Thursday, May 26, 2005

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W&L’s Lindsay Hagerman and Paul McClure Named ODAC Scholar Athletes-of-the-Year

SALEM, VA – Washington and Lee’s Lindsay Hagerman and Paul McClure have been named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference’s (ODAC) Scholar-Athletes of the Year by the league’s Board of Directors.

Each year the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) recognizes its top student-athletes with the “Doc” Jopson and Majorie Berkley awards. The Jopson award is named after Bridgewater College professor and long-time track and field coach Harry Jopson. The award is named for Majorie Berkley, a long-time professor at Lynchburg College and Hollins University. Ms. Berkley also served as an assistant director in the ODAC Office in charge of women’s athletics.

Hagerman, the Berkley Award winner and a native of Witcha Falls, Texas, captured the NCAA Division III Women’s Tennis Singles Championship on Monday. She took ODAC Women’s Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year honors after posting a 3.64 while majoring in history. The 2004 and 2005 ODAC Player-of-the-Year, Hagerman also won the 2004 and 2005 Women’s Tennis Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year, given out by the league’s sports information directors. Hagerman finished as a seven-time All-American. She set a school record with 37 singles wins (37-1) this year and also holds the W&L all-time record for singles (117-17) and doubles (108-17) victories.

Off the court, Hagerman serves as a dorm counselor at W&L, a member of the Student-Athlete Mentor Group, the Gay-Straight Alliance, was a representative at the NCAA Leadership Conference, has served as a counselor for the W&L Summer Scholars program and is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She was also named the 2005 Senior Female Athlete-of-the-Year at W&L.

McClure won the Jopson award after garnering a 3.3 GPA while majoring in Philosophy. McClure was ODAC Player-of-the-Year in 2003 and 2004, but was unable to defend his title this season due to an injury. The Memphis, Tenn. native earned his second spot on the All-American team this year after winning his opening round match at the NCAA Championship last weekend. The ODAC Sports Information Directors honored McClure as the 2005 Men’s Tennis Scholar Athlete-of-the-Year. He finished his career 64-41 in singles and 58-39 in doubles. He helped lead the Generals to four-straight ODAC championships and four trips to the second-round of the NCAA Tournament.

Away from the net, McClure is member of the Reformed University Fellowship, the Calyx Yearbook staff and Chaplin and rush chairman of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. McClure was honored earlier this month as W&L’s Senior Male Athlete-of-the-Year

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