Ray Smith
Athletics Director
Athletics Director Ray Smith compiled his list
of the 10 best sports moments of the 2003-2004 school year:
1. Coach Chris Layne’s men’s and women’s cross country programs win both
conference and regional championships and compete in the national championships
-Coach Layne named region Coach of the Year
-Sophomore Megan Lease receives All-American honor.
2. Women’s soccer claims AAC tournament championship under first year
coach Dave Dixon
-Team finishes as regional runner-up
-Bianca Spoto named NAIA Player of the Week Sept. 30, 2003
-Kim Morris and Bianca Spoto named honorable mention All-Americans.
3. Men’s golf wins conference championship
4. Lady Buffs softball sweeps UVA Wise at home to take over first place
in AAC with a week to go in season
5. Baseball’s Brad Hitch drills three homeruns, one being a grand slam,
while he and teammate Kory Kinnear each drive in seven runs in a 21-5
annihilation of Alice Lloyd College
-Also tied all-time hits in one-game record of 27
6. Cross country places four individuals on the men’s distance medley
relay team at the NAIA National Championships
-Chris Wright named All-American
7. First night game in Milligan College baseball’s history results in a
17-4 thrashing of Southern Wesleyan University
-Buffaloes belt five homers
8. Ali Mohammed of men’s soccer named AAC Player of the Year
-Men’s Soccer wins the Ohio Dominican University Invitational Tournament
9. Volleyball’s Myra O’Dell named Academic All-American
10. Softball wins ETSU Fall Tournament after defeating ETSU