Stetson's Taryn (Lynn) Morgan was announced as an ASUN Conference Hall of Fame inductee Thursday. Lynn played tennis and volleyball for the Hatters from 1996-2000. In tennis, she finished 26-0 at No. 1 singles in 1999, won 47 in a row, and was 85-9 in singles and 18-3 in doubles. In volleyball, she had 827 digs, 310 kills, 85 aces and 59 blocks, with a record 11 aces in a single match. The ceremony is Oct. 22 in Florence, Alabama.
Stetson's Blanco honored
Stetson men's tennis player Loic Blanco was awarded an ASUN Postgraduate Scholarship. The two-time All-Academic Team selection had a 3.69 GPA as a Finance major.
UF's Singer is Howser finalist
Florida pitcher Brady Singer is one of five finalists for the Dick Howser Trophy. Singer is 11-1 with a 2.27 ERA. The winner will be announced June 16.
B-CU women's track earns 21st
Bethune-Cookman’s 2017-18 track season concluded with the women’s 4X100 relay team finishing 21st at the NCAA National Outdoor Track and Field National Championship semifinals at Historic Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Oregon. Sade McCreath-Tardiel, Jonina Brinson, Monae Nichols and Quamecha Morrison posted a 44.97, the fourth fastest time in school history, but it was not good enough to advance to Saturday’s finals. The quartet posted the school record of 44.49 two weeks ago at the NCAA East Preliminary at USF. Oregon (42.95) and Auburn (43.11) finished 1-2 in B-CU’s heat. Earlier, LSU, which set the NCAA record with a 42.05 last month, set a Hayward Field record with the day’s best time of 42.09. Also advancing: USC, Kentucky, Florida State and Alabama. Brinson, a senior, won the long jump and was field performer at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference indoor championships in February. Nichols, a freshman, took the outdoor long jump championship, while Morrison, a junior, swept the indoor and outdoor high jumps and finished 10th in the event at the NCAA Indoor championship. While B-CU’s season is over, competition continues for Morrison and McCreath-Tardiel, who will will compete for berths in either the Athletics World Cup from July 14-15 in London or the 2018 NACAA Senior Championships from August 10-12 in Toronto. Morrison has qualified for the USA National Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, from June 21-24 in the High Jump on the virtue of her Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Indoor Championship mark of 1.85 meters. Morrison will vie for a berth on the USA National Team competing in London and Toronto. A Canadian citizen, McCreath-Tardiel will run for a berth on her national team at the Ontario Outdoor Track and Field Championship Series in Toronto from June 22-24 and the Canadian Track & Field Championships held in Ottawa from July 3-8. She's qualified in both the 100 meters on the basis of her 11.5 at the Tom Jones Invitational and the 200 meters on her 23.91 posted at the North Florida Collegiate meet.