BUIES
CREEK,
N.C. – CU's male track and field athlete Sam
Tilly was presented with one of the top honors Thursday
evening at Campbell University's 2007-08 Athletics Awards Ceremony
on campus at Turner Auditorium.
Tilly, a three-time
Atlantic Sun Conference long jump champion, was presented
Campbell's Outstanding Male Athlete award. A senior from Port
Charlotte, Fla., Tilly was named Atlantic Sun Conference
Outstanding Field Athlete at 2008 A-Sun Indoor Track and Field
Championships. He won the 2008 A-Sun indoor long jump and triple
jump with conference record-breaking distances and scored the most
points of any male competitor at the indoor championships for the
second-straight year.
An all-conference
performer in three events, Tilly was a provisional NCAA
championship qualifier in the indoor long jump. He has already
qualified for the 2008 NCAA East Regional outdoor championship in
the long jump as well. Tilly finished ninth in the 2007 NCAA
Outdoor Track and Field Championships long jump, one place shy of
All-America status.
He won the long jump
at 2007 NCAA East Region Championship, to become Campbell's
first-ever regional track and field champion. A three-time NCAA
East Regional (outdoor) qualifier and 2-time NCAA provisional
indoor qualifier, Tilly has won 17 total Atlantic Sun medals
heading into next month's A-Sun outdoor championships.
In addition to the
Outstanding Male Athlete, Outstanding Female Athlete (Heidi Shallow) and Senior GPA Award (Maggie Rich), a number of other honors were
presented during the ceremony.
The Charlie Reeves
Award was presented to Katie Crawford as
the top non-scholarship member of the track and field
team.
The team's Most
Valuable Player Awards were presented to Verrelle
Wyatt (men's cross country), and Baillie
Locke (women's cross country).
The team's Coaches
Awards were presented to Jeff Klaves
(men's cross country), Liza Davis
(women's cross country), Robert Brunson
(men's track and field) and Jocelya Webb
(women's track and field)
The MVPs of the men's and
women's outdoor track teams will be announced following the A-Sun
Championship, May 16-17.
