Westminster Magazine Spring/Summer 2022

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ALL-AMERICAN ATHLETES

Eight Titan student-athletes represented Westminster on the national stage by earning All-American laurels in their respective sports/events. In addition to junior Emma Rudolph’s (pole vault) National Champion and All-American performance at 2022 NCAA Outdoors (see page 24), she earned her second All-American at the 2022 NCAA Indoors. Graduate student Megan Parker (shot put) Parker became the Titans’ first-ever female All-American thrower as she placed fourth at the 2022 NCAA Indoors and third at the 2022 NCAA Outdoors—the highest for a female thrower in program history. Senior defensive lineman Brayden Thimons (football) was named on both the D3football.com All-America and the Associated Press (AP) Division III All-America Football Teams, as well the AFCA Division III Coaches’ All-America Second Team and The College Football Network Division III All-America Third Team (see more about Clockwise from top left: Patton, Thimons on the next page). Senior Patrick Beard, Sams, Love Holton (diving) earned All-America honors Holton at the 2022 NCAAs. The men’s 4x100-meter relay team became the first NCAA All-American relay team in school history as they finished seventh at the 2022 NCAA Outdoors. The All-American quartet were (in order of relay) senior Amon Sams, senior Ryan Beard, senior Jacob Patton, and junior Shamar Love. The outdoor track and field team had three events earning All-American honors, breaking a school-record for the most NCAA All-America citations in multiple events at Nationals.

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Lady Linksters The women’s golf team, under head coach Matt Torrence ’93, won its unprecedented fourth-straight PAC Championship, advancing to NCAA tournament for the program’s third-ever trip to Nationals. Junior Erika Hoover was named the PAC Player of the Year. Torrence also earned his fourthstraight PAC Coach of the Year honor.

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Winning Habit The volleyball team won its third-straight PAC title—the most consecutive PAC Championships in team history. Westminster advanced to the NCAA tournament, the program’s fifth overall national appearance. Senior middle hitter Becky Adelman earned PAC Player of the Year honors, while head coach Tammy Swearingen was named the PAC Coach of the Year for the seventh time.

Adelman


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