HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL
Bay Rivers District players were well-represented in the VHSL Class 3 all-state selections.
York sophomore pitcher Sarah Witt, senior catcher Morgan Hunter and senior second baseman Mackenzie Hahn made the first team, as did three New Kent players: senior pitcher Morgan Berg, sophomore outfielder Alline Alexander and sophomore at-large selection Hannah Tober.
The second team included New Kent freshman third baseman Leah Rounds.
SOCCER
ODU men reveal schedule
Old Dominion’s men announced a 15-match schedule including seven home matches. The Monarchs will make their first home appearance at 11 a.m. Aug. 15 in an exhibition against Richard Bland and will play their season opener at 6 p.m. Aug. 18 at home versus Longwood.
ODU hopes to qualify and gain as high a seed as possible for the Sun Belt quarterfinals Nov. 5. The Monarchs’ home Sun Belt opener is against defending conference champion Kentucky at 6 p.m. Sept. 24.
JMU lands Lionsbridge defender
Defender Davide Materazzi, an Italian native who has been a mainstay for Lionsbridge FC, was among James Madison’s recent signees. He is transferring from Davis & Elkins with two years of eligibility after helping that school, in West Virginia, move as high as No. 1 in the nation in Division II.
W&M women reveal freshman class
William & Mary coach Julie Shackford announced the addition of eight freshmen for the 2023 season. They are: goalkeeper Jazzy Lorenz (of Lone Tree, Colorado), defenders Ava Schultz (Annandale) and Molly Widderich (Mebane, North Carolina), midfielders Ava Lewis (Mars, Pennsylvania) and Lindsay Wilson (Scituate, Massachusetts), midfielder/forwards Paige Seitz (Toms River, New Jersey) and Caitlin Smith (Wilmington, Delaware) and forward Ava Marvin (Leesburg), who played for Tuscarora High.
BASEBALL
Tides’ Kjerstad invited to All-Star Futures Game
The Norfolk Tides’ Heston Kjerstad and Baltimore prospect Jackson Holliday of the Aberdeen IronBirds, the No. 1 overall pick in last year’s draft, will represent the Orioles at the MLB All-Star Futures Game in Seattle. They will play for the American League team at 7 p.m. July 8.
Va. Beach’s Anderson gains bid to USA Baseball Collegiate camp
Virginia first baseman Ethan Anderson of Virginia Beach received an official invite to USA Baseball Collegiate National Team training camp in North Carolina. He is one of three Cavaliers invited, joining classmates Griff O’Ferrall and Jay Woolfolk. Anderson, a Cox High graduate, hit .375 with 15 homers and 66 RBIs this season; his 97 hits were the fourth-most by a Cavalier in any season.
BASKETBALL
Two CNU Bay Rivers alumni honored by Peninsula Sports Club
After leading Christopher Newport’s women to second place in the NCAA Division III Tournament, Jamestown High graduate Anaya Simmons and Poquoson alumna Sondra Fan were named Peninsula Sports Club Co-Outstanding In-State College/University Female Athletes of the Year.
They were honored Monday on Headliners Night at a Holiday Inn in Newport News.
Congratulations to Anaya Simmons and Sondra Fan for being named Peninsula Sports Club Co-Outstanding In-State College/University Female Athletes of the Year! 🏀 #soproud #gocaptains⚓️💙 pic.twitter.com/dLm0XH3iqB
— Christopher Newport WBB (@cnuwbb) June 27, 2023
GOLF
CNU’s Price, Coleman take top state honors
Christopher Newport’s Alex Price was named the Virginia Sports Information Directors College Division Golfer of the Year, and the Captains’ Jamie Coleman was honored as the Coach of the Year for the fifth time since 2013.
Price earned a record fourth first-team selection. Robb Kinder was named to the first team for the third time, and CNU’s Aidan Baron made the second team.
Earlier, Price was named the Jack Nicklaus Award winner, representing the National Player of the Year for Division III. He averaged 69.96, shattering the CNU single-season record of 72.6 he set a year ago.
Kinder, who shared second place with Price in the NCAA championship tournament, averaged 73.4 strokes per round for his career.
Alex Price, Jamie Coleman Named VaSID State Player and Coach of the Year; Three Captains Earn All-State Honors @CNUGolf https://t.co/aSwkdyfjzF
— CNU Athletics (@CNUathletics) June 26, 2023
UVA men dominate VaSID voting
Virginia’s Ben James was named the Virginia Sports Information Directors Golfer of the Year and Rookie of the Year in the state, and the Cavaliers’ Bowen Sargent was named the Coach of the Year for the seventh time.
UVA placed a program-best seventh in stroke play at the NCAA Championships to qualify for match play, where it lost 3-2 to eventual champion Florida in a quarterfinal. James took sixth place in stroke play.
TRACK AND FIELD
UVA’s Dabbs gains ACC honor
Ethan Dabbs of Virginia was been named the ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year in men’s track and field. Dabbs, who majors in higher education, was the ACC champion and NCAA runner-up in the javelin.
ROWING
Two Cavaliers heading to national camps
Virginia athletes Lauren Benedict and Eva Frohnhofer were invited to attend USRowing’s 2023 Under 23 National Team selection camps this summer. Athletes selected through the camps will represent Team USA at the world U23 championships July 19-23 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
