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Pomeroys Compete Nationally

News | 06.18.2018

Basketball

  • The Women’s Basketball team earned a bid to play in the USCAA National Tournament.
  • Maggie Reimer was named USCAA Honorable Mention All-American.
  • Tara Parmer ’18 entered the 1000-Point Club.

Men’s Cross Country

  • The team finished fourth place at the USCAA National Cross Country Meet.
  • Four runners finished Top 20 at the USCAA National Cross Country Meet. Parker Nuest finished 14th, Ethan Collings finished 15th, Brady Paige came in 17th and Jordan Love came in 20th.

Women’s Cross Country

  • The team finished third place at the USCAA National Cross Country Meet.
  • Kendyll Schulz finished in fifth place and Breanna Barger finished in sixth place, while Cheyenn Wright finished in ninth place.
  • Kendyll Schulz was named USCAA First Team All-American.

Men’s Golf

  • The team finished third at the USCAA National Golf Tournament.
  • Colton Kuppler was crowned the USCAA Men’s Individual Champion.
Jordyn Lloyd at the 2018 spring commencement
Jordyn Lloyd ’18

Student-Athlete of the Year

Jordyn Lloyd ’18 was named Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Pomeroy Student-Athlete of the Year. Lloyd was nominated by her coach and voted on by the athletic department. She was the first women’s basketball player to win the award.

Lloyd also received the St. Catherine of Alexandria Award, sponsored by Kappa Gamma Pi, the National Catholic College Graduate Honor Society, at the May 2018 commencement.

Stephen Beeler on the SMWC volleyball court.
Head Volleyball Coach, Stephen Beeler

National Coach of the Year

Head Volleyball Coach Stephen Beeler was named USCAA National Coach of the Year. In SMWC’s third season, Beeler guided the Pomeroys to a 21-14 (.600) overall record. The Pomeroys accepted their third bid to play in the USCAA Volleyball Tournament and finished as the National Champion Runner-Up.

Western Equestrian

  • Hannah Hein finished ninth in the nation in Individual Reining and Savannah White placed ninth in Individual Intermediate at the 2018 IHSA National Championships.

Hunt Seat Equestrian

  • Kindra Gingerich and Carl Arnold competed at the 2018 IHSA National Championships. Gingerich placed fifth in the nation in Individual Walk-Trot. Arnold finished as a finalist in the Open Individual Fences.

Softball

  • Softball earned its 10th straight bid to play in the USCAA Small College World Series and finished as the USCAA National Champion Runner-Up.
  • Hollie Jones was named First Team USCAA All-American.
  • Kerri Schrock and Taylor Andrew earned Second Team USCAA All-Merican status while Baylee Waters received the Honorable Mention nod.

Volleyball

  • The team finished as the USCAA National Champion Runner-Up for the third year in-a-row.
  • Monica Mack and McKenzi Kumpf named AVCA First Team All-Americans.
  • Kumpf and Mack both earned USCAA First Team All-American honors.

USCAA = United States Collegiate Athletic Association
AVCA = American Volleyball Coaches Association
IHSA = Intercollegiate Horse Show Association