Peach Belt Conference Baseball Tournament with a 2-1 victory
over Augusta State in the championship game to earn its first-
ever berth in the NCAA Tournament. The Braves capped a 44-12
season with a 2-2 record in postseason play and finished with
a 13-10 record in league play good enough for third in the
PBC Eastern Division. A record five student-athletes earned All-
Conference honors, including All-American relief pitcher Braxton
Lewis and third baseman Jason Coker. The late season run gave
UNCP 30 or more wins for the seventh-straight year, but marked
the first 40-win season for the Braves in school history. Head
coach Paul O'Neil became UNCP's all-time winningest coach
with his 339th victory in the back half of a home doubleheader
sweep against Chowan in late April.
consecutive victories over Coker and Belmont Abbey in mid-
April. The Braves concluded its most current campaign with a
1-11 mark in Peach Belt Conference play good enough for
11th in the final league standings. UNCP faced seven nationally-
ranked foes over the course of the campaign, including matchups
against three teams ranked in the top 10.
The men's golf team finished
third or better in four tournaments
during its traditional spring
season, including top honors
at both the Richard Rendleman
Invitational and the Lander
Bearcat Golf Classic. Three
players earned All-Peach
Belt Conference honors after
finishing second at the 2011 PBC
Championships and qualifying
for their first-ever berth in the
NCAA Tournament. Jonathan
McCurry earned Golf Coaches
Association of America All-
American honors after finishing
in a tie for fourth at the PBC
Championships, as well as in a
tie for fifth at the NCAA South-
Southeast Regional.
record, including an 8-12 mark in Peach Belt Conference play
that helped the Braves finish eighth in the final league standings.
Shortstop Holly Berry earned All-Conference accolades for the
second-straight season after earning the club's lone PBC Player
of the Week honor in early February. Berry also joined teammate
Courtney Hill on the UNCP Invitational All-Tournament team in
February as well.
during its traditional spring season, including top honors at the
2011 Peach Belt Conference Championship, while also taking
home four individual championships and advancing to their
first-ever NCAA Tournament. Four Lady Braves were named to the
All-Conference squad, including PBC Freshman of the Year Dana
Watkins. Head coach David Synan collected his second-straight
PBC Women's Golf Coach of the Year laurels. Katja Dammann,
Meghan Moore and Shauna Walor combined to win eight of a
possible 11 PBC Women's Golfer of the Week laurels. Dammann
was named first team CoSIDA Academic All-America, NGCA All-
American Scholar and the female recipient of the PBC's Scholar-
Athlete of the Year Award.
The track and field team was represented at the NCAA
Championships for the third-straight year. Sprinter
Maurice Eubanks earned a pair of All-American honors
after finishing eighth in the NCAAs in both the 100- and
200-meter dashes. The men's squad took top honors at
the NCAA Southeast Region Championships, while the
women's team finished second at the same event. The
women's squad earned 18 All-Region Awards from the
U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association
(USTFCCCA), including senior Katherine Davis who
took home Female Field Athlete of the Year in the region.
The men's team earned 23 All-Region awards from the
USTFCCCA, including Eubanks, who won the region's
Male Track Athlete of the Year honors. Head coach Larry
Rodgers, who retired in July after 30 seasons, earned the
region's Head Coach of the Year Award, while Adonis
Stanley won the Assistant Coach of the Year Award. Stanley
was named the program's newest head coach in August.
home run king
All-American sprinter