Thursday,
March 4, 2004
2003-04
SOUTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE MEN'S AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS AND AWARD RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED HICKORY, NC – The 2003-2004 South Atlantic Conference men’s and women’s
basketball All-Conference teams and award recipients were
announced during the tournament basketball awards banquet
Friday night in Hickory, N.C. Approximately
400 players, coaches, media, support staff and special guests
attended this year’s function, which tips off the Food Lion
South Atlantic Conference Basketball Tournament, which begins
play Friday at Lenoir-Rhyne College and the Catawba Valley
Community College Multipurpose Facility. Tusculum
College first-year coach Duggar Baucom, who guided the
Pioneers to a share of their first-ever SAC basketball title,
was named Men’s Coach of the Year. Lenoir-Rhyne College
coach Karen Barefoot and veteran Wingate University
coach Johnny Jacumin were named co-Coach of the Year
for women’s basketball. Both coaches guided their teams to a
share of the league championship this year. Lenoir-Rhyne
College’s Roman Davis was the Men’s Player of the
Year. Davis finished third in the league in scoring at 16.4
points per game and second in field goal percentage. He was
named Player of the Week twice. Catawba
College senior forward Danyel Locklear was named
Women’s Player of the Year. Locklear finished second in
scoring at 20 points per game, second in rebounding (10.9) and
second in field goal percentage. Her 33 points against Mars
Hill was a conference season high. Locklear was named Player
of the Week four times. The
men’s Freshman of the Year is Chris Conn of Mars Hill
College. Conn started 23 games and averaged 10.1 points and
6.4 rebounds for the Lions. The
women’s Freshman of the Year is Emily Paffrath of
Wingate University. Paffrath started all 28 games and averaged
10 points and a team-high 8.8 rebounds. She also led the
conference in blocked shots at 2.82 per game. Men’s
co-champions Lenoir-Rhyne and Tusculum each placed two players
on the All-Conference Team, as did Carson-Newman and Wingate.
Joining Davis on the first team were Todd Lucas of
Carson-Newman; Ronald Lewis of Mars Hill; Rashaad
Carter of Newberry; Brad Hawks of Tusculum and Keenan
Dunn of Wingate. Women’s
co-champion Wingate was the only school with two
representatives on the All-Conference First Team, with Samantha
Dailey and Veronica Taylor. Joining them on the
first team were Locklear, Andrea Fitzgerald of
Carson-Newman; Crystal Clary of Lenoir-Rhyne; and Kristi
Ferris of Mars Hill. The
SAC Scholar Athlete Awards went to Julie Maples of
Tusculum College and Jerome Ramsey of Mars Hill
College, both repeat winners. Ramsey,
who wins this award for the third year in a row, is a
four-year letter winner for the Lions. He has a 3.93 grade
point average as a Math Education major. He has been a member of his school’s Dean’s List every
semester, as well as a member of the SAC Commissioner’s
Honor Roll. He started 23 games this year, averaging 5.8
points per game and five double-figure games. In the
community, Ramsey is a student teacher at North Buncombe High
School, teaching algebra and calculus. He is a member of the
Fellowship of Christian Athletes, United Baptist Church Youth
Group, and a vacation Bible School volunteer. He is also a
member of the Mars Hill Student Athlete Advisory Committee and
serves as a counselor at summer basketball camps. Maples
has a 3.99 GPA as an English Education major. She has been
named to the SAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll, the Tusculum
Athletic Directors Honor Roll, the Tusculum Dean’s List and
President’s List. Last year she was named the CoSIDA
Academic All-District Four team. On the court, Maples is a
two-time all-conference selection. This season, she led the
Pioneers in scoring at 15.8 points per game, has scored more
than 1,000 points in her career and is already the school’s
all-time leader in free throw percentage. She
is active in the community and on campus, volunteering for
park and road clean-up events and Adopt-A-Family projects.
Julie has worked at a Bible and sports camp and has put on
health and fitness demonstrations in local elementary schools.
She is also vice president of the Tusculum Student Athlete
Advisory Committee The
SAC Scholar Athlete Award is presented to one athlete from
each of the SAC's 14 sports programs and represents a
combination of athletic skill, academic achievement, and
participation in community service and leadership roles. Numerous
players were presented with the SAC Senior Participant Award,
given to players who are competing in their final season of
SAC play, and the
Statistical Champion Award, presented to players and teams
leading the SAC in various statistical categories at the end
of the regular season. 2003-04
SOUTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE
COACH OF THE YEAR: Duggar Baucom, Tusculum
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