2008 Woodie Awards
Sports Briefs
Issue date: 1/24/08 Section: Sports
Sloss named SBC Track Male Track Athlete of the Week
Middle Tennessee's DeRay Sloss was voted the Sun Belt Male Track Athlete of the Week on Tuesday after his performances at the Blue Raider Invitational over the weekend. Sloss won the 55-meter hurdles, finished second in the 200-meters and anchored the mile relay team at the Blue Raider Invitational.
The honor is the third in two weeks for the Blue Raiders after sophomores Zamzam Sangau and Sarah Nambawa both garnered awards last week.
The Blue Raiders return to action Saturday at Murphy Center, hosting the Middle Tennessee Classic.
Holt added to Wade Watch list
Lady Raider senior Amber Holt has been placed on the State Farm Wade Watch list, the award given annually by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association to the top national player.
This is only the second time a Lady Raider has landed on the prestigious list with the first being Chrissy Givens last season.
Holt leads the nation in scoring with an average of 26.6 points. She also is shooting 53.7 percent from the floor, good for 41st in the nation. Holt has also been busy on defense averaging 2.5 steals a contest.
"This is a great honor for Amber and is a reward for the hard work she put in this summer to improve her all-around game," Lady Raider head coach Rick Insell said. "She is definitely one of the best players in the nation and has played that way all season long."
The Wade Trophy was established in 2000 and is awarded to Division I athletes based on the following criteria: game and season statistics, leadership, character, effect on their team and overall playing ability.
Women's tennis loses to UT, Ole Miss to start the season
Middle Tennessee's women's tennis team dropped its first two matches of the season over the weekend.
In their first game of the season the Blue Raiders fell 7-0 to No. 22 Tennessee on Friday. The Lady Vols, who possess the No. 2 doubles pair in Caitlin Whoriskey and Zsofia Zsubor, took every singles and doubles match.
On Sunday, MT lost to Ole Miss 6-1. Senior Claudia Zsabo and freshman Shannon Hartmann defeated Soledad Podipnik and Preethi Subramanian in a doubles match.
Junior Marlene Chemin picked up the lone point for the Blue Raiders when she defeated Subramanian 6-2, 2-6, 10-7.
MT will return to the court on Friday when it hosts Tennessee Tech. The match is set to begin at 12 p.m.
Middle Tennessee's DeRay Sloss was voted the Sun Belt Male Track Athlete of the Week on Tuesday after his performances at the Blue Raider Invitational over the weekend. Sloss won the 55-meter hurdles, finished second in the 200-meters and anchored the mile relay team at the Blue Raider Invitational.
The honor is the third in two weeks for the Blue Raiders after sophomores Zamzam Sangau and Sarah Nambawa both garnered awards last week.
The Blue Raiders return to action Saturday at Murphy Center, hosting the Middle Tennessee Classic.
Holt added to Wade Watch list
Lady Raider senior Amber Holt has been placed on the State Farm Wade Watch list, the award given annually by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association to the top national player.
This is only the second time a Lady Raider has landed on the prestigious list with the first being Chrissy Givens last season.
Holt leads the nation in scoring with an average of 26.6 points. She also is shooting 53.7 percent from the floor, good for 41st in the nation. Holt has also been busy on defense averaging 2.5 steals a contest.
"This is a great honor for Amber and is a reward for the hard work she put in this summer to improve her all-around game," Lady Raider head coach Rick Insell said. "She is definitely one of the best players in the nation and has played that way all season long."
The Wade Trophy was established in 2000 and is awarded to Division I athletes based on the following criteria: game and season statistics, leadership, character, effect on their team and overall playing ability.
Women's tennis loses to UT, Ole Miss to start the season
Middle Tennessee's women's tennis team dropped its first two matches of the season over the weekend.
In their first game of the season the Blue Raiders fell 7-0 to No. 22 Tennessee on Friday. The Lady Vols, who possess the No. 2 doubles pair in Caitlin Whoriskey and Zsofia Zsubor, took every singles and doubles match.
On Sunday, MT lost to Ole Miss 6-1. Senior Claudia Zsabo and freshman Shannon Hartmann defeated Soledad Podipnik and Preethi Subramanian in a doubles match.
Junior Marlene Chemin picked up the lone point for the Blue Raiders when she defeated Subramanian 6-2, 2-6, 10-7.
MT will return to the court on Friday when it hosts Tennessee Tech. The match is set to begin at 12 p.m.
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