Friday,
June 11, 2004
PC’S
CURTIS BELL TO BE FEATURED ON THE JUNE EDITION
OF NCAA ON CAMPUS
CLINTON, S.C. — The June edition of Fox Sports Net’s college sports magazine program NCAA ON CAMPUS has a heavy Southern flavor. Patrick O'Neal and Sage Steele host the 30-minute show, which airs Tuesday, 6/15 at 3:30 p.m. EDT, and re-airs on Sunday, 6/20 at 4:30 p.m.
The June show celebrates college student-athletes who have persevered through four years of school and earned their degrees in May. Three of the four ON CAMPUS stories have a Southern ring including senior third baseman Curtis Bell from Presbyterian College.
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Curtis Bell walked on to the Presbyterian College (Clinton, S.C.) baseball team as a freshman, and after playing little his first three years, was named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America team and earned South Atlantic Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year for baseball and first team all-conference honors in 2004. While earning his degree in physics and amassing a 3.9 grade point average, Bell found time to engage in his favorite hobby - flying. ON CAMPUS examines the planes he flies and spends time in the air with him. |
Emily Miller
was playing soccer for Tennessee-Martin, when in the spring of
2003, she was diagnosed with cancer in her left femur.
The disease was caught early, but surgery left her with
loss of bone, muscle, nerves and tendons in her leg.
She later had prosthesis implanted in her knee, she
learned to walk again, and she is active in her community as a
spokesperson for the hospital where she underwent surgery.
Chris
Duhon graduated from Duke last month and is now preparing
for June's National Basketball Association Draft.
Some say he could have bolted to the NBA early in his
college career, but instead he decided to stay the course and
earn his degree. His
combination of exceptional athletic skill and academic prowess
paints the true picture of the "student-athlete"
moniker. He
discusses his decision, and Duke assistant coach Johnny Dawkins weighs on Duhon's accomplishments.
Bell, a 5-11, 195-pound senior third baseman from Gilbert, S.C.
(Gilbert HS), hit .362 with four homeruns, 12 doubles, 37 runs
scored, and 44 RBI this past season en route to first team
All-South Atlantic Conference honors. He set career-highs in
every major statistical category as a senior while leading the
Blue Hose to a 25-30 overall record and a fourth place finish
in the SAC regular season.
In the classroom, Bell is majored in physics, with a minor in mathematics and business administration and maintains a 3.94 grade point average. He has been on the SAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll eight semesters, the Presbyterian College Dean’s List two semesters, and the President’s List, for having a perfect 4.0 average, for six semesters. For his efforts, Bell was named the 2004 SAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for baseball, an award given annually by the league to top student-athlete in each conference-sponsored sport.