Ma,7,2.,o I Honors & Awards ^
Whitson^ Tuttle earn top BC Athletic Awards
Jonathan Whitson and Johanne Tuttle were named the 2010
Brevard College Athletes of the Year at the annual sports banquet
honoring achievements by student-athletes at the College.
Matt St. Marie rounded out the top award recipients for having
the highest GPAby a BC student-athlete.
The ceremony acknowledging the accomplishments of Brevard
College teams and students forthe 2009-2010 athletic seasons took
place May 3 in the Porter Center, as the BC Athletic Department
hosted student-athletes in the 18 varsity sports offered at BC as
well as their friends, family, members of the Tornado Club, and
faculty, staff, and members of the community.
Whitson, Tuttle, and St. Marie headhned the list of award win
ners. Other awards given out at the ceremony include First Year
Letter wiimers. Student-Athlete Honor Roll and SAC Honor Roll
recognition and the team individual awards.
This was the third time Whitson has won the B C Male Athlete of
the Year, having taken the honor in his freshman and junior seasons.
The senior from Clyde was a 6-7 forward on the
men’s basketball team, where he became the first
Tornado to be named a Division 11 Bulletin 2010
All-American Honorable mention, capping off a
record-setting career which saw Whitson rewrite
the men’s basketball record book after either set
ting or retaining 12 single-game, single-season
and career records. Whitson
He was also selected to the Dll All-Star Game in his senior
season and was named on the Daktronics NCAA 11 All-Southeast
Region Second Team and was a NABC All-District First Team
selection. Whitson was also named a First Team All-South Atlantic
Conference selection and was the 2010 Food Lion South Atlantic
Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player in leading the Tor
nados men’s basketball team to Brevard College’s first SAC title.
Throughout the year, Whitson achieved the personal milestone
of reaching 2,000 points in his career and he finished his career at
Brevard as the all-time leader in points scored at 2,028, rebounds
with 942, field goals made at 785, field goals attempted at 1,510,
free throws made with 438, free throws attempted at 603 and as the
Brevard College all-time scoring average leader, averaging 17.95
points per game as a Tornado.
Johaime Tuttle finished off her campaign as
the singularly most decorated athlete since the
program became a four-year institution, as she is
a four-time national champion and led the Brevard
College Cycling team to their first National Cham
pionship this past fall in Truckee, Calif.
Tuttle won her first national championship last
season at the 2008 Collegiate Mountain Bike Na- Tuttle
tional Championships held inBaimerElk, where she won the Dual
Slalom event on her way to her first Individual Omnium National
Championship. This season, Tuttle was recognized in Sports 11-
lustrated’s Faces in the Crowd, winning a national title in the Four
Cross event on her way to her second straight Individual Omnium
Title. Tuttle’s effort led the Tornados Cychng team capturing Bre
vard College’s first National Title as the team finished 130 points
ahead of their closest competition.
St. Marie received the Senior GPA award, having compiled a
cumulative 4.0 GPA during his time at Brevard College as a member
of the BC Cycling team.
The Awards Ceremony also included a special recognition cer
emony for the first four-year letter wiimers on the Brevard College
football team, and Coach Paul Hamilton unveiled a new award
to be given out this season to a senior who exhibited steadfast
commitment, courage, dedication and pride in the Coach John
McKissick Award, named after former BC football player and the
all-time winningest football coach on all levels of play. The award
this season went to senior linebacker Brandon Rawls.
Other key awards given out were the Champs Cup and the Team
GPA award. The Brevard College men’s basketball team became
this year’s Champs Cup champion, recording 563 out of the 3,035
points earned by the Tornados athletic teams. The Champs Cup is a
product of the NCAA Champs/Life Skills program, which measures
Academic Excellence, Athletic Excellence, Career Development,
Personal Development, and Excellence in Service.
Men’s Teimis received the Team GPA award as Coach Paul
Thomson’s team held a cumulative 3.52 team grade point average
forthe 2009-2010 academic year.
The full list of award wiimers:
Baseball - Jackie Com (MVP), Stephen Mullis (Offensive
Player of the Year), Ronald Patterson (Defensive Player of the
Year)
Men’s Basketball - Jonathan Whitson and Josh Roper (Co-
MVPs), Darin Dellinger (Coach’s Award)
Women’s Basketball - Samantha Winn (MVP), Lindsay
Brendle (Most Improved), Alyssa Cutshaw (Coach’s Award)
Cheerleading - Ki’era Gash (MVP)
Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field - Matthew Crowe (Track
MVP & XC Coach’s Award), Daniel Modahl (Most Improved)
Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field - Ryan Ledington
(Track MVP), Chynna Shipp (Most Improved), Melissa Schmidt
(XC Coach’s Award)
Cycling - Tristan Cowie and Julia Tellman (MVPs), Matt St.
Marie (Coach’s Award)
Football - Stanley Jones (MVP), Justin Jefferson (Most Im
proved), Donald Hudson (Coach’s Award), Brandon Rawls (John
McKissick Award)
Men’s Golf - Joshua Davis (MVP), Mike Jones (Most Im
proved), Thomas Rennie (Coach’s Award)
Women’s Golf - Alisiya Klochkova (MVP)
Men’s Soccer - Craig Galloway (MVP), Anthony Cardenas
(Most Improved), Ian Townson (Coach’s Award)
Women’s Soccer - Bailey Varley (Offensive MVP), Kayla
Yingst (Defensive MVP), Kelly Harris (Coach’s Award)
Softball - Chelsi Mallory (Offensive MVP), Martika Elmore
(Defensive MVP), Kristina Clayton (Coach’s Award)
Men’s Tennis - Scott McCormick (MVP), Jonathan Lavelle
(Most Improved), Shane Apps (Coach’s Award)
Women’s Tennis - Lindsay Shaeffer (MVP), Ellie Bartholomew
(Most Improved), Sara Douglas (Coach’s Award)
Volleyball - Rebecca Schoonover (Plays with Heart Award),
Jamie Atkinson (Most Improved), Brooke Seaman (Chasing Ex
cellence Award)