Former Maiden High football star Ryan Crawford was among five on Wednesday named to join the Davidson College Hall of Fame on Feb. 4.
Crawford, a 2001 graduate of Davidson, is one of only three first-team Associated Press All-Americans in football at Davidson (1999). He led the Wildcats to a 29-13 record over four seasons that included the school’s only unbeaten football team (10-0) in 2000.
In the 2000 season, Crawford was selected as Football Gazette’s NCAA Division-AA mid-major defensive back of the year and also the publication’s defensive player of the year among players for independents.
Crawford’s six blocked kicks (four punts, two field goals in 2000) was at the time an NCAA record. He led the nation in interceptions with eight in 1999
and is tied for the school record in career interceptions with 17. He continues to hold school records for career blocked kicks (11) and pass breakups (31).
The induction day will begin at halftime of the Chattanooga at Davidson basketball game at Belk Arena. A reception is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. and the Hall of Fame dinner and program begins at 7:15 p.m.
Joining Crawford in the school’s 23rd Hall of Fame class are swimmer Mary Shell Brosche, the late Jeff Frank (tennis head coach), Philip Koonce (track and field) and Alan Lewis (baseball).
SOCCER
Bears land 3 on women’s all-state
The North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association (NCCSIA) 2011 all-state women’s soccer team includes three Lenoir-Rhyne University players.
Bears selected were senior defender Catherine Hauck of Lake Mary, Fla., junior midfielder Carley Griffin of Fresno, Calif., and and senior forward Laura Linehan of San Diego.
Hauck is also an All-American for the second straight season and has twice been the South Atlantic Conference’s player of the year. She finished with 31 career goals, fourth all-time at LRU.
Griffin had 11 goals and 25 assists last season and was first-team All-SAC.
Linehan led the Bears in goals (12) last season and is second in all-time goals for LRU with 47.
LRU went 17-3-1 last season and went unbeaten in league play to win the SAC regular season. The Bears also won the conference tournament and reached the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional final for the second straight season.
FOOTBALL
LRU’s Rearden named to All-American team
Lenoir-Rhyne University offensive lineman Chandler Rearden is on the 2011 Daktronics All-American football second team.
Rearden, a senior from Greenwood, S.C., won the Jacobs Blocking Trophy in the South Atlantic Conference for the second straight season and was all-conference at LRU three times.
With the Bears going 7-3 and winning a conference championship for the first time in 17 years, Rearden was an offensive leader for a team that ranked fifth in NCAA Division II rushing.
As a junior, Rearden was named an All-American by five different publications, including Daktronics.
This year’s first-team also included Mars Hill running back Jonas Randolph and North Carolina-Pembroke running back Travis Daniels
The Daktronics team is voted on by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Randolph and Albany State’s Jamarkus Gaskins were named the Ron Lenz Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively.
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