ODAC Cross Country Scholar-Athletes Announced

Salem, Va. – Washington and Lee’s Steve Chambers and Lynchburg’s Coral McCree have been named the ODAC Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Scholar-Athletes of the Year for the 2003 season.  The inaugural award is given by the conference’s Sports Information Directors.  In order to be eligible, the athlete must have a 3.2 grade point average and have reached junior athletic and academic standings at their institution.

            Chambers, a junior from Christiana, Pennsylvania, finished in third place in both the W&L and Roanoke Invitationals earlier in the season.  He also placed third in the state meet and 10^th at the Dickinson Invitational.  On Saturday in the ODAC Championships, Chambers finished 11^th with a time of 29:49.  A W&L and ODAC Scholar-Athlete, Chambers has a 3.82 GPA in his business major.

            McCree, a junior from Manassas, Virginia, finished in fifth place at Saturday’s ODAC Championships with a time of 26:54.  Earlier this season at the Stetson University Invitational, she finished first on the team and 24^th overall out of 113 Division I and II runners.  McCree is a biomedical science major with a double minor in English and French.  She has a cumulative grade point average of 3.73 through four semesters of study.  A Lynchburg College Dean’s List honoree, McCree also competes for the Hornet track & field team.