Coker holds FANG Awards
The Coker athletic department held their FANG Awards May 3 to honor the athletic achievements of the Cobras. Headlining the night were men’s golf player Taylor Ingle and women’s lacrosse player Haley McCusker, the C.G. Timberlake Male and Female Athlete of the Year Awards.
Ingle played 18.5 rounds this year, shooting to a 73.4 scoring average. Ingle has finished in the top-30 in every event this year, recording four top-10 finishes and one top-five finish. Ingle shot a 74 in the final round and a two-day score of 145 to finish in third place individually. He currently owns the fifth-lowest scoring average in Coker’s men’s golf history. The senior has posted the top win-loss percentage on the squad at 514-108 (.826).
McCusker led the South Atlantic Conference with 79 goals; ranking third with 87 points. She tied a Coker single-game record with 10 points in a win over Brevard. She also set the Coker single-season goals record this season and finished with nine games of five or more points. Nationally, the junior currently ranks second in total goals, third in NCAA DII with a 4.16 goals per game average, and eighth with 87 points. McCusker has excelled in the classroom as well, being named to the Dean’s List once.
Coker awarded 11 other FANGS. They were:
• SAAC Team Excellence Award – Women’s Volleyball
• Cobra Service Award – Ali Nelson, Spirit Squad
• Cobra Scholar Award – Walker Barfield
• Female Breakthrough Player of they Year – Taylor Forehand
• Male Breakthrough Player of the Year – Griffin Hollifield
• Coach of the Year – Travis McCall
• Heart & Soul Award – Sydney Shull
• Female Newcomer of the Year – Kelsi Bachmann
• Male Newcomer of the Year – Taylor Ingle