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  • May 22, 2012 - Mens Lacrosse - Four Cardinals are Named USILA Honorable-Mention All-Americans Following Little Three Title Season

    Wesleyan added substantially to its list of men's lacrosse All-Americans following a solid 9-6 season in 2012, a campaign that featured victories over nationally ranked squads from Middlebury, Amherst, Endicott and Trinity. Four Cardinals earned US Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) Division III honorable-mention All-America honors, equaling the largest number of Wesleyan players to receive national recognition in one season. The 2007 squad that reached the NCAA semi-finals also had four All-Americans. The four players in 2012 brings Wesleyan's total of Division III All-Americans to 27 as each was a first-time selection. Goalie Grant Covington '12 (#35, photo lower left), short-stick defensive middie Sam Stanton '14 (#16, photo lower right), long-pole middle Bradan Hanley '13 (#5, left side of upper photo) and defender Lex Johnson '13 (#10, right side of upper photo) all received a nod to the All-America squad.

  • May 20, 2012 - Mens Track and Field - Tommie Lark '12 Qualifies for NCAAs in TJ & Sets Wes Record in LJ at ECACs - LaDarius Drew '15 Excels in Sprints Regionally - Chris Sailor '15 Places in N.E. Triple Jump

    Tommie Lark (photo upper right) had the 19th best triple jump in Division III this season and qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships for the second year in a row after placing eighth nationally a year ago. Lark also is a two-time indoor track All-American, placing fifth in 2012 after finishing sixth in 2011. Lark will be the only Cardinal to compete in the NCAAs at Claremont, Calif. Thurs.-Sat., May 24-26. Lark defended his triple-jump title at the annual NESCAC track & field championships, this year hosted by Bates Sat., April 28, with a leap of 47-11 3/4 to outdistance the field by more than a foot. That was the effort which qualified him for nationals. He added a second-place leap in the long jump as well, going 23-3 1/2, a mere 1/4 inch shy of the Wesleyan record set 53 years ago. Wesleyan also got a pair of runner-up finishes from LaDarius Drew '15 (main photo) as his :10.69 time in the 100m bettered the Wesleyan all-time mark of :10.7 (hand-timed) set in 1983 while his :21.73 in the 200m also eclipsed the previous school record of :21.9, established in 1983 as well.

  • May 18, 2012 - Womens Lacrosse - Four Cardinals Named to Berkshire Region Second-Team by Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association

    The Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) released its all-region squads May 18 and four members of the Wesleyan team were chosen for the Berkshire Region second team. Those honored were goalie Maggie Drowica '12 (photo left side), middie Liz Chabot '12 (#4, photo lower middie), attacker Kaylin Berger '13 (#18, photo upper right) and defender Abby D'Angelo '14 (#22, photo lower right). Of the 32 players who graced the first and second teams of the Berkshire region, 24 were from the five regional NESCAC colleges with Trinity and Amherst each placing six on the squads while Wesleyan, Williams and Conn. College each had four individuals on board. Drowica, who also was named to the IWLCA Senior North-South all-star game squad, finished her four years as the Cardinals' starter in net with 536 career saves. She also paced the team in ground balls each of the last three years, including 45 in 2012, when she logged 116 saves and caused eight turnovers. Her 8.92 saves per game led the NESCAC.

  • May 17, 2012 - General - Three Cardinals Named All-NESCAC in Rowing - Spencer Hattendorf '12, Greer Dent '12 & Grant Nikols '13

  • May 16, 2012 - Baseball - Joe Giaimo '11 is 1st-Team All-NESCAC, 2nd-Team D3Baseball.com - Donnie Cimino '15 is 2nd Team all-NESCAC, Third-Team all-N.E.

    For the second straight season, Joe Giaimo '11 (#9, left side photo) was named first-team all-NESCAC in baseball following a vote of the conference head coaches. He also got a nod to the D3Baseball.com all-New England second team. Joining Giaimo with NESCAC recognition was Donnie Cimino '15 (#11, right side photo), who received second-team honors. In addition, Cimino was named to the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association (NEIBA) all-star third team. Leading the NESCAC in hits (57), doubles (16) and RBI (51) in 2012, Giaimo was fifth in the NESCAC with his .388 batting average. A year ago, Giaimo, who began the season in left field this year but finished up as the Cardinals' first baseman, hit .357. Leading Wesleyan in home runs (5) and runs scored (38) as well as hits, doubles and RBI in 2012, Giaimo, a four-year starter who missed the 2009 campaign due to injury but used his year of eligibility as a grad student this year, ended his career with 172 hits to rank fifth all-time at Wesleyan.

  • May 10, 2012 - Softball - Allee Beatty '13 Named Second-Team All-NESCAC for Second Straight Year

    Allee Beatty '13 (photo) received second-team all-NESCAC honors for the second straight year when the all-conference selections were announced Thursday, May 10. Beatty led the team with a .381 average and stole 33 bases to lead the NESCAC while improving her Wesleyan career-record figure to 89. Beatty also had a 12-game hitting streak during the season and had 16 multi-hit games overall. Her on-base percentage of .413 was also a team high.

  • May 05, 2012 - Baseball - Mike Barsotti '12 Wraps Up Record-Setting Season on the Mound Along with Three Top-10 Hitting Baseball Cardinals

    Wesleyan baseball had four outstanding career come to a close during the team's season-ending double-header at home against Trinity Sat., May 5. Despite dropping both end of the twin-bill to the NESCAC East Champion Bantams (29-9), who will be hosting the NESCAC tournament May 11-13, Wesleyan concluded an excitign season with an 18=19 overall record, 6-6 in NESCAC West play. The scores aganst Trinity were 7-1 and 12-2 as both games were nine-inning affairs. Mike Barsotti '12 (#22, photo upper right) tossed the first six innings of the opener, allowing just two earned runs while striking out five. He wreapped up his outstanding four-year career with a school-record 233 strikekouts in 233.1 innings pitched. He exceeded the previous career record for strikeouts at Wesleyan by 49 while pitching 56 less innings. Picking up a pair of hits in the final game of his illustrious career, Alex Meadow '12 (#7, photo lower left) moved into second place alone on the all-time Wesleyan hits list with 182. He also tied the program record for games played with 139. Joining Meadow in the top 10 among career hitters were Joe Giaimo '11 (#9, photo upper left), whose two hits against Trinity put him in fifth place with 172, and Kyle Weiss '12 (#3, photo lower right), who added three hits to bolster his total to 153, ranking him 10th.

  • May 03, 2012 - Mens Lacrosse - Defenders Brendan Hanley '13 & Lex Johnson '13 Are Second-Team All-NESCAC in Men's Lax

    Following a solid 9-6 season in 2012 which featured a 5-5 NESCAC mark and the #6 seed in the NESCAC tournament, Wesleyan placed two individuals on the all-NESCAC squad. Defender Lex Johnson '13 (#10, photo insert upper right) and long-pole middie Brendan Hanley '13 (#5, main photo) both made the second team. Wesleyan featured the top defense in the NESCAC by a wide margin through the first round of the NESCAC tournament as Wesleyan yielded a mere 5.98 goals a game during the year. Next best among NESCAC squads was Bowdoin, which knocked the Cardinals out of the playoffs with a first-round 6-4 victory Sat., April 28, with a 7.38 figure. Through games of April 29, Wesleyan ranked 10th nationally in Division III for scoring defense.

  • May 03, 2012 - Volleyball - Casey Reed '12 Wins Maynard Award, Cardinals Named NEWVA Academic Squad to Highlight Postseason Honors

    Casey Reed '12, who finished as the team's seasonal leader with 2.68 kills per set, received the Maynard Award as Wesleyan's top female scholar-athlete for the 2011-12 academic year during the annual athletic awards banquet Wednesday, May 3, 2012. Reed's award was the second honor for the volleyball squad as Wesleyan was one of 15 teams (six of which are NESCAC institutions) to receive NEWVA's academic team award for a cumulative team GPA of 3.3 or higher.

  • April 29, 2012 - Womens Tennis - Cardinals Post Seventh Straight Winning Season Led by Grace Smith '14 & Lauren Jacobs '15

    With just one senior in the starting lineup, Wesleyan fashioned its seventh consecutive winning ledger with an 8-5 overall record and defeated three NESCAC rivals (Colby, Hamilton and Conn. College) along the way. Leading the way at the #1 spot was Grace Smith '14 (left side photo), who had a 7-5 singles mark and a 9-4 doubles record. She teamed with Lauren Jacobs '15 (right side photo) for a 4-0 doubles record as Jacobs equaled Smith with a 7-5 singles mark, half at #4 and half at #6. She also had a solid 8-5 doubles record for the year.

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