Summer 2003
GW Baseball Ends Season Against Richmond in Conference
Tournament
The baseball team’s postseason
run ended with an 8–2 tournament loss to No. 14 Richmond on May
17. GW was one of the final four teams in the Atlantic 10 Tournament
for the third consecutive year. Seniors Travis Crowder and Tony Dokoupil
played in their 200th and final baseball games for the Colonials. A-10
Rookie of the Year Tom Shanley ended the year with an conference-high
.398 batting average. The Colonials finished this season 37–18
(12–9 in the A-10). Over the last three seasons, GW has posted
a record of 117–64.
GW Places 165 Student-Athletes On A-10
Commissioner’s Honor Roll
One-hundred and sixty-five GW student-athletes were named to the Atlantic
10 Commissioner’s Honor Roll for 2002–03. In order to be named
to the list, a student-athlete must achieve at least a 3.0 GPA in all
course work completed to date.
Only 1,783 student-athletes from the 12 institutions in the conference
earned a spot on this year’s list. GW ranked fifth among the schools,
however the rankings do not include the GPA for athletes competing in
squash, water polo, or men’s rowing.
GW Extends Hobbs’ Contract
Entering his third year as head coach of the men’s basketball team,
Karl Hobbs will have some more job security after his contract was extended
through June 2008. A former assistant coach at the University of Connecticut,
Hobbs was hired at GW on May 7, 2001. In two seasons as head coach,
the Colonials have a record of 24–33.
Men’s Basketball Signs Four
Jaaron Greene, J.R. Pinnock, Carl Elliott, and Ricky Lucas have signed
letters-of-intent to play basketball for the Colonials beginning this
fall.
The 6-foot-10, 275-pound Greene averaged 12.2 points, 9.8 rebounds and
1.4 blocks at Mt. Zion Christian Academy in Durham, NC. Mt. Zion also
produced Orlando Magic star Tracy McGrady.
Pinnock, a 6-foot-5, 200-pound player, averaged 22 points and 10 rebounds
as a senior at Coastal Christian Academy in Virginia Beach, VA. Both
figures led the team. Pinnock was ranked No. 67 among the Top 100 recruits
by RivalsHoops.com and he was ranked No. 2 in the state of Virginia
by Virginiaprep.com in June 2002.
Elliott, a 6-foot-4, 215-pound post-graduate student averaged 17.2 points,
6.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 2.1 steals at Worcester Academy in Worcester,
MA. He led the Hilltoppers to the New England Prep School Athletic Association
championship and was named MVP of the tournament after totaling 50 points
in the final two games. Worcester posted a 25–4 record.
Signed in November, Lucas is a 6-foot-5, 190-pound local sharpshooter
who was named Washington Post All-Met this year. In his senior season
at Herndon, he was named Northern Region player of the year and averaged
22.9 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 3.4 assists, including a 40-point performance
in a regular season game against South Lakes.
Golf’s Friedlander Named to Academic All-Conference Team
Brad Friedlander was named to the A-10 Academic All-Conference team
for men’s golf, in voting conducted among the conference’s
sports information directors. Friedlander, who graduated last month
magna cum laude as a finance major, had a pair of top 20 finishes this
season. He played 21 rounds in 11 tournaments this year and compiled
an 81.16 stroke average. He has twice shot his low round of 76 this
season at the JMU Invitational and the Rehoboth Beach Fall Invitational.
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