ATHLETICS REPORT: NEWS AND NOTES

2020 Spring Seasons Shortened Due to COVID-19

Guilford’s athletics department had its 2020 spring seasons cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which shut down competition not only at colleges and universities around the country, but also in professional sports leagues worldwide. The NCAA announced the cancellation of all winter and spring championship events in mid-March. With many schools, including Guilford, transitioning to online learning for the rest of the spring semester, the decision was made to cancel the remainder of the 2020 spring seasons. The NCAA ruled spring sport student-athletes will be granted an additional season of eligibility due to the cancellations.

Abigail Horchar ’20 Named 2020 ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Women’s Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Guilford’s Abigail Horchar ’20 earned the 2020 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC)/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award for women’s lacrosse. The senior chemistry major boasted a 3.92 grade point average, was a three-time Academic All-ODAC selection, and was named to both the Guilford Student-Athlete Honor Roll and dean's list six times. The Honors Program student received Guilford's 2019 Charles A. Dana Scholarship for academic excellence and leadership potential, and the 2019 Ljung Scholarship for excellence and service in chemistry. On the field, Horchar was a midfield mainstay for the Quakers, appearing in all 55 games (39 starts) in four seasons. She notched 65 goals and 25 assists for 90 career points, which ranks 25thin school history.

James Mishoe ’21 Named To PING Division III All-America First Team Guilford golfer

James Mishoe ’21 earned First Team PING NCAA Division III All-America recognition from the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). The award was the third All-America nod of his career as he was also a firstteam selection in 2019 and second-team pick in 2018. He became Guilford's sixth three-time All-American in program history and the first since former teammate Josh Hill ’19. A three-time PING All-South honoree and the 2018-19 ODAC Golfer of the Year, James helped coach Adam Crawford’s Quakers to an 11th-place ranking in the final 2020 Golfstat.com Division III Top 25 and the Bushnell/GolfweekCoaches’ polls.

2020 Senior StudentAthletes Ready for Success After Graduation

Kylee Crook '19

Several student-athlete members of Guilford’s Class of 2020 are headed to exciting post-graduate opportunities.

• Kylee Crook ’19 of the women’s volleyball team will pursue a Master of Divinity at Wake Forest University.

• Zach Evens ’20 of the men’s golf team started full-time work this summer with Morningstar Investment Research in Chicago.

• Enrique Gudino ’20 of the men’s soccer team accepted a position as an Investment Consulting Analyst at Mercer Financial Services in its Chicago office.

• The baseball team’s Logan Shortt ’20 starts work on his Master’s degree in Management from Wake Forest University.

• Delaney Taylor ’20 of the women’s tennis team will graduate from Guilford in December and enlist as an officer in the United States Army.

• Miracle Walters ’20 of the women’s basketball team starts a Master of Science through N.C. State and UNC’s joint department of Biomedical Engineering.