Fall and Winter ODAC Sports Postponed
ATHLETICS REPORT
NEWS & NOTES
Due to the pandemic, the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) announced the postponement of conference competition and championships through the end of 2020. The ODAC intends to sponsor competition for fall and winter sports in the spring semester. This would have all of Guilford’s varsity programs competing in the spring of 2021.
athletes stayed connected with their teammates and found creative ways to stay active while practicing proper COVID-19 safety protocols. Several teams stayed connected through Zoom, while many Quakers stayed in such as hiking local trails or
Jennifer King ’06 Makes NFL History
working out around campus and
Jennifer is a coaching intern
in their dorms.
with Washington. On Sept. 27,
shape with individual activities
Volleyball Earns USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award The Guilford College women’s
average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale or 4.10 on a 5.0 scale. In NCAA Division III alone, the Quakers joined 230 other programs that earned this distinction.
volleyball program (above)
Record 279 Quakers Named To Spring 2020 Student-Athlete Honor Roll
2020, she, along with Callie Brownson of the Cleveland Browns and Sarah Thomas, an NFL official, made NFL history. It was the first NFL regularseason game to have a female
(AVCA) Team Academic Award
Guilford SAAC Creates “Now Is Our Time” Campaign
for the 2019-20 season. This is
Guilford’s Student Athlete
Athlete Honor Roll. The list is
the first time the Quakers have
Advisory Committee (SAAC)
comprised of varsity student-
earned the honor. The award,
created the “Now Is Our Time”
athletes who achieved a GPA of
initiated in the 1992-93 academic
campaign. The purpose of the
3.0 or higher for the spring 2020
year, honors volleyball teams that
initiative was to highlight the
semester. The list included 194
Guilford Men’s Basketball Earns NABC Team Academic Excellence Award
maintain a year-long grade-point
ways in which Guilford student-
students who earned Dean’s List
The Guilford College men's
commendation for maintaining
basketball team (below)
at least a 3.5 GPA. In addition,
received the 2019-20 National
182 Guilford students earned
Association of Basketball
Academic All-Old Dominion
Coaches (NABC) Team Academic
Athletic Conference honors for
Excellence Award. This award
compiling a 3.25 grade point
recognizes outstanding
average or higher over both
academic achievement by a team
fall and spring semesters in the
with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or
2019-20 year.
better for the 2019-20 season.
earned the United States Marine Corps (USMC)/American Volleyball Coaches Association
Three Golfers Earn Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Honors Josh Allen ’20, Zach Evens ’20 and Jack Lee ’21 of the Guilford men’s golf team were named Srixon/ Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars by the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA). To be eligible for Srixon/ Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar status in NCAA Division III, an individual must be a sophomore, junior or senior academically. In addition, they must have a stroke-average under 79.0 and maintain a minimum cumulative career grade-point average of 3.2. 1 2 | W W W. G U I L F O R D . E D U
A record 279 Guilford College
coach on both sidelines and a
student-athletes earned spots on
female official.
the school’s Spring 2020 Student-
