BEREA, OHIO - Baldwin-Wallace College has selected its all-time leading scorer in men's soccer in Carlin Vandendriessche (Medina) and its all-time wins leader in women's softball in Sarah Baker (Mentor/ Lake Catholic) as its 2011-2012 Outstanding Senior Male and Female Athlete, respectively. The College also has tabbed senior standout men's tennis scholar-athlete Alex Trzeciak (Avon Lake) and senior women's basketball student-athlete Catherine Spisak (Sandusky/ St. Mary Central Catholic) as its Clyde Lamb Award winners to the Ohio Athletic Conference.
Vandendriessche is the recipient of the Kenneth Steingass Award and Baker is the Most Outstanding Female Athlete. Trzeciak and Spisak earn the Clyde Lamb awards, which are symbolic of the school's top senior student-athletes. Each of the ten (10) OAC schools select a Lamb Award winner who is recognized at the league's spring awards dinner.
"All four student-athletes had outstanding careers and have represented Baldwin-Wallace College with distinction both on and off the field of competition," said Director of Athletics Kris A. Diaz. "We are extremely proud of them and their accomplishments, and the awards that they are receiving are well-deserved."
Spisak, who carries a 3.5 grade average in public relations and sport management, helped the Yellow Jackets to compile a 76-34 record with an OAC title and a berth in the 2009 NCAA Division III National Tournament. The 2012 Academic All-OAC choice scored 451 career points and ended her career ninth on the school's all-time rebounding list with 620. This season, Spisak averaged 4.0 points and a team-leading 8.4 rebounds per game. Her 226 rebounds ranked seventh for a single season. As a sophomore in 2009-10, she was B-W's Most Improved Player Award winner.
Spisak was extremely involved both on and off campus. For the past three years, she was heavily involved in the leadership of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), including serving as its President in 2011-12. Spisak also worked with the Student-Athlete Services Office (2010-12), was an Event Management Coordinator (2008-11) and was a Varsity Game Day Staff member (2008-12). At the 2011-12 Student-Athlete Awards Banquet, she received both the Leadership and the Jerry Zemelka Yellow Jacket awards. She also was a member of the Dean's List, the Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society and a public relations honor society.
April 27, 2012
2011-2012 Major Athletics Award Winners Announced
March 7, 2012
Spisak Selected as a Academic All-OAC Athlete
February 29, 2012
Two Women’s Basketball Players Selected All-OAC
February 21, 2012
Women End Season With Loss to Capital
February 20, 2012
Women Beat Marietta in OAC First Round Game
February 18, 2012
Jackets Beat ONU, in Regular Season Finale
February 15, 2012
Women Fall to No.7 Mount Union
February 11, 2012
Jackets Fall to Capital, 71-39
February 8, 2012
Jackets Win Sixth Straight Against JCU
February 4, 2012
Jackets Defeat Muskingum In New Concord
February 3, 2012
Once Teammates, Rohrbach and Miller Are Opponents
February 1, 2012
Women Defeat Otterbein In Final Regular Season Meeting
January 28, 2012
Women Beat Wilmington, 77-56
January 25, 2012
Women Beat Heidelberg, 67-48, in Tiffin
January 21, 2012
Women Score Season-Best 91 Points By Defeating Marietta
January 14, 2012
Women's Basketball Team Falls to Ohio Northern
January 11, 2012
Yellow Jackets Fall to No. 12 Mount Union
January 7, 2012
Women Defeat Capital For Second Straight Victory
January 4, 2012
Jackets Defeat Cross-Town Rival John Carroll
December 29, 2011
Women Lose to No. 17-Ranked Hope (Mich.) In Florida
December 28, 2011
Jackets Defeat Olivet (Mich.) In Orlando, Florida
December 20, 2011
Women's Basketball Team Falls To No. 24 Otterbein
December 17, 2011
Women's Basketball Team Defeats Muskingum
December 10, 2011
Jackets Drop OAC Contest To Wilmington
December 8, 2011
Coulter Proves the Best Remedy for an Injury is a Positive Outlook
December 7, 2011
Women's Basketball Team Defeats Heidelberg
December 6, 2011
Spisak Leaves Her Mark on the Women's Basketball Program
December 3, 2011
Women Fall To Marrietta, 70-64
November 30, 2011
Women's Basketball Team Defeats Carnegie Mellon (Pa.)
November 22, 2011
Women's Basketball Team Defeats Rival Case Western
November 18, 2011
Jackets Defeat Denison In First Round of MC Bankers Classic
November 15, 2011
Jackets Defeat Wittenberg, In 2011-12 Season Opener