:56.5893rd

Caitlin StandiferSophomorePlano, Texas

14:49.1812th DNR

18:25.2642nd DNR

18:3815th

21:38.3076th

Brittany ThuneSeniorSioux Falls, S.D.

14:47.3210th DNR

17:39.529th

17:54.601st

17:171st

20:52.8016th

BELMONT OPENER1. Vanderbilt . . . . . 422. Alabama . . . . . . 573. U. A. B. . . . . . . 1094. MTSU . . . . . . . 1245. Tennessee . . . 1296. Belmont . . . . . 1427. Murray State . . 1648. Lipscomb . . . . 1709. UT Martin . . . . 271

CRIMSON CLASSIC1. Alabama . . . . . . 432. Auburn . . . . . . . 753. Tennessee . . . . 884. Georgia Tech . 1155. Samford . . . . . 1376. Chattanooga . . 1537. Kennesaw St. . 1648. L.S.U. . . . . . . . 1679. Belmont . . . . . 25410. Alabama St. . 259

(15 schools total)

LOUISVILLE CLASSIC1. Purdue . . . . . . . 882. Kentucky . . . . . 1303. Louisville . . . . . 1414. Missouri . . . . . 1734. WKU . . . . . . . . 1736. Vanderbilt . . . . 1797. Central Michi. . 2087. EKU . . . . . . . . 2089. Wash.-St.Louis 29014. Belmont . . . .426

(35 schools total)

EVANSVILLE INVIT.1. Murray State . . . 492. Eastern Illinois . 583. Belmont . . . . . . 694. SEMO . . . . . . . . 795. Evansville . . . . 1246. Marshall . . . . . 1877. UT Martin . . . . 2068. Tenn. Tech . . . 2169. Evangel . . . . . . 24410. Marian . . . . . . 264

(12 schools total)

A-SUN CHAMP.1. Jacksonville . . . 432. Kennesaw St. . . 803. North Florida . . . 844. USC Upstate . . 1145. Belmont . . . . . 1246. Lipscomb . . . . 1297. FGCU . . . . . . . 1678. Campbell . . . . 1879. Mercer . . . . . . 25110. ETSU . . . . . . 28611. Stetson . . . . . 307

NCAA REGIONAL1. Florida . . . . . . . . 332. Florida State . . . 543. Tennessee . . . 1024. Georgia . . . . . . 1145. Vanderbilt . . . . 1646. Auburn . . . . . . 1977. Alabama . . . . . 2088. U.A.B . . . . . . .. 2979. Jacksonville . . 31114. Belmont . . . .359

(23 schools total)

BELMONT WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRYHISTORY & TRADITION

RECORDS5K RaceKeely Weaver Auburn Invitational, 2001 . . . . . . . 17:05

6K RaceKeely Weaver NCAA South Regional, 2000 . . . . .20:47

AWARDS AND HONORSNCAA Championship QualifierKeely Weaver 50th . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000Lauren Williams Weaver 45th . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007

All-South RegionChristy Csorna . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999, 00, 02, 03Sarah Damen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002Margaret Elliott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001Brittany Thune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009Keely Weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999, 00, 01Lauren Williams Weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006, 07

Atlantic Sun Conference Championships (7)2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008

USTFCCCA South Region Poll - Final Ranking 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4th2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5th2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9th2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12th 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15th2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9th2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10th2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9th2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14th

Atlantic Sun Runner of the YearBrittany Thune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008, 09Lauren Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007

Atlantic Sun All-Conference Honors2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 runnerBrittany Thune FIRST TEAM

2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 runnersBrittany Thune FIRST TEAMKara Sephel SECOND TEAMNicole Muldowney FIRST TEAM

2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 runnersLauren Williams Weaver FIRST TEAMBrittany Thune FIRST TEAMElizabeth Smothers FIRST TEAM

2006: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 runnersLauren Williams FIRST TEAMElizabeth Smothers FIRST TEAMWhitney Thurman SECOND TEAMBrittany Thune SECOND TEAM

2005: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 runnersLauren Williams FIRST TEAMElizabeth Smothers SECOND TEAM

2004: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 runnersElizabeth Benson FIRST TEAMLauren Williams FIRST TEAMSherri Bissing SECOND TEAMElizabeth Smothers SECOND TEAM

2003: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 runnersChristy Csorna FIRST TEAMElizabeth Benson SECOND TEAMLisa Crampton SECOND TEAMAnna Giles SECOND TEAM

2002: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 runnersSarah Damen FIRST TEAMMargaret Elliott FIRST TEAMChristy Csorna SECOND TEAM

Kristin Furman SECOND TEAM

2001: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 runnersMargaret Elliott FIRST TEAMKeely Weaver FIRST TEAMSarah Damen SECOND TEAMAllison Mills SECOND TEAMKelsey Reed SECOND TEAM

Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team2006: Brittany Thune2005: Laura Kaplan2004: Lauren Williams, Sherri Bissing, ElizabethSmothers2003: Lisa Crampton, Anna Giles2001: Kelsey Reed, Sarah Damen

Atlantic Sun Freshman of the YearBrittany Thune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006Lauren Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004Lisa Crampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003Kelsey Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001

Atlantic Sun Coach of the YearSeth Sheridan . . . . .01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08

ESPN The Magazine CoSida Academic All-America Brittany Thune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009-10

ESPN The Magazine CoSida Academic All-DistrictMollie Schlarman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008-09Elizabeth Smothers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007-08Brittany Thune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009-10Lauren Williams Weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007-08

NCAA Postgraduate ScholarshipBrittany Thune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009-10

Atlantic Sun Student-Athlete of the YearBrittany Thune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009-10

Atlantic Sun Postgraduate ScholarshipBrittany Thune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009-10

Atlantic Sun All-AcademicAubrey Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007Elizabeth Benson . . . . . . . . . .2001, 02, 03, 04, 05Courtney Bishop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009Katie Chinn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001, 02, 03, 04Lisa Crampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003, 04Christy Csorna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003Sarah Damen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002, 03, 04Fallon Dickens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009Jessica Duble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009Katelyn Eberhardt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009Margaret Elliott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001, 02Kristin Furman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001, 02, 03, 04Anna Giles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003Lindsay Honea . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002, 03, 04, 05Christi Beth Johnston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001Constance Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001, 02Courtney Laughead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001, 02Ashley Lofton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005Erin Mankin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007, 09Kristin McKnight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003Allison Mills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001Kimberly Muldowney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008, 09Nicole Muldowney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008, 09Kelsey Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001, 04, 05Jena Rickards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008, 09Lynn Roessner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001, 02, 03Dominique Roy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007, 08Megan Saunders . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004, 05, 06, 07Mollie Schlarman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005, 06, 07Kara Sephel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007, 08, 09Emily Sheffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001Elizabeth Smothers . . . . . . . . . . .2004, 05, 06, 07Caitlin Standifer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009Abbie Sumrall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005, 06

Keely Weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001, 02Lauren Williams . . . . . . . . . .2003, 04, 05, 06, 07Brittany Thune . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006, 07, 08, 09Shannon Titus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2008, 09Whitney Thurman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006

WICCA Division I Academic All-American Team(Team GPA Rankings)1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8th2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10th2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6th2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd(USTFCCCA took over the Team Academic Awards in 2008)

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Records, Awards and Honors

Brittany Thune earned a number of conference,regional, and national honors in 2009-10.

BELMONT WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRYMEET THE BRUINS

CROSS COUNTRY2009: Academic All-Conference ... Participated in five of six races ... 41st atEvansville Invitational (5K) ... 49th at Atlantic Sun Championships (5K) in sea-son-best time of 19:53 ... 82nd at Crimson Classic (5K) ... Ran Greater LouisvilleCross Country Classic (5K) in time of 20:06 ... Ran at NCAA SouthRegionalQualifier (6K)at the Univ. of Alabama.

2008: Academic All-Conference ... Participated in two races ... Ran season-besttime of 21:03 at South Dakota State Classic (10/4) ... Posted a 4K time of17:35.76 in the Belmont Opener (9/4).

2007: Academic All-Conference ... Only season race appearance at BelmontOpener.

TRACK AND FIELD2009-10: Academic All-Conference ... Competed infour indoor meets ... 7th in3000m at Blue Raider Invitational in season-best time of 11:05 ... 19th in 3000mat Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships ... 20th in Mile Run at MT ValentineInvitational ... 27th in 3000m at Indiana Relays ... Competed in three outdoormeets ... 9th in 3000m at Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational in season-besttime of 10:57.42 ... 15th in 1500m at APSU Spring Fling ... 20th in 5000m atVanderbilt Invitational.

2008-09: Academic All-Conference ... Competed in two indoor meets ...Competed in six outdoor meets ... Best finish was 13th (11:09.44) in 3000m atBoston-Moon Invitational ... Ran career-best 19:22.55 in 5000m at Jesse OwensTrack Classic ... Finished 15th in 1500m at Hilltopper Invitational.

2007-08: Academic All-Conference ... Three solid race performances in outdoorseason ... Ninth in 5000m at A-Sun Outdoor Championships ... 12th in 3000m atVanderbilt Invitational ... 13th in 3000m at Boston Moon Classic ... Two raceappearances in indoor season ... Ninth in Mile Run at MTSU Invitational ... 14thin 3000m at A-Sun Indoor Championships.

Prior to Belmont: Attended Father Ryan High School in Nashville ... First TeamAll-State, First Team All-Metro and team captain for distict and region teamchampions ... Lead runner ... Set school record in 4x1600m at Doug Hall Relays... Honor Roll and Perfect Attendance student.

Personal: Born November 2, 1988 in Nashville, Tenn. ... Daughter of Jay andSuzanne Bingham ... Has one brother, Corey ... Majoring in Business ... Highschool teammates Laura Stewart and Andrea Kalmanek also running collegiate-ly ... Cites winning region championship as biggest sports thrill.

CROSS COUNTRY2009: Academic All-Conference ... Ran in three races ... 31st at EvansvilleInvitational (5K) ... 44th at Atlantic Sun Championships (5K) in season-best timeof 19:42 ... 93rd at NCAA South Regional Qualifier (6K) hosted by Univ. ofAlabama.

2008: A-Sun Freshman of the Year ... All-Conference Second Team ... AcademicAll-Conference ... Participated in all six races ... Big piece of the Bruins confer-ence title after running a 5K personal-record of 18:26.44 at the A-SunChampionships (11/1) for 8th place ... Placed 32nd out of 188 participants atEvansville Invitational (10/18) with time of 18:53.23.

2007: Academic All-Conference ... Made one race appearance as freshman,81st in collegiate debut at Belmont Opener.

TRACK AND FIELD2009-10: Academic All-Conference ... Competed in four outdoor meets ... Eighthin Mile Run at Blue Raider Invitational ... 10th in 3000m at MT ValentineInvitational ... 17th in 800m at Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships ... Also ran inDistance Medley and 4x400m relay ... 29th in Mile Run at Indiana Relays in sea-son-best time of 5:29 ... Competed in two outdoor meets ... Third in 2000mSteeplechase at Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational ... 13th in 1500m at APSUSpring Fling.

2008-09: Academic All-Conference ... Competed in four indoor meets ... Finishedfifth in the Mile (5:35.88) at the Blue Raider Invitational ... At Atlantic Sun IndoorChampionships, took 10th in 800m with season-best time of 2:24.74 ... HelpedBelmont to a silver (12:18.12)in Distance Medley at same meet ... Competed intwo outdoor meets ... Took eighth in the 1500m at the APSU Spring Fling with atime of 4:52.55 ... Finished seventh in the 3000m Steeplechase (11:39.43) at theRaleigh Relays.

2007-08: Academic All-Conference ... 12th in 800m at A-Sun OutdoorChampionships ... Did not start in the indoor season.

Prior to Belmont: Prepped at David Lipscomb High School ... Tabbed FemaleAthlete of the Year in 2007 ... Named Runner of the Year in 2003 and 2004 ...Named cross country team's MVP all four years ... Named to All-Metro and AllMid-State cross country teams five times (2002-2006) ... Helped DLHS crosscountry team to state championship title three years in a row (2002-04) ...Tabbed Most Valuable Distance Runner five consecutive years (2003-07) ...Three-time Region Individual champion ... Three event (3,200m, 1,600m, 800m)state qualifier in 2005 and 2007 ... Was state champion in 1,600m in 2005 ...Freshman city champion in the one and two mile events (2004) ... Participatedin Music City Track USATF Junior Olympics in 2004 and 2005.

Personal: Has an older sister, Alysse, and an twin sister, Erin ... Daughter ofGreg and Stephanie Sephel ... Born on February 3, 1989 in Nashville, Tenn. ...Majoring in Spanish.


Juniors

EERRIINN MM AANNKKIINN

RS JUNIOR - 2LNASHVILLE, TENN.FATHER RYAN HS

PERSONAL RECORDS4K: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17:355K: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19:53 .6K: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24:01

KKAARRAA SSEEPPHHEELLRS JUNIOR - 2LNASHVILLE, TENN.DAVID LIPSCOMB HS

PERSONAL RECORDS4K: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15:525K: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18:266K: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23:07


CROSS COUNTRY2009: Academic All-Conference ... Participated in four of six races ... 67th atEvansville Invitational (5K) ... 70th at Belmont Opener (4K) ... 93rd at CrimsonClassic (5K) ... Also ran Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic (5K).

2008: Atlantic Sun All-Freshman team ... Academic All-Conference ...Participated in all six races ... Ran season-best time of 18:55.33 at the AtlanticSun Championships (11/1) to finish 19th ... 6K time of 24:39.70 at NCAA SouthRegional (11/15).

TRACK AND FIELD2009-10: Academic All-Conference ... Competed in four indoor meets ... 12th in800m at Blue Raider Invitational ... 20th in 3000m at MT Valentine Invitational inseason-best time of 10:59.83 ... 23rd in 3000m at Atlantic Sun IndoorChampionships ... 23rd in 3000m at Indiana Relays ... Competed in four outdoormeets ... 7th in 3000m at Vanderbilt Invitational in season-best time of 10:52.05... 13th in 1500m at Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational ... 17th in 5000m atAtlantic Sun Outdoor Championships ... DNF in 1500m at APSU Spring Fling

2008-09: Academic All-Conference ... Competed in three indoor meets...Finished fourth in the Mile at Blue Raider Invitational with season-best 5:26.10... Took sixth in the Mile at the MTSU Christmas Invitational ... At Indiana Relayscompeted in 800m ... Competed in two outdoor meets ... Notched season-besttime of 4:56.92 in 1500m at Raleigh Relays ... Also ran at APSU Spring Fling.

Prior to Belmont: Standout performer at Mishawaka High for coach ChrisKowaleski ... Three-time First Team All-Conference N.I.C. ... Indiana StateQualifier in cross country ... Also State Qualifier in outdoor track events, 3200mand 4 x 800m relay ... Two-time conference champion in 3200m ... Part of highschool record-setting 4 x 800m relay team ... Earned Frank M. Steele MentalAttitude Award.

Personal: Exercise Science major ... Three siblings; Mary Beth, Christopher,and Ryan ... Daughter of Thomas and Christine Eberhardt ... Born March 16,1990 in South Bend, Ind.

CROSS COUNTRY2009: Academic All-Conference ... Ran in four of six meets ... Emerged as team'sNo. 2 runner behind Atlantic Sun Individual Champion and All-South Region per-former, Brittany Thune ... Two Top 15 and three Top 50 finishes ... 12th atBelmont Opener (4K) in time of 14:49.12 ... 15th at Atlantic Sun Championships(5K) in time of 18:38, missed Second Team All-Conference by three seconds ...42nd at Greater Louisville Cross Country Classic (5K) in season-best time of18:25.26 ... 76th at NCAA South Regional Qualifier (6K) at the Univ. of Alabama.

2008: Did not compete with the cross country squad.

TRACK AND FIELD2009-10: Academic All-Conference ... Competed in four indoor meets ... Secondin 3000m at Blue Raider Invitational in time of 10:28 ... Third in Mile Run and 11thin 800m at MT Valentine Invitational ... Sixth in 3000m in season-best time of10:17, seventh in Mile Run and eighth in 5000m at Atlantic Sun IndoorChampionships ... 14th in Mile Run at Indiana Relays in time of 5:12 ...Competed in four outdoor meets ... Won 1500m at APSU Spring Fling ... Secondin 5000m at Vanderbilt Invitational in time of 17:38.42 ... Seventh in 10,000m atRaleigh Relays ... DNF at Atlantic Sun Outdoor Championships.

2008-09: Competed in three indoor meets ... Won her section of the 800m at theBlue Raider Invitational with a time of 2:30.34 ... Finished eighth (5:15.25) in Mileat Indiana Relays ... Took 11th in 3000m at Atlantic Sun Indoor Championshipswith a time of 10:46.17 ... Competed in six outdoor meets, with five top-10 finish-es... Won the 3000m (10:21.93) at the APSU Spring Fling to open the season ...Took third in her section ofthe 5000m (18:18.08) at the Raleigh Relays ...Finished third in the1500m at the Hilltopper Invitational with a time of 4:54.63 ...Second-best Belmont finisher (21st) in the 5000m at the Jesse Owens TrackClassic.

Prior to Belmont: Two-time Regional Qualifier in the 4x400 ... Helped PlanoWest team to appearances at District and Regional Championships and twofourth-place finishes at 5A State.

Personal: Born on February 11, 1989 in Plano, Texas ... Daughter of Steve andSheryl Standifer ... Majoring in Entrepreneurship.

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Juniors

KKAATTEELLYYNNEEBBEERRHHAARRDDTTJUNIOR - 2LMISHAWAKA, IND.MISHAWAKA HS


CCAAIITTLLIINN SSTTAANNDDIIFFEERRJUNIOR - 1LPLANO, TEXASPLANO WEST HS



CROSS COUNTRY2009: Academic All-Conference ... Participated in all six races ... Two Top 25 fin-ishes ... 14th at Evansville Invitational (5K) ... 25th at Atlantic SunChampionships (5K) in season-best time of 18:57 ... 50th in Crimson Classic(5K) in time of 19:50 ... 51st at Belmont Opener (4K) ... 99th at NCAA SouthRegional Qualifier (6K) at the Univ. of Alabama ... Ran Greater Louisville CrossCountry Classic (5K) in time of 19:32.36.

2008: Academic All-Conference ... Participated in just one race due to injury ...Recorded a 4K time of 16:03.50 at Belmont Opener (9/5).

TRACK AND FIELD2009-10: Academic All-Conference ... Participated in four indoor meets ... Sixthin 3000m at Blue Raider Invitational in time of 11:03 ... Eighth in Mile Run atAtlantic Sun Indoor Championships in season-best time of 5:20.42 ... 17th in MileRun at MT Valentine Invitational ... 25th in Mile Run at Indiana Relays ...Participated in one outdoor meet ... 11th in 1500m at Vanderbilt Black and GoldInvitational in time of 5:02.29.

Prior to Belmont: A highly-decorated runner from Hoover High program forcoach Devon Hind ... Four-time Alabama All-State in Cross Country ... Four-timeAll-Metro ... 2006 All-South selection ... Member of 2006 Alabama 6A HighSchool State Champions in Indoor Track ... Also three-time State Runner-up inCross Country ... Two-time State Runner-up in Indoor Track and 2005 StateRunner-up in Outdoor Track ... Holds school record in Indoor 800m at 2:22.20 ...Also part of school record relay teams in Indoor 4 x 800, Outdoor 4 x 1600m, andOutdoor Distance Medley ... Four-time letterwinner.

Personal: Born June 13, 1990 in Staten Island, New York ... Daughter of Kenand Teresa Muldowney ... Runs with twin sister, Nicole, at Belmont and hasanother sister, Michelle ... Hopes to major in Pharmacy or Physical Therapy ...Eight high school teammates running collegiately.

CROSS COUNTRY2009: Academic All-Conference ... Redshirt

2008: A-Sun All-Freshman team ... All-Conference Second Team ... AcademicAll-Conference ... Participated in all six races as a freshman ... Recorded 5K per-sonal-record of 18:37.25 to place 13th at the A-Sun Championships (11/1) ...Finished 76th out of 156 runners at NCAA South Regional (11/15) with a 6K timeof 23:15.53 ... Ran 19:05.11 at the Evansville Invitational to finish 42nd.

TRACK AND FIELD2009-10: Academic All-Conference ... Competed in four indoor meets ... Fifth inMile Run at Blue Raider Invitational in time of 5:21 ... 18th in 3000m at IndianaRelays ... 12th im Mile Run and 19th in 800m at MT Valentine Invitational ... 16thin 800m at Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships ... Competed in four outdoormeets ... Fourth in 3000m at Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational in time of10:28.20... Sixth in 5000m at Atlantic Sun Outdoor Championships in time of17:54 ... Eighth in 5000m at Vanderbilt Invitational ... 11th in 1500m at APSUSpring Fling.

2008-09: Academic All-Conference ... Competed in four indoor meets ... Wonfirst collegiate race at Blue Raider Invitational in Mile, taking first of nine run-ners... Took 11th in the Mile at Indiana Relays ... Ran career-best 5:15.96 in theMile at the Atlantic Sun Championship ... Competed in five outdoor meets ... Bestfinish was sixth (4:48.13) in the 1500m at the APSU Spring Fling ... Finished 26that Jesse Owens Track Classic in 5000m with time of 18:07.27 ... Finished ninthat Atlantic Sun Outdoor Championships in 5000m.

Prior to Belmont: A highly-decorated runner from Hoover High program forcoach Devon Hind ... Four-time Alabama All-State honoree ... Two-time All-SouthTeam honoree ... Four-time All-Metro Team ... Hoover Top Runner Award 2004-2007 ... Four-time letterwinner ... Member of 2006 Alabama 6A Indoor TrackState Champions .. Three-time State Runner-up in Cross Country ... Two-timeState Runner-up in Indoor Track ... 2005 State Runner-up in Outdoor track ...Holds numerous Hoover High school records; 1600m indoor, 3200m Indoor,1600 Outdoor, 3200m Outdoor, 4 x 800 Indoor relay, 4 x 1600m Outdoor relayand Outdoor Distance Medley relay ... Four-time letterwinner.

Personal: Born June 13, 1990 in Staten Island, New York ... Daughter of Kenand Teresa Muldowney ... Runs with twin sister, Kimberly, at Belmont and hasanother sister, Michelle ... Hopes to major in Pharmacy or Physical Therapy ...Eight high school teammates running collegiately.


Sophomores

KKIIMM MM UULLDDOOWWNNEEYY

RS SOPHOMORE - 1LHOOVER, ALA.HOOVER HS


NNIICCOOLLEE MM UULLDDOOWWNNEEYY

RS SOPHOMORE - 1LHOOVER, ALA.HOOVER HS



CROSS COUNTRY2009: Academic All-Conference ... Redshirt.

2008: Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team ... Academic All-Conference ...Participated in all six races ... Placed 18th at the A-Sun Championships (11/1)with a 5K personal-record of 18:54.28 ... Recorded a 6K time of 23:34.87 atNCAA South Regional (11/15) as the third-highest placed Bruin ... Finished 44thout of 188 runners at the Evansville Invitational (10/18) with time of 19:06.12.

TRACK AND FIELD2009-10: Competed in four indoor meets ... Seventh in 800m at Blue RaiderInvitational ... Ninth in 3000m at Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships in season-best time of 10:27.84 ... 13th in 3000m at Indiana Relays in time of 10:37.04 ...15th in Mile Run at MT Valentine Invitational.

2008-09: Academic All-Conference ... Competed in four indoor meets ...Finished 29th at Indiana Relays in the 800m with a season-best time of 2:28.44...Took 13th in 3000m (10:59.30) at Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships ...Competed in five outdoor meets ... Top Belmont finisher, eighth,at APSU SpringFling in 800m with time of 2:31.05 ... Took 29th of 79 runners in her section of1500m at Raleigh Relays ... Finished ninth at Hilltopper Invitational in 1500m ...Raced at Jesse Owens Track Classic, competing in 1500m.

Prior to Belmont: Decorated product of tradition-rich Bowling Green HS pro-gram for coach Brian Tucker ... Four-time Ohio State Cross ChampionshipsQualifier ... Member of two Ohio State Cross Country Team Championships atBGHS ... Personal-best time of 18:44 in the 5K senior year ... Attended NikeTeam Nationals.

Personal: Born March 8, 1990 in State College, Pa. ... Sister, Christy, is a run-ner at Boston College ... Has two other siblings, Ben and Kelly ... Daughter ofPhil and Jeanne Titus.

CROSS COUNTRY2009: Academic All-Conference ... Ran in all six meets ... Three Top 40 and fourTop 50 finishes ... 13th out of 113 at Evansville Invitational (5K) ... 35th out of 116and team high finisher at Crimson Classic (5K) ... 40th at Atlantic SunChampionships (5K) ... 43rd at Belmont Opener (4K) ... 98th out of 291 atGreater Louisville Cross Country Classic (5K) in season-best time of 19:09.96 ...Ran at NCAA South Regional Qualifier at Univ. of Alabama (6K).

TRACK AND FIELD2009: Academic All-Conference ... Competed in three indoor meets ... Ninth inMile Run at Blue Raider Invitational ... 14th in 3000m at MT Valentine Invitational... 31st in Mile Run at Indiana Relays ... Competed in four outdoor meets ...Seventh in 3000m at Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational in season-best timeof 10:42.54... Eighth in 1500m at APSU Spring Fling ... Eighth in 5000m atAtlantic Sun Outdoor Championships ... 12th in 5000m at Vanderbilt Invitational.

Prior to Belmont: Led Brentwood Academy to a second-place team finish in the2008 Cross Country State Championship ... A four-time All Mid-State selection ...Earned All-State track honors in 2009 ... Cross country team captain junior andsenior years ... Qualified for the cross country state meet all four years ...Finished second at the state cross country meet as a senior ... Coached byCathy Cheeseman.

Personal: Courtney Mae Bishop ... Born May 20, 1990 in Pensacola, Fla. ...Parents are Robert and Annette Bishop ... Mother graduated from Belmont in1982 ... Father is a family practice M.D. ... Uncle, Rob Parrish, also graduatedfrom Belmont ... Has an older sister, Brooke, and a younger sister, Grace ...Spanish major.

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Sophomores

SSHHAANNNNOONN TTIITTUUSSRS SOPHOMORE - 1LBOWLING GREEN, OHIOBOWLING GREEN HS


CCOO UU RRTTNNEEYY BBIISSHHOOPPSOPHOMORE - 1LBRENTWOOD, TENN.BRENTWOOD ACADEMY




Sophomores

CROSS COUNTRY2009: Academic All-Conference ... Ran in one meet ... 78th at Belmont Opener(4K).

TRACK AND FIELD2009-10: Academic All-Conference ... Competed in four indoor meets ... Sixth in800m at MT Valentine Invitational in season-best time of 2:23.87 ... Seventh in600m at Indiana Relays ...Ninth in 800m at Blue Raider Invitational ... Fifth in dis-tance medley, sixth in 4x400 relayand 18th in 800m at Atlantic Sun IndoorChampionships ... Competed in three outdoor meets ... Fourth in 400m atVanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational ... Seventh in 800m and APSU SpringFling ... 11th in 800m at Vanderbilt Invitational in season-best time of 2:21.40 ...Also 18th in 1500m.

Prior to Belmont: Prepped at Brentwood Academy under head coach CathyCheeseman ... Qualified for state all four years ... Great 8 Conference Championas a junior in the 800m race ... Lists greatest sports thrill as advancing fromfourth- to first-place in the last leg of the distance medley relay at the Doug HallRelays during senior year ... All Mid-State selection.

Personal: Fallon Elizabeth Dickens ... Born June 8, 1991 in Pasadena, Calif. ...Parents Matthew Dickens and Alisa Gyse both work in the music industry.

CROSS COUNTY2009: Academic All-Conference ... Ran in four of six meets ... 37th out of 113 atEvansville Invitational (5K) ... 60th at Belmont Opener (4K) ... 61st out of 116 atCrimson Classic (5K) in season-best time of 20:13.10 ... Ran Greater LouisvilleCross Country Classic (5K).

TRACK AND FIELD2009-10: Academic All-Conference ...Competed in four indoormeets ... 10th inMile Run at Atlantic Sun Indoor Championships in season-best time of 5:26.24... 13th in 800m at Blue Raider Invitational ... 19th in Mile Run at MT ValentineInvitational ... 28th in Mile Run at Indiana Relays ... Competed in three outdoormeets ... Fifth in 3000m at Vanderbilt Invitational ... Ninth in 1500m at VanderbiltBlack and Gold Invitational in time of 4:57.15 ... 10th in 1500m at APSU SpringFling.

Prior to Belmont: Prepped at Chattanooga Christian School under head coachMike Fingerle ... Graduated from CCS holding three records in cross country andtrack ... 5K record of 18:47 ... 3200m record of 11:18 ... 1600m record of 5:14 ...Named cross country team MVP all four years and track MVP two years ...Three-time All-State selection ... A three-time TSSAA Class A-AA StateChampion ... Captured first cross country state title as a sophomore with a 5Ktime of 19:31 ... Repeated as a junior with a time of 18:59 ... Also won the 1600mstate championship on the track as a junior with a time of 5:14.

Personal: Jessica Rheay Duble ... Born June 30, 1991 in Chattanooga, Tenn. ...Parents are Greg and Debbie Duble ... Chattanooga Christian School valedicto-rian for the Class of 2009 with a 4.22 GPA ... National Merit Scholar Finalist ...Malone Scholar ... Has two younger siblings, Ryan and Rebecca ... Undecidedon a major at Belmont.

FFAALLLLOONN DDIICCKKEENNSS

SOPHOMORE - 1LARRINGTON, TENN.BRENTWOOD ACADEMY

PERSONAL RECORDS4K: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18:025K: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N/A .6K: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N/A

JJEESSSSIICCAA DDUUBBLLEE

SOPHOMORE - 1LLOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, GA.CHATTANOOGA CHRISTIAN

PERSONAL RECORDS4K: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16:435K: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20:12 .6K: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .N/A

Belmont University sits on 75 historic acres twomiles southwest of downtown Nashville, Tenn., athriving metropolis known worldwide as MusicCity USA. In the mid-1800s, the land the univer-sity now occupies was known as the Belle Monteestate, the Victorian home of one of Tennessee’swealthiest couples, Joseph and Adelicia Acklen.Their antebellum mansion remains today,flanked by university buildings separated in ageby more than a century.

The first educational institution on the estatewas the original Belmont College (1890-1913),offering elementary school through junior col-lege education to young ladies. The schoolmerged with Ward Seminary to become theprestigious Ward-Belmont School for Women(1913-1951), and in 1951, with the support ofthe Tennessee Baptist Convention, theschool became the coed Belmont College.Since becoming Belmont University in 1991,Belmont has grown not only in size but inquality. The mansions, gardens and statuesof Belmont's historic past now sit side-by-side with state-of-the-art facilities equippedwith the best technology and teachers totrain today's students with the right tools forreal world success.

Belmont University is among the fastestgrowing Christian universities in the nationwith 5,400 students hailing from everystate and 29 countries. Since 2000, enroll-ment has risen from just under 3,000 to5,424 students for the 2009-10 schoolyear, marking an increase of 80 percent.As enrollment steadily increases, sodoes the quality and diversity of eachnew class. Incoming 2009-10 freshmenrepresented 45 states and eight foreigncountries and scored an average of 26on the ACT.

AcademicsIntent on being a leader among teach-ing universities, Belmont brings togeth-er the best of liberal arts and profes-sional education in a Christian commu-nity of learning and service. Belmontwas ranked seventh on the U.S. News& World Report listing of "BestUniversities" in the South in the mas-ter's category for the 2010 edition ofAmerica's Best Colleges, makingBelmont the highest ranked universi-ty in Tennessee in this category. Inaddition, Belmont was named amost cited "School to Watch," a highhonor that indicates the strength ofthe university's reputation and inno-vations.

Both Rolling Stone and Time magazines have hailedBelmont's Mike Curb College of Entertainment & MusicBusiness as one of the best music business programs in thecountry. The Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Businesshas been named the best MBA program in the region, whileBelmont’s business administration and accounting programshave been accredited by AACSB International, the premieraccrediting agency in that arena. Moreover, for the secondyear in a row, Belmont University's undergraduate School ofBusiness achieved a Top 100 national ranking inBusinessWeek's annual report on the "The Best UndergradB-Schools" in the U.S. In 2008, Belmont's Entrepreneurshipmajor was even named National Model UndergraduateProgram of the Year by the United States Association of SmallBusiness and Entrepreneurship.

Located in the heart of Music City USA (Nashville, Tenn.), oneof Belmont’s consistent success stories is its world-renownedmusic and music business programs. Several big names inthe music industry started their careers at Belmont including“American Idol” finalist Melinda Doolittle, Christian recordingartists Ginny Owens and Steven Curtis Chapman, and coun-try stars Trisha Yearwood, Lee Ann Womack, Brad Paisleyand Josh Turner. The annual “Christmas at Belmont” concertshowcases performing ensembles from many different gen-res and has been broadcast nationwide on PBS five years ina row. The University recently added a songwriting major toits offerings, one of only a few such programs in the country.

Students who have passions outside of the music industryalso have a home at Belmont. From international businessand accounting to education, sport administration, nursing,journalism and the humanities, Belmont provides avenues oflearning for almost any interest. Recent program additionsinclude interdisciplinary studies in Social Entrepreneurshipand Asian Studies as well as a doctoral degree in Pharmacy,a program that is already gaining acclaim for its four-pillaredapproach to educating pharmacists for an ever-evolvinghealth care environment. Belmont's also received attentionfor its innovative, year-long programming around the univer-sity's hosting of the 2008 Town Hall Presidential Debate. Avariety of speaker series, visual and performing arts pro-grams, and special events occurred on campus, all aroundthe central theme "The Art of Being Free."

Belmont faculty members display a consistent commitment toexcellence as well. Multiple professors have been awardedFulbright awards, including a nursing professor who'll spend2009-10 in Uganda as a guest lecturer while conductingresearch on how standards of nursing are adapted to austereconditions. Also, four Belmont professors from four differentschools--Finance, Psychology, Spanish and Philosophy--have been chosen as Tennessee Professor of the Year byCASE/Carnegie Foundation since 2000.

Belmont's boundaries extend beyond the Nashville campusthrough its Cool Springs campus and organized programssuch as the Washington Center program and music business'Belmont West in Los Angeles and Belmont East in New YorkCity. Study-abroad programs place students in China, CostaRica, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, SouthAfrica and Spain, among other foreign nations. Also, Belmont

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Belmont Universityserves as a regional site for the East-West Center for the Development of AsianStudies and is the host institution for the Cooperative Center for Study Abroad, ahigher education consortium of 24 colleges and universities.

Campus GrowthAs Belmont’s academic program offerings grow, so too does the physical cam-pus. Recent additions include the 2003 opening of a $52 million entertainmentand student life complex which houses the Curb Event Center arena, the BeamanStudent Life Center and the Maddox Grand Atrium. In 2005, Belmont opened thefirst university-based electronic financial trading center, which includes a digitalstock ticker, data wall, TV monitors and workstations.

The Gordon E. Inman Center opened in 2006, providing a state-of-the-art $22.5million facility that houses Belmont’s nursing, social work, occupational therapyand physical therapy programs and also serves as the temporary home of theSchool of Pharmacy. The School of Nursing was recognized by Laerdal MedicalCorporation as a Center of Educational Excellence in part due to the advancedtraining the school’s multiple simulation models offer to its students. In fall 2010,the university will open a second Health Sciences building adjacent to the first.The $30 million structure will be a model, 21st century academic facility, provid-ing a venue where students and faculty resources can intersect to help meet theneeds of the community and the world. The 90,000-square-foot building willemphasize integrated, "hands-on" experiential learning components throughmedical simulation spaces and a licensed, state-of-the-art pharmacy.

Belmont's intimate theater complex opened in 2007, featuring the 350-seat Billand Carole Troutt proscenium theater, a Black Box theater and scene shop. Thecomplex now plays host to numerous student productions as well as collabora-tive efforts with local professional ensembles, including the Nashville Children’sTheatre, Actors Bridge Ensemble, Nashville Shakespeare Festival and theNashville Ballet. In 2008, the university opened Maple Hall, a residence facility toaccommodate 190 freshmen students. Currently under construction next door toMaple is a new 103,000 square foot residence hall that will provide housing foran additional 400 freshmen in fall 2010, creating a unique living-learning commu-nity for first-year students in the heart of campus.

AthleticsIn addition to celebrating academic excellence and phenomenal growth, Belmontboasts 17 intercollegiate sports teams. The Belmont Bruins have won 28 confer-ence championships since joining the Atlantic Sun Conference in the fall of 2001,including regular season conference championships in women’s soccer andmen’s basketball in 2009-10. In fact, Belmont men’s basketball ranks among thenation’s leaders with a total of six conference championships (three regular sea-son, three tournament) since 2006. Belmont cross country has won a staggering13 conference titles (seven women, six men) and annually ranks among the topprograms in the USTFCCCA South Region poll. Facility upgrades such as theCurb Event Center and E.S Rose Park also give the Bruins an edge.

Belmont student-athletes excel in the classroom, too, with former Bruin runnerBrittany Thune becoming the latest in a long line of Academic All-Americans.Belmont has owned a stranglehold on the Atlantic Sun All-Academic Trophy, win-ning the honor seven times in nine years, most recently in 2009. It includes sixstraight years from 2002-07. The award is given annually to the conferenceschool with the greatest percentage of student-athletes who earned a GPA of 3.0or higher.

A Christian Community of Learning and ServiceIn 2007, the university’s formal relationship with the Tennessee BaptistConvention ended. In recent years, Belmont broadened its mission and can nowinclude on its Board of Trustees members of all Christian denominations. In addi-tion, Belmont joined the Lilly Fellows Program’s National Network of Church-Related Colleges and Universities, a collective that also includes Baylor

University, Boston College, Villanova and Notre Dame, among others.

Belmont is a student-focused, Christian community of learning and service wherestudents hear from their first visit to campus until the day they graduate that theyare created for a purpose in life. The Belmont faculty and staff dedicate them-selves to preparing and empowering students to find their passion and use it tochange the world. The university seeks to show every student how the love ofChrist can compel them to lead lives of disciplined intelligence, compassion,courage and faith.

In fact, Belmont students, faculty and staff are consistently challenged to look atthe hardest circumstances and ask, “What can we do?” Students are encouragedto engage and transform the world, locally and globally, by participation in disas-ter relief trips to everywhere from the tsunami-stricken areas of Southeast Asia tothe Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina. Students serve locally at various relief andcommunity organizations in Nashville throughout the year, and student-athletestake part annually in sports evangelism mission trips to South Africa, Ukraine andBrazil. Others have taken advantage of what they’re learning at Belmont, incor-porating their major studies into various service projects around the world, includ-ing working with orphans in India and assisting with physical therapy needs inGuatemala.

With more than 75 areas of study, 20 master’s programs and three doctoraldegrees, there is no limit to the ways Belmont University can expand an individ-ual's horizon.

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University PresidentTHIS IS BELMONT

ENROLLMENT GAINSUNDER FISHER

Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Enrollment (gain)2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2,9762001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,129 (153)2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,344 (215)2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,629 (285)2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,959 (330)2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,319 (360)2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,484 (165)2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4,765 (281)2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,017 (252)2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5,445 (438)

Enrollment is up 83 percent since Fall2000. The overwhelming progress is “thelatest validation that Belmont Universityhas the right vision for its future," said Dr.Robert Fisher, president of the university."Belmont University is on a roll. The abili-ties of our incoming freshmen and ourrapidly rising enrollment show we are onthe right track."

MISSION STATEMENTBelmont University is a student-centeredChristian community providing an aca-demically challenging education thatempowers men and women of diversebackgrounds to engage and transformthe world with disciplined intelligence,compassion, courage and faith.

VALUES OF BELMONTIntegrityInquiryCollaborationServiceHumility

DR. ROBERT FISHERBelmont University President | 2008 Tennessean of the Year

Dr. Robert (Bob) Fisher serves as President of BelmontUniversity, a position he has held since April 2000.During his tenure the University's enrollment has risenby 81 percent while the campus itself has expanded sig-nificantly with the additions of the Curb Event Center andBeaman Student Life Center, the Gordon E. InmanCenter, the Troutt Theater complex, McWhorter Hall andseveral new residence halls and parking garages. Underhis leadership Belmont University also broke into the Top5 for the first time in the Best Regional UniversitiesSouth category in U.S. News & World Report's analysisof America's Best Colleges. Soaring to No. 5 in the 2011edition, Belmont was also honored for the third year in arow as one of the top schools nationwide for "leading thepack in improvements and innovative changes."

Academically, the university has added numerous newinterdisciplinary programs in the past decade, includingSocial Entrepreneurship, New Century Journalism,Pharmacy and, most recently, the Belmont College ofLaw which will welcome its first class in 2012. In addi-tion, Fisher worked to secure Belmont as the host site forthe 2008 Town Hall Presidential Debate, a historic eventbroadcast worldwide that also led to Fisher's selectionas 2008 Tennessean of the Year and 2010 Nashvillian ofthe Year.

But Dr. Fisher's greatest sense of accomplishmentcomes not from new campus structures, strongerendowments or an ever-increasing student population.Rather, he measures achievement through witnessingeducation's impact on each individual student. "The stu-dent is the focus of all our efforts here at Belmont,"Fisher said, "and our top priority is meeting the needs ofthose students. My life's mission is to help create expe-riences that transform people, especially students, inways that enable them to become all they were createdto be."

Prior to his appointment at Belmont, Fisher was vicepresident for academic affairs at Arkansas StateUniversity for four years and was dean of the School ofBusiness at Henderson State University, his alma mater,for 10 years. Fisher earned a B.S.B.A. from HendersonState, an M.B.A. from the University of Memphis and aPh.D. from the University of Arkansas.

In addition to his success as both faculty member andhigher education administrator, Fisher is also an accom-plished author with his most recent work, Life Is a Gift:Inspiration from the Soon Departed, released in 2008.Co-authored with his wife Judy, Life Is a Gift features a

collection of lessons learned from interviews with 104terminally ill patients of Alive Hospice in Nashville. Dr.Fisher previously co-authored Real Dream Teams:Seven Practices Used by World-Class Team Leaders toAchieve Extraordinary Results, published by St. LuciePress, with Belmont's Vice President of UniversityAdvancement Dr. Bo Thomas.

Expressing knowledge gained from his businessdegrees and management positions, Dr. Fisher has pub-lished numerous articles on management and leader-ship and has consulted with a wide variety of organiza-tions on human resource and strategic planning issues,including Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Alltel, Arkla Gasand the U.S. Department of Transportation, among oth-ers. In 1992, Fisher served in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,as a Fulbright Scholar, conducting research and consult-ing with the National Institute of Public Administration.He also provided a keynote address at the ArabianSociety for Human Resource Management Conferencein Bahrain in 1998.

Active in his community, Fisher has served in numerousvolunteer roles with such organizations as AlignmentNashville, the Nashville Alliance for Public Educationand the PENCIL Foundation, all of which supportNashville's public schools. He also is a past chair of theGreater Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. He is anactive member of the Rotary Club of Nashville, partici-pates in Nashville's Agenda and is a 2001 graduate ofLeadership Nashville. He also serves as a member ofthe Board of Directors for the Southern FinancialPartners, a division of Southern Bancorp, Inc., and is adirector for Fifth Third Bank, Tennessee Division. In addi-tion, he is or has been a member of the Board ofDirectors for the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville,the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Boy Scouts ofMiddle Tennessee, the Nashville Symphony, the YMCAof Middle Tennessee, Music City Coalition, TICUA,Cumberland Region Tomorrow and the NCAA Division IBoard of Directors and Executive Committee.

Married for 40 years, Dr. Fisher and his wife Judy sharein their commitment to Belmont University, where Mrs.Fisher provides support through her role as campus-wide coordinator of interior construction and exteriorlandscaping/lighting. The Fishers are the proud parentsof three grown children and have two wonderful sons-in-law, one wonderful daughter-in-law and six perfectgrandsons.

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Director of AthleticsTHIS IS BELMONT

Now entering his 15th year as Director of Athletics, MikeStrickland has led Belmont's Department of Athleticsthrough its infancy stages as a new NCAA Division I pro-gram to become one that sees annual success on thefield and in the classroom. During his tenure at Belmont,the program has expanded the number of teams it fields,joined the Atlantic Sun Conference, enhanced its facili-ties, and established a reputation producing winningteams and distinguished student-athletes.

Since arriving in Nashville in 1996, Strickland has over-seen the inception of six new sports at Belmont:women's soccer, women's golf and men's and women'sindoor and outdoor track and field. In addition, theUniversity has built the Frances Bond Davis TennisCourts and the Whitten Soccer Complex, as well themost recent partnership with Metro Parks for athleticfields at Rose Park. This exciting new venture will houseBelmont baseball, softball, soccer, and track & field.

Two of the most important achievements of his tenure atBelmont are the acceptance of Belmont into the AtlanticSun Conference and the opening of the Curb EventCenter.

During his tenure, Strickland has overseen a programexpansion from 11 to 17 teams of competition, spear-headed membership into the Atlantic Sun Conference,spurred athletic facility enhancement and forged a repu-tation of producing winning teams and distinguished stu-dent-athletes.

In 2008, Belmont became the first school in Atlantic SunConference history to represent the league in three con-secutive NCAA Men's Basketball Championships.Adding conference championships in women's soccerand men’s basketball during the past academic year,Belmont Athletics has won a staggering 28 Atlantic SunConference Championships since becoming a memberinstitution in 2001-02.

In addition, the school has hosted nine conferencechampionships over the past five years, most recentlythe 2006 A-Sun Volleyball Championship. Strickland hastaken a leadership role in the A-Sun serving as chairmanof the tournament committee and presently serves as amember of the conference's membership committee.

In addition to the program's success on the field, histenure has seen the building of the exquisite Curb EventCenter. The $52 million facility, which opened in the fallof 2003, has become the centerpiece of the athleticsprogram. The complex houses a new 5,000-seat arenafor basketball and volleyball, locker rooms for all sports,a training facility and weight room, as well as administra-tive offices for the Athletic Department.

Off the field, the athletic department has made academ-ic achievement the cornerstone of its definition of suc-cess. Belmont has won the Atlantic Sun AcademicTrophy seven of the past nine years. The Bruins boast-ed over 70 percent of their student athletes with a grade-point average of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale during thepast academic year. Belmont is the only school to winthe trophy five straight times (2002-2006). Also of signif-icance, Belmont has earned distinction from the NCAA ineach of their Academic Progress Rate (APR) reports.

Strickland brings varied years of experience to the pro-gram, including nine years as athletics director at MurrayState University prior to coming to Belmont. While atMurray State, Strickland served on numerous OhioValley Conference committees as well as serving on theNCAA I-AA football advisory committee and the NCAArifle committee. Prior to serving at Murray State,Strickland was an Associate Athletics Director at WichitaState University from 1983-87, where he was responsi-ble for all business operations for the department.

Strickland earned his bachelor's degree in political sci-ence from Georgia Southern University and a master'sdegree in public administration from the University ofGeorgia.

In June of 2009, Strickland received the Under ArmourNational Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics(NACDA) Division I Southeast Region A.D. of the YearAward. Strickland was honored at the annual NACDAconvention in Orlando, Fla.

Strickland is married to the former Martha Thomas, anEnglish instructor at Nashville State Community College.The couple has two children: Leanna Elizabeth, a grad-uate student at the University of Tennessee, and SaraGrace, a Belmont University graduate who is married toJared Vaughn. In his leisure time, Mike enjoys travel,history, and spending time with his family, especiallygrandson Jacob.

ABOUT MR. STRICKLANDBIRTHDATEJune 4

HOMETOWNAtlanta, Ga.

EDUCATIONGeorgia Southern

B.S. Political ScienceUniversity of Georgia

M.A. Public Administration

EXPERIENCEBelmont, Director of Athletics

1996-presentMurray State, Athletics Director

1987-96Wichita State, Associate AD

1983-87

PERSONALWife: MarthaDaughters: Leanna, Sara (Vaughn)

MMIKE SSTRICKLANDDirector of Athletics | 15th Year at Belmont


Senior Woman Administrator / AdministrationTHIS IS BELMONT

Administrative Staff

For five decades, Betty Wiseman has been an active figure at Belmont University. As a student, coach, and pro-fessor, Wiseman has been a great ambassador for the University and the Department of Athletics.

As Assistant Athletic Director/Senior Woman Administrator, Wiseman advises the athletic department on the sta-tus of women's sports and conducts administrative tasks in relation to all sports. She serves as liaison betweenAthletics and Student Affairs, coordinates counseling, discipline, and all random drug-testing for athletes, and servesas advisor to Belmont’s Student-Athletes Advisory Committee. In addition, she works with teams as they participatein service opportunities throughout the year, including organizing and leading a yearly foreign mission trip with ath-letes to do Sports Evangelism overseas. Countries served through these trips include Poland, Portugal, Costa Rica,Brazil, Venezuela, and Ukraine. In May 2009 she will lead a team to Cape Town, South Africa.

Wiseman also serves on many committees and boards. In 2008 she completed a four-year term as one of theAtlantic Sun Conference’s representatives on the NCAA Management Council. The Management Council serves asthe main legislative body for Division I sports. She has been a member of many Atlantic Sun Conference commit-tees.

After graduating from Belmont in 1965, the Portland, Tennessee native was named as Associate Professor ofHealth and Physical Education in 1966 and began a teaching career of 40 years. She was named ProfessorEmeritus in the Department of Health and Human Performance in 2006 where she served as Chair for six years. In1968 the former high school basketball standout began a new career as a women’s sports trailblazer when shefounded the women’s basketball program at Belmont, one of the first programs, not only in the state, but in the south-east. Wiseman was the head women's basketball coach at Belmont for 16 seasons, compiling a 248-152 record.She led Belmont to four consecutive berths in the National Women's Invitational Tournament from 1973-1977. Inthose tournaments, her teams knocked off such programs as Alabama, Nebraska, and North Carolina. She wasinducted into the Belmont Athletics Hall of Fame in 1981.

Wiseman has been honored by several organizations for her contributions to collegiate athletics. In 1999 shewas given the Josten-Berenson Service Award by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association during the NCAAWomen’s Final Four in San Jose, California to recognize her lifelong commitment to women's basketball. In 2003Belmont honored her by naming part of the university’s new athletic facility the Striplin-Wiseman Athletic OfficeComplex. Finally, in 2004, Wiseman was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame for her contributions topromoting women’s basketball in the state. She is the first Belmont coach or athlete to be so honored. In July 2007she was featured in an article on the front page of The Tennessean, as a Tennessee Sports Legend.

She is a member of Brentwood Baptist Church where she serves as Trustee, is a member of the adult choir,serves as a substitute teacher in Sunday School, and is an active missions volunteer.

ABOUT MISS WISEMANBIRTHDATEFebruary 19, 1943

HOMETOWNPortland, Tenn.

EDUCATIONBelmont, B.A. Physical EducationVanderbilt, M.A.

(Peabody College for Teachers)

COACHING EXPERIENCEBelmont Women’s Basketball

(1968-84)Belmont Tennis (1976-84)

BBETTY WWISEMANAssistant AD/Senior Woman Administrator | 44th Year at Belmont

JULIE BEAZLEYProgram Assistant

STEVE BARRICKAssociate AD

WES BURTNERBruin Club Director

DEBBIE CHENOWETHBasketball Operations

HEATHER COPELANDDirector of Compliance

COLETTE KEYSERAcademic Compliance

JOHN LANGDONAssistant Director of

Compliance

AMY MCGINNISFinance

KENISHA RHONEWomen’s Director of

Media Relations

GREG SAGEDirector of

Media Relations

SEAN SAWYERDirector of

Corporate Sales

RENEE SCHULTZAcademic Coordinator

JOYCE WATSONBudget Assistant

JIMMY FRUSHDirector of Marketing

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Belmont Head Coaches

RICK BYRDMen’s Basketball

LISSA BRADFORDWomen’s Golf

EARLE DAVIDSONMen’s Soccer

LISA HOWEWomen’s Soccer

CHRIS KUHLMEYERSoftball

DEANE WEBBVolleyball

MARK SROUJIWomen’s Tennis

SETH SHERIDANWomen’s Cross CountryWomen’s Track & Field

JIM MADRIGALMen’s Tennis

JEFF LANGDONMen’s Cross CountryMen’s Track & Field

DAVE JARVISBaseball

SCOTT FLYNNMen’s Golf

BRITTNEY EZELLWomen’s Basketball

2009-10 ATHLETICS YEAR IN REVIEWTeam Overall Conference (Finish) Head Coach Baseball 27-27 13-13 (7th) Dave JarvisM. Basketball 19-12 14-6 (T-1st)* Rick ByrdW. Basketball 15-15 9-11 (T-5th) ^Brittney EzellM. Cross Country - - (5th) Jeff LangdonW. Cross Country - - (5th) Seth SheridanMen’s Golf - - (9th) Scott FlynnWomen’s Golf - - (9th) Lissa BradfordMen’s Soccer 3-13-1 2-7-0 (10th) Earle DavidsonWomen’s Soccer 10-6-4 6-1-3 (T-1st)* Lisa HoweSoftball 10-44 3-17 (11th) Chris KuhlmeyerMen’s Tennis 8-12 3-7 (T-7th) Jim MadirigalWomen’s Tennis 5-13 1-9 (9th) Mark SroujiM. Track & Field - - (5th) Jeff LangdonM. Indoor T&F - - (4th) Jeff LangdonW. Track & Field - - (7th) Seth SheridanW. Indoor T&F - - (7th) Seth SheridanVolleyball 18-15 13-7 (4th) Deane Webb*Atlantic Sun Conference Champions^First Season at Belmont in 2010-11


Academics

Colette Keyser enters her ninth year with Belmont University'sDepartment of Athletics. In addition to overseeing the department's academ-ic support programs for student-athletes, Keyser serves as the primary liai-son to the Belmont campus regarding issues related to student-athlete eli-gibility.

Keyser is responsible for reporting all APR (Academic Progress Rate)and GSR (Graduation Success Rate) data to the NCAA. Her duties alsoinclude academic advising and monitoring student-athletes' academicprogress to meet NCAA requirements for continuing academic eligibility andUniversity requirements for timely graduation and good academic standing.She works closely with coaches in the recruitment of prospective student-athletes and manages the department's Academic Enhancement Fund.

Keyser earned her Bachelor's degree in Mass Communication fromKentucky Wesleyan College and her Master's in Communication fromWestern Kentucky University.

She serves on various campus committees, including the SportAdministration Advisory Council, the Scholarship and Awards NominationCommittee, and the Academic Integrity Review Committee. She also holdsmemberships in various professional organizations, including N4A (NationalAssociation of Academic Advisors for Athletics) and NACADA (NationalAcademic Advising Association).

A native of Benton, Ky., Keyser spends much of her leisure time sailingon Kentucky Lake with her husband, Jerome, and her two sons, Max andDennis. She and her family reside in Brentwood.

Renee Schultz enters her sixth year as Academic Coordinator forBelmont's Department of Athletics.

She coordinates the extensive academic support programs offered toBelmont student-athletes which include weekly, one-on-one academiccounseling sessions for new student-athletes, academic advising and classscheduling, tutoring, team-assigned laptops, and monitoring class perform-ance.

She also manages the student-athlete academic center located withinthe athletic offices in the Curb Event Center. The academic center providesstudy tables and computers in a quiet, monitored study environment exclu-sively for Belmont student-athletes.

Schultz earned her Bachelor's degree in Sociology and a M.Ed. inSports Administration from Belmont University.

While at Belmont, she was a part of the Women's Soccer Program andhelped Captain the team in both 1999 and 2001. Schultz served as theAssistant Coach for the Women's Soccer team from 2003-2004.

She also holds memberships in various professional organizations,including N4A (National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics) andNACADA (National Academic Advising Association).

A native of University Place, Washington, Schultz currently resides inNashville with her husband, Donovan.

ACADEMICS IS ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES OF Belmont University's Departmentof Athletics. Since the move to Division I in 1997, Belmont student-athleteshave excelled in the classroom bringing great recognition to individuals, spe-cific teams, the department as a whole and the entire university.

ALL-ACADEMIC TROPHYSince joining the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2001-02, Belmont University hasenjoyed unparalleled success in regards to the league's All-Academic Trophy.Belmont University won the award seven times, including each of its first fiveyears in the conference, 2002-2006. No other university in the history of theAtlantic Sun has earned this honor five years in a row. In 2009-10, over70 per-cent of Belmont's student-athletes received A-Sun Academic All-Conferencehonors during the academic year.

GPA TRADITION CONTINUESBelmont University's Department of Athletics posted a 3.279 GPA in theSpring of 2010, marking the 25th consecutive semester in which the depart-mental GPA has exceeded a 3.00. In 2008, for the first time in the Division I

era, all of Belmont's athletic teams posted a GPA of 3.0 or higher, both fall andspring semesters. Belmont also received distinction from the NCAA for out-standing academic achievement in the Academic Progress Rate (APR) reportfor the fifth consecutive year in 2010. In fact, Belmont men’s basketball andmen’s soccer have been recognized in the APR report every year.

HONORSOver the past 10 years, 17 Belmont student-athletes have been namedAcademic All-Americans while 48 have earned All-District honors. The ESPNThe Magazine/CoSida program honors thousands of student-athletes acrossthe country for combining the best of competition with academics. Eight Bruinstudent-athletes have been named Atlantic Sun Conference Student-Athleteof the Year - tops among all member institutions. Former Belmont student-ath-letes Cyrus Eaton, Justin Hare and Andy Wicke also earned honors as part ofthe Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award program.

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Atlantic Sun Conference

THIS IS THE ATLANTIC SUN

For more than 30 years the Atlantic Sun Conferencehas stood for achievement with integrity in both theacademic and athletic arenas with a focus on thebalance between the two for its student-athletes.The A-Sun boasts a blend of the most dynamic andprestigious private and public institutions in theregion, with all committed to the conference goal ofBuilding Winners for Life.

BUILDINGContinuing a tradition of academic achievement, arecord 60 percent of all student-athletes earned All-Academic status during the 2009-10 academic year.Lipscomb edged out Belmont, the seven-time win-ner of the All-Academic Trophy, to win its first suchtrophy with close to 72 percent of its the student-ath-letes achieving All-Academic status with grade pointaverages of a 3.00, or better.

Several Bisons teams received national recognitionfor their success in the classroom. Both the men'sand women's track & field teams posted team GPAsamong the top five in the nation - the only school inthe country to boast that distinction. Jacksonville'swomen's track team received their ninth straightUSTFCCCA All-Academic honor. Lipscomb'swomen's basketball team posted the ninth best GPAin the country and the conference champion volley-ball team led five A-Sun schools in receiving anAVCA Team Academic Award.

The Stetson men's tennis team led the nation withnine student-athletes earning the honor of ScholarAthlete from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Atotal of five A-Sun schools and 24 student-athletesreceived recogntion from the ITA. Stetson andBelmont joined only 16 other Division I schools con-sidered an All-Academic squad in both men's andwomen's tennis.

For the first time the NCAA released single-yearAPR for Division I head coaches in six sports datingback to 2003-04, the beginning of the program. All11 A-Sun schools produced a coach who had a yearof a perfect score of 1000 and the league produceda total of 25 seasons with scores of 1000. Seven ofthe conference's men's and women's basketballrecorded at least one score of 1000 and five teamshad a score of 1000 in 2008-09, the most recentyear recorded by the NCAA.

WINNERSFour A-Sun teams received Division I-AAA AthleticsDirectors Association All-Sports Trophies in recogni-tion of their performances in NCAA postseason play.Lipscomb's softball team, ETSU's men's tennissquad plus UNF's men's golf team and women's ten-nis carried the conference to the third-highest totalby any one conference.

Golf continued to boom in the conference as threeleague members on the women's side advanced toNCAA play for the first time in conference play.Women's golf became the first sport in the confer-ence to produce three NCAA participants sincebaseball in 2003. At the NCAA Regionals, ETSU'sNina Muehl opened with an 8-under 64, the singlelowest round carded in all of Division I golf andbecame just the second golfer from the A-Sun toearn a spot in the NCAA Championships

The Ospreys' men's golf team spent the year rankedamong the top programs in the country alongsideETSU. Both advanced to NCAA postseason playand the Ospreys made the nationals for the first timeas a conference member. Sophomore Sean Daleearned All-America honors and qualified for the USAmateur, as did his teammates Kevin Alywin andKevin Phelan. Phelan opened his summer by quali-fying for the US Open at Pebble Beach. ETSU'sRhys Enoch tied for the individual title at the NCAAEast Regional and his play carried into summer ashe made his second Palmer Cup team andadvanced all the way to the quarterfinals of theBritish Amateur.

Individual performances stood out on the diamondas FGCU's Chris Sale became a consensus All-America en route to becoming the conference'sfourth first-round pick in the last two years. ETSU'sPaul Hoilman contended for the national triple crownand burst onto the national scene by winning thefirst-ever home run derby competition - contested athistoric Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Neb.Mercer's Jacob Tanis finished one RBI shy of thenational lead in pacing the Bears back to the top ofthe A-Sun for the first time in more than 25 years.

In softball, two hurlers established themselvesamong the best in the nation. Lipscomb's WhitneyKiihnl and USC Upstate's Morgan Childers eachtopped the 30-win mark - a first for the conference.The two traded the national lead in ERA throughoutthe season and when the year came to a close,Kiihnl finished with the best mark in the nation withChilders taking a close second. Kiihnl and Childersranked second and third in the country in fewest hitsallowed per seven innings.

For the first time in league history, the conference'slast remaining charter member, Mercer, hosted theGeneral Shale Brick Basketball Championships. Thehosts advanced to the final of the men's event set-

ting up a standing-room-only event at the UniversityCenter against ETSU. In the end the Buccaneerswon back-to-back titles. Jacksonville advanced tothe NIT for the straight second year and provided theleague's first win in the event since 1996 when BenSmith connected on a game-winning 3-pointer in thefinal seconds to stun top-seeded Arizona State.

On the women's side ETSU became the third A-Sunschool to win three straight titles, FGCU advanced tothe WNIT for a third consecutive year and USCUpstate registered its first 20-win season as aDivisioon I program.

FOR LIFEAlums from the Atlantic Sun, both recent and historiccontinued to excel at the highest levels. Within thespan of three days, FGCU produced its first twomajor league baseball players. Two pitchers of theEagles' 2008 A-Sun Championship squad, CaseyColeman and Sale, took their talents to Chicago asColeman broke in with the Cubs and Sale soaredthrough the White Sox system after spending lessthan two months in the minors. In late June, formerStetson All-American Chris Johnson returned to theAstros lineup and hit over .380 his first two monthsas a regular.

On the links, former ETSU star Rhys Davies hasposted a solid rookie season on the European Tour.In the spring he picked up his first win and addedback-to-back runner-up finishes to move into the top50 in the world for the first time as a professional.One of his second-place showings occurred at theWales Open where he closed with a record nine-under-par round 62 on the Ryder Cup course at theCeltic Manor. His stellar play placed Davies eighthon ESPN's "Top 25 Golfers Under 25" list. The con-ference will have representation at the Ryder Cup asformer league individual champion ColinMontgomerie (1985 with former member HoustonBaptist) will captain the European team.Montgomerie will be the second conference alum tolead a Ryder Cup squad. Hal Sutton (Centenary)served as captain for the United States in 2004.

MEMBERSHIPThe A-Sun is a blend of the southeast’s finest privateand most dynamic state schools.

Belmont Bruins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nashville, Tenn.Campbell Camels . . . . . . . . . . .Buies Creek, N.C.ETSU Buccaneers . . . . . . . . .Johnson City, Tenn.Florida Gulf Coast Eagles . . . . . . .Fort Myers, Fla.Jacksonville Dolphins . . . . . . . . .Jacksonville, Fla.Kennesaw State Owls . . . . . . . . . .Kennesaw, Ga.Lipscomb Bisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nashville, Tenn.Mercer Bears . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Macon, Ga.North Florida Ospreys . . . . . . . .Jacksonville, Fla.USC Upstate Spartans . . . . . . .Spartanburg, S.C.Stetson Hatters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DeLand, Fla.

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2010 Belmont Women's Cross Country Media Guide