Crons
sponsors the monthly "Achiever Award," which is presented to the
school recognized by a fan vote for the most notable achievement from
the month prior. Below are the descriptions of each submission, along
with the poll in the right-hand sidebar.
Mercer Baseball – Chesny Young
Young led the Bears with a .426 batting average,
20 hits and 16 runs scored in the month of May. Overall, Young finished his
first collegiate season third in the A-Sun Conference in batting average,
fourth in on-base percentage and seventh in hits on his way to be named the A-Sun
Conference Freshman of the Year.
Lipscomb Baseball – Josh Cotham
Making three quality starts in three appearances
and notching a 1.44 ERA, Lipscomb's Josh Cotham posted a 2-1 record on the hill
for the Bisons in May including a complete-game shutout of FGCU that led to the
redshirt-junior being named Atlantic Sun Conference Pitcher of the Week. The
right-hander followed up the blanking of the Eagles with another complete-game
win as Lipscomb downed Jacksonville 6-2 fanning nine Dolphins without issuing a
single free pass. Cotham closed out the month with a quality start against
Belmont, allowing just two earned runs and three hits in seven innings against
the Bruins.
North Florida Track & Field – Brianna Frazier
Sophomore Brianna Frazier of the University of
North Florida track and field team recorded a May worthy of her place in the
record books. At the Georgia Tech Invitational, as a tune-up for NCAA East
Prelims, Frazier clocked a 23.56 in the 200m, breaking her own school record
and setting a new best for the Atlantic Sun Conference in 2012. Two weeks
later, at the NCAA East Region Preliminary Round, Frazier broke her own 200m
record for the second consecutive meet, clocking a 23.53 to advance to the next
day’s quarterfinals. At the same meet, Frazier recorded a 52.86 and 52.48 in
the 400m to advance to the NCAA Outdoor Track Championships in Des Moines,
Iowa. It will be the sophomore’s second consecutive visit to the NCAA Finals.
Stetson Baseball – Robbie Powell
Stetson senior closer Robbie Powell tied the
A-Sun record with 18 saves this season. He finished his career with 35 saves
from 2009-12, good for 3rd in A-Sun history behind only former Hatters Tom
Hickox (48) and Robbie Elsemiller (37).
ETSU Athletics – ETSU claimed the Bill Bibb Trophy for the sixth consecutive
year, edging Kennesaw State by 4.5 points to claim the 2011-12 Atlantic Sun
All-Sports championship. The Buccaneers, who have won the award since joining
the conference in 2005-06, received a balanced effort from their men’s and
women’s programs, tallying 144 points from the men to also claim the Jesse C.
Fletcher Trophy and 141 from the women. The Bucs won championships in women’s
soccer, men’s tennis and men’s outdoor track and field, and the 144 points were
the most recorded by any men’s team in league history.
FGCU Softball – Playing in its first-ever NCAA Tournament, the
FGCU softball team sent shock waves through the collegiate softball world when
it defeated regional host and No. 5 Florida, 2-1, on May 18, 2012. A pair of
solo home runs from sophomores Kirsten
Bembnowski and Emily Lanier and
a complete game gem from A-Sun Picher of the Year Shelby Morgan helped the
Eagles defeat the Gators in front of a crowd of 1,345 at the Katie Seashole
Pressly Stadium.
FGCU softball was the fourth Eagle squad to make
the NCAA Tournament in 2011-12, but the first in school history to win a game
in the NCAA Tournament. The Eagles also won the A-Sun regular season and
tournament title in their first year of postseason eligibility.
As
the Official Motivation and Apparel Brand of the Atlantic Sun
Conference, the Crons Brand provides what it calls “high quality
motivational apparel, merchandise, and accessories to inspire people
to get better and constantly strive for their goals.” It also strives
to reinforce positive messages to athletes about what it takes to be
a winner and the importance of working harder than anyone else in
order to reach their full potential. Crons communicates this message
through four separate product categories: Team Gear, Lifestyle
Apparel, Nutritional Products, and School Programs. Crons is a
national brand with its message-themed and motivational merchandise
and apparel already in use by more than 500 schools and organizations
in 25 states.
Crons
perpetuates its message through its Achievers Program, designed to
teach students the importance of setting and achieving goals. The
program focuses on fostering skills that will help young people set
smart, measurable goals now and in the future – leading to academic,
personal and professional success.
