The Don Scalf Award
Each year
the USA South Athletic Conference presents its most prestigious
awards by honoring one male and one female as the Student-Athletes of the
Year as these athletes receive the Don Scalf Award. The 2008 winners are
Greensboro College women's tennis player Carrie Pacifico and
Greensboro College baseball player Daniel Poindexter. To be
eligible for the Don Scalf Award a student-athlete must be either a
junior or senior, have participated in a USA South sport earning at
least All-Conference recognition and have a minimum 3.00 GPA. The
athletic directors vote for the award winner each spring at the
conclusion of all Conference schedules.
This award
is named in honor of Don Scalf, whose commitment to the student-athlete,
guardianship of the value of academic achievement and devotion to the principles
of Division III athletics set a standard that holds steadfast in the Conference
today. He taught for 36 years and coached for 18 at N.C. Wesleyan College. He also
served as Athletic Director at N.C. Wesleyan for six years. During his coaching career his
teams won Dixie Intercollegiate Athletic Conference basketball and golf championships.
In addition, he was a founding father
of the DIAC in 1963 and served as its Secretary-Treasurer for 25 years.
Carrie
Pacifico - Greensboro
Throughout her
four years at Greensboro, Pacifico has succeeded on the tennis court and in the
classroom. While earning a 3.75 cumulative grade point average, Pacifico
was recently named to the USA South Academic All-Conference Team
for the fourth time and earned 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic
All-American honors. She has appeared on GC's Dean's List numerous times
and collected various academic honors during her academic career. This
year alone, Pacifico earned the Harold
H. Hutson Award, which is highest attainable award to graduating senior
at Greensboro College, and the Craven E. Williams Scholar Athlete
Award, which recognizes The Pride's top female student-athlete.
As a tennis player for The Pride, Pacifico
was a First Team All-Conference performer in each of her four seasons
and a three-time USA South Player of the Year. In addition, Pacifico was
a team captain for three years and a three-time team MVP. Pacifico
also gave time to the Greensboro community by serving as a
student-athlete mentor and a volunteer for the the Greensboro Sports
Commission and the State Games of North Carolina.
Daniel
Poindexter - Greensboro
At Greensboro,
Poindexter has
excelled both on and off the baseball diamond. In the classroom, the senior
graduated
Magna Cum Laude this spring with a 3.86 grade
point average. He received his second consecutive USA South All-Academic
Team honor this season and was named a 2008 ESPN
The Magazine Academic All-American. Poindexter earned a place on Greensboro's
Dean's List and earned the Mary L. Ginn Award for excellence in English.
Athletically, Poindexter received USA South First Team All-Conference honors this past
year as a first baseman. In addition, he received ABCA Rawlings Second
Team All-Region accolades. This past spring, Poindexter tied The Pride's
single-season record with a .433 batting average and was named team MVP.
Paine volunteered his time for many organizations, including Habitat for
Humanity, the Angel Tree Network and the West Forsyth Jr. Legion
baseball team.
Past Winners Include:
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Ashley Glover
Christopher Newport
2007
Women's Soccer |
Wilson Paine
Ferrum
2007
Men's Tennis |
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Kimberly Cox
Ferrum
2006
Softball |
Blake Rice
N.C. Wesleyan
2006
Baseball |
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Christina
Gipson
Methodist
2005
Women's
Soccer |
Scott Swann
Averett
2005
Football |
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Aimee Gibbs
Christopher Newport
2004
Women's
Cross Country |
Jonathan
Dudley
Greensboro
2004
Golf |
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Aimee Gibbs
Christopher Newport
2003
Women's
Cross Country |
Janne Mommo
Averett
2003
Men's
Golf |
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Kevin
O'Connell
Greensboro
2002
Men's
Golf |
Misty
Carneal
N.C. Wesleyan
2002
Women's
Basketball |
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Deanna Estes
Shenandoah
1998
Basketball and Lacrosse |
Kelly Gregory
Averett
2001
Soccer, Volleyball and Tennis |
