CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – As part of the Big South’s 30th Anniversary celebration in 2013-14, the Conference is announcing its first-ever All-Decade Teams to recognize the student-athletes and coaches who excelled in their respective sport since the Conference’s founding in 1983. A committee of Big South Conference administrators served as the official voting panel to determine the All-Decade Teams, with fan voting comprising 20 percent of the overall total.
Below are the All-Decade Teams for Women’s Outdoor Track & Field for the years 1994-99 and 2000-09. Women’s Outdoor Track & Field became a Conference sport in 1994, and the team features eight (8) sprinters, eight (8) distance runners, eight (8) jumpers (four only in 1994-99), six (6) throwers, one (1) heptathlete (2000-09 only) and one (1) head coach. In case of ties, additional honorees are included.
1994-99 WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD ALL-DECADE TEAM
Event – Name, School (Notes)
S – Tosha Ansley, Charleston Southern (2-time Champion, 5-time All-Conference (100m-hurdles, 400m-hurdles))
S – Audrey Ebanks, Liberty (Champion, 4-time All-Conference (400m-hurdles, 100m-hurdles))
S – Mari Kong, Liberty (5-time All-Conference (200m, 100m))
S – Angie Lanier, Winthrop (Champion, 3-time All-Conference (100m))
S – Holly Mays-Deem, Liberty (7-time Champion, 10-time All-Conference (100m-hurdle,s 400m-hurdles, 400m))
S – Kareshia Pridleau, Winthrop (2-time Champion, 5-time All-Conference (100m, 200m, 400m))
S – Jaquay Reid, Liberty (Champion, 3-time All-Conference (400m))
S – Ardra Samuel, Liberty (6-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (100m, 200m))
D – Mandy Becker, UNC Asheville (Champion, 4-time All-Conference (800m, 1,500m, 5,000m))
D – Catherine Conder, Coastal Carolina (2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (1,500m, 3,000m), Big South Hall of Fame member)
D – Angela Murphy, Coastal Carolina (4-time Champion, 5-time All-Conference (800m, 1,500m))
D – Lauri Occhipinti, Coastal Carolina (2-time Champion, 7-time All-Conference (3,000m, 5,000m))
D – Emily Olinger, UNC Asheville (3-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (5,000m, 3,000m, 10,000m))
D – Amy Teer, Liberty (2-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (800m, 1,500m))
D – Becky Vonderhaar, UNC Asheville (6-time Champion, 7-time All-Conference (10,000m, 5,000m))
D – Jolene Williams, Coastal Carolina (All-American, 2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (1,500m), Big South Hall of Fame member)
J – Tosha Ansley, Charleston Southern (Champion, 5-time All-Conference (long jump, triple jump))
J – April Cook, Coastal Carolina (Champion, 3-time All-Conference (high jump))
J – Anna-Kate Jarman, Liberty (6-time Champion, 9-time All-Conference (triple jump, high jump, long jump))
J – Amy Sturgill, Liberty (2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (triple jump))
T – Antoinette Beeks, Charleston Southern (Champion, 2-time All-Conference (discus))
T – Krista Davis, Charleston Southern (2-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (discus, shot put))
T – Mari Kong, Liberty Champion, (4-time All-Conference (javelin))
T – Brenda Montgomery, Charleston Southern (2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference (discus, shot put))
T – Amy Rodriguez, Liberty (4-time Champion, 9-time All-Conference (shot put, discus, hammer))
T – Jeanette Sayers, Charleston Southern (2-time Champion, 2-time All-Conference (javelin))
Head Coach, School (Notes)
Brant Tolsma, Liberty (6 Championships [1994-95-96-97-98-99], 5-time Coach of the Year)
2000-09 WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD ALL-DECADE TEAM
Event – Name, School (Notes)
S – Ebony Brown, Coastal Carolina (2-time Champion, 7-time All-Conference (400m-hurdles, 400m, 100m-hurdles))
S – Ikeiylah Brown, Coastal Carolina (2-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (200m, 100m, 400m))
S – Dionne Gibson, Charleston Southern (All-American, 5-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (200m, 400m, 100m))
S – Octavia Goode, Winthrop (7-time Champion, 8-time All-Conference (100m, 200m))
S – Tonya Harling, Winthrop (2-time Champion, 5-time All-Conference (200m, 100m))
S – Danielle McNaney, Liberty (5-time Champion, 8-time All-Conference (100m-hurdles, 400m-hurdles))
S – Panthera Seymour, Liberty (3-time Champion, 5-time All-Conference (200m, 100m))
S – Robin Williams, Liberty (4-time Champion, 8-time All-Conference (400m-hurdles, 100m-hurdles))
D – Carlajane Costantini, Charleston Southern (Champion, 2-time All-Conference (3,000m))
D – Carol Jefferson, Liberty (4-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (5,000m, 10,000m))
D – Diana Jepchirchir, Coastal Carolina (2-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (5,000m, 10,000m))
D – Lindsey Kozlowski, Coastal Carolina (2-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (3,000m Steeplechase, 10,000m))
D – Anne Marie Moutsinga, Coastal Carolina (5-time Champion, 10-time All-Conference (1,500m, 5,000m, 10,000m, 3,000m))
D – Ashley Osborne, Liberty (2-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (10,000m, 5,000m, 1,500m))
D – Rebekah Ricksecker, Liberty (3-time Champion, 5-time All-Conference (1,500m, 800m))
D – Heather Sagan, Liberty (All-American, 6-time Champion, 9-time All-Conference (800m, 1,500m, 5,000m))
J – Kena Butts, Liberty (3-time Champion, 5-time All-Conference (high jump, long jump))
J – Shemelia Brandon, Radford (4-time Champion, 7-time All-Conference (triple jump, long jump))
J – Chasity Johnson, Coastal Carolina (7-time Champion, 9-time All-Conference (long jump, triple jump, high jump))
J – Denise Morgan, High Point (3-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (long jump, triple jump))
J – Courtney Samuel, Coastal Carolina (5-time Champion, 9-time All-Conference (triple jump, high jump, long jump))
J – Andrea Wildrick, Liberty (All-American, 3-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (pole vault))
J – Robin Williams, Liberty (4-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference (long jump))
J – Claire Young, Coastal Carolina (2-time Champion, 2-time All-Conference (pole vault))
T – Amber Campbell, Coastal Carolina (2-time All-American, 9-time Champion, 11-time All-Conference (discus, hammer, shot put))
T – Brittany Connor, Coastal Carolina (3-time Champion, 8-time All-Conference (hammer, discus, shot put))
T – Jocelyn Davis, Charleston Southern (2-time Champion, 5-time All-Conference (hammer, shot put, discus))
T – Tiffany Evans, Radford (6-time Champion, 9-time All-Conference (hammer, shot put, discus))
T – Annette Purdy, Coastal Carolina (3-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference (hammer, javelin))
T – Brittany Reid, Coastal Carolina (2-time Champion, 5-time All-Conference (shot put, discus))
HEP – Danielle McNaney, Liberty (2-time Champion, 2-time All-Conference)
HEP – Marie Williams, Liberty (2-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference)
Head Coach, School (Notes)
Alan Connie, Coastal Carolina (5 Championships [2004-05-06-08-09], 6-time Coach of the Year)
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field All-Decade Team candidates were determined based on being at least one of the following: 1) Was a multi-year All-Conference honoree in one or more event; 2) Was named an All-American; 3) Is a member of the Big South Conference Hall of Fame; 4) Student-athletes must be a college graduate or left their respective institution in good academic standing; and 5) Won a Conference Championship as a coach and/or was voted Conference Coach of the Year. Candidates that participated in two different decades were placed in a specific decade based on consultation from member institutions. Member institutions also had final determination in regards to inclusion of student-athletes and coaches.
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