Trio Of Lancers Earn Conference Honors
May 10, 2023 at 10:50 p.m.
Trio Of Lancers Earn Conference Honors
By Josh Neuhart-
Jeri Ellis headlined the honorees for the Lancers. Ellis was voted second team team All-Crossroads League, and was also chosen as a Gold Glove recipient.
Ellis excelled in a two way role for Grace this season, leading Grace in wins (8), strikeouts (61) and was second on the team in batting average (.281) and third in RBIs (15). She closed the season with a complete game shutout over No. 25 Mt. Vernon.
Joining Ellis was Cassie Hayes who also earned second team recognition. Hayes reached base at a .441 clip and was also tops on the team for RBIs (19). In the field Hyes had a .993 fielding percentage on 297 chances.
Tia O’Connor was recognized as an honorable mention All-Crossroads League. The sophomore joined Ellis and Hayes as the only Grace players to appear in all 41 games.
O’Connor served as the Lancers primary third baseman while hitting at a .288 clip with 12 RBIs.
Grace Welcomes HNAC Schools For Sportsmanship Summit
WINONA LAKE - For the first time ever, Grace College and Director of Athletics Chad Briscoe welcomed student-athletes from the high schools of the Hoosier North Athletic Conference (HNAC) for a Sportsmanship Summit on Wednesday.
Multiple student-athletes from each HNAC school attended the conference, which was designed to educate student-athletes about sportsmanship and character training in athletics.
"We are pleased to be a part of building character at the high-school level through the Sportsmanship Summit," Briscoe said. "We hope it served as a great opportunity to educate and reinforce character education and to help promote the importance of sportsmanship for each student-athlete."
Students from the HNAC high schools spent the day together working in groups to discuss and challenge one another in sportsmanship and character-building opportunities in the athletic realm. The students worked in team-initiative opportunities to build camaraderie among the schools in the conference.
The Sportsmanship Summit featured sessions from Roger Grossman, Kye Barrett and Briscoe. Student-athletes also took turns sitting on a panel and answering questions in a peer-to-peer teaching environment.
Grace has hosted several Sportsmanship Summits in recent years, but this was the first edition for the HNAC schools.
Jeri Ellis headlined the honorees for the Lancers. Ellis was voted second team team All-Crossroads League, and was also chosen as a Gold Glove recipient.
Ellis excelled in a two way role for Grace this season, leading Grace in wins (8), strikeouts (61) and was second on the team in batting average (.281) and third in RBIs (15). She closed the season with a complete game shutout over No. 25 Mt. Vernon.
Joining Ellis was Cassie Hayes who also earned second team recognition. Hayes reached base at a .441 clip and was also tops on the team for RBIs (19). In the field Hyes had a .993 fielding percentage on 297 chances.
Tia O’Connor was recognized as an honorable mention All-Crossroads League. The sophomore joined Ellis and Hayes as the only Grace players to appear in all 41 games.
O’Connor served as the Lancers primary third baseman while hitting at a .288 clip with 12 RBIs.
Grace Welcomes HNAC Schools For Sportsmanship Summit
WINONA LAKE - For the first time ever, Grace College and Director of Athletics Chad Briscoe welcomed student-athletes from the high schools of the Hoosier North Athletic Conference (HNAC) for a Sportsmanship Summit on Wednesday.
Multiple student-athletes from each HNAC school attended the conference, which was designed to educate student-athletes about sportsmanship and character training in athletics.
"We are pleased to be a part of building character at the high-school level through the Sportsmanship Summit," Briscoe said. "We hope it served as a great opportunity to educate and reinforce character education and to help promote the importance of sportsmanship for each student-athlete."
Students from the HNAC high schools spent the day together working in groups to discuss and challenge one another in sportsmanship and character-building opportunities in the athletic realm. The students worked in team-initiative opportunities to build camaraderie among the schools in the conference.
The Sportsmanship Summit featured sessions from Roger Grossman, Kye Barrett and Briscoe. Student-athletes also took turns sitting on a panel and answering questions in a peer-to-peer teaching environment.
Grace has hosted several Sportsmanship Summits in recent years, but this was the first edition for the HNAC schools.
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