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2011-2012 Major Athletics Award Winners Announced

2011-2012 Major Athletics Award Winners Announced

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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."

Vandendriessche will graduate as arguably the best soccer player in school history. He owns school-records in matches played (84), shots taken (250), shots on goal (134), goals (46) and points scored (102). Vandendriessche holds single-season records for shots taken (76 in 2010), shots on-goal (42 in 2011), goals scored (16 in 2011) points scored (37 in 2011) and is tied for matches played (22 in both 2010 and 2011). As a senior in 2011-12, he led the team and the OAC in goals with 16 and points with 37 and had a team-best seven game-winning goals. Vandendriessche helped the Yellow Jackets earn their first-ever NCAA Division III National Tournament berth. He was named as the OAC Men's Soccer Player of the Week on three occassions. Vandendriessche is a 4-time All-OAC, 3-time All-Great Lakes Region and 2-time Ohio Soccer Coaches Association Division III All-Ohio selection. The international business and finance major hopes to pursue a business career.

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