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Women's Sports Update

SOFTBALL:

Kacey Coonce of Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) University was named the NAIA Region XI Player of the Week for the week ending April 20, 2008 and Brittiany Johnson of Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) was named the NAIA Region XI Pitcher of the week for the same period.

Johnson has been the TranSouth Pitcher of the Week seven times this year and is being honored by Region XI for the fifth time. Coonce has been the TranSouth Player of the week twice and is being honored by Region XI for the first time. Johnson was named NAIA Pitcher of the Week earlier this season.

Coonce, a 6-foot-0 junior from Goreville, Ill., helped Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) University to a 6-0 week. She had two multiple home run games hitting three against Crichton (Tenn.) College and two more against Lyon (Ark.) College to finish the week with five homeruns. She also had two doubles, knocked in eight runs and scored 13 times. The NAIA No. 4 are Trojans currently 36-4 overall and are 27-1 in the TranSouth.

Johnson, a 5-foot-10 senior from Pulaski, Tenn., had a 6-0 week in the circle for the Trojans. She didn’t allow an earned run all week while she struck out 27 batters in 18.2 innings of work. Johnson became just the third player in NAIA history to record 1,000 strike outs. She did so with her 6th strike out in the fourth inning of TNU's 10-1 win over Lambuth (Tenn.) University.

Trevecca is ranked No. 1 in the latest NAIA Region XI ranking.

SOFTBALL:

NAIA No. 4 Trevecca (39-5, 28-2) will honor their seniors between games of Thursday’s meeting with No. 17 Martin Methodist. The double-header with the RedHawks (39-8, 28-4) will start at 4 p.m. It's the last chance to see the team play at home this season. A cookout is planned for 5 p.m.

With a win Trevecca would secure the conference championship for the fourth consecutive season.

Trevecca will finish the regular season with a conference double-header at Crichton College (11-31, 9-19) at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

WOMEN'S GOLF:

The Trevecca women’s golf team will compete in the NAIA Region XI tournament that will be hosted by Campbellsville University on May 1-2 at Maywood Country Club in Bardstown, Ky.

Men's Sports Update

BASEBALL:

Dylan Lynch of Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) University was named the NAIA Region XI Player of the Week for the week ending April 21.

Lynch, a 6-foot senior third baseman from Nashville, helped lead the Trojans to a perfect 5-0 week. He posted a .643 batting average (9-14) with six runs, three doubles, one homerun, and seven RBI. Lynch also walked four times and captured one stolen base. The week for the Trojans included a series sweep of Mid-Continent (Ky.) University that helped Trevecca Nazarene clinch their third TranSouth Regular Season Title in the last four years. Trevecca Nazarene is now 30-11 on the season and 17-2 in the TranSouth.

BASEBALL:

NAIA No. 17 Trevecca (31-11, 15-2) will conclude their regular season with a three-game TranSouth series at Lambuth University (28-18, 14-6) on Thursday and Friday.

The team will compete in the conference tournament April 28-May 1 in Millington, Tenn. The team has also secured a bid to the NAIA Region XI Tournament at Cumberland University May 6-9, 2008.

TNU FCA:

Everyone Invited - Thursday, April 24 at 3:00 p.m. in TSAC
Casey Cramer, Fullback, Tennessee Titans: BIO

In 2006 ... Played in 15 games for Titans after being claimed off waivers (Carolina) on September 3. On special teams he tied for fourth on the team with 15 special teams tackles, two fumble recoveries and blocked one punt. Cramer recorded a career-high two receptions for eight yards.

• Named AFC Special Teams Player of Week after posting team-high three tackles on special teams, one fumble recovery and blocked punt at Washington (10/15).

• Entering his third season in the NFL, Cramer started his plan for life after football when he was a rookie. In three off-seasons, Cramer has attended three NFL Business Management and Entrepreneurial Programs at Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard Business School and Stanford Graduate School of Business. The Dartmouth alum has also interned with Wachovia (Charlotte) in the corporate investment department and in the broker retailer department (Nashville).

• A seventh round selection by the Buccaneers in the 2004 NFL Draft, Cramer doesn’t take anything for granted in the NFL and prides himself on staying grounded. Often ridiculed by teammates Cramer has maintained his 1999 Toyota Corolla with 110,000 miles instead of buying a luxury vehicle. Cramer says his priority is saving his finances and growing them with investments for the future.

• This past off-season Cramer passed the Series 7 financial certification exam and is now certified to sell stocks and bonds.

MEN'S GOLF:

The Trevecca men’s golf team will compete in the NAIA Region XI Tournament being hosted by Cumberland University on April 28-29, 2008 at The Legacy Golf Club, Springfield, Tenn.

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