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: 2004 Collegiate Student Athletes of the Year :

Jayson Williams is a male athlete from Lane College playing basketball and cross-country he was the MVP in both sports he finished the regular cross-country season undefeated and was named to the All SIAC cross-country team. In basketball Jason was selected preseason first team all conference in 2002-2003, he led the conference in rebounding and double-doubles with an average of 12.1 rebounds and 24 double-doubles in 27 games; he also averaged fifteen points per game. During the 2003-2004 year, Jason was again All-SIAC and 1st team all tournament with 12.8 rebounds and 14.9 points per game and 26 double-doubles out of 27 games.

Taccara Moore is that a female athlete from Lane College playing volleyball and basketball and volleyball. In volleyball, she was up a pre-season Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) all conference pick and was the SIAC leader in kills, averaging six per game. During the year, TAccara led the volleyball team in kills and blocks. In basketball, she led the Lady Dragons in blocked shots and was second on the team in rebounding and scoring with 7.9 rebounds and 10.9 points per game. She was named to the SIAC All Academic team with a 3.94 GPA and was the MVP in both volleyball and basketball.

Michael Williams has the male athlete from Jackson State Community college playing baseball. In 2003 Michael hit .294, five home runs, and 23 RBIs. As a pitcher, he had 41 strikeouts and was 5-3 in 32.1 innings pitched. For the current 2004 season, Michael is hitting .384 with 21 RBIs. He is 1-1 on the mound and averages more than a strikeout per inning. He will continue his playing career with Arkansas State.

Lyndsay McKinney is the female athlete from Jackson State Community College, playing basketball. In 2000-2003, she averaged eighteen points, seven rebounds, eight assists per game. In 2003-2004, Lyndsey was the captain of the the Lady Generals and averaged nineteen points, nine rebounds, and five assists per game.

Leah Gronberg is the female athlete from Union University. She's a senior pitcher for the Union University softball team, and has been a four year starter for Union. She has been named NAIA All-American in each of the three seasons going into her senior year. Leah's career pitching record to this point at Union is 86-14 with a career ERA under one. She was named both the TranSouth Conference and NAIA region XI pitcher of the year last season as a junior. During Leah's first three seasons at Union, the Lady Bulldogs won all three TranSouth regular season championships, three conference tournament championships, three NAIA regional XI championships and have made three trips to the NAIA Softball World Series. Lee's majoring in psychology with a GPA of 3.9.

Joel Hysmith is the male athlete from Union University. Joel is a senior outfielder for the Union University baseball team. He has been a four year starter for Union. While at Union, Joel was named TranSouth All-Conference as a freshman. He has proven to be one of the Union's best outfielders and has always been among the teams leaders in hits, runs and stolen bases. During his career, Union won the 2002 TranSouth conference Regular Season Championship, the 2002 TranSouth Tournament Championship, and has played in two NAIA region XI tournaments. In the classroom, all is majoring in Business Management and has a GPA of 3.5.

Jonathan Finch is the male athlete from Lambuth, playing football. He played nine games with a broken bone in his throwing arm and led the 2003 Eagles to a 9-3 record, a number ten national ranking, a Midsouth conference championship and a national playoff. Jonathan completed 161 passes of 304 attempts for 53% completion average and 21 touchdowns. He finished the season ranked number twenty in the national passing yards. As all the quarterbacks in the national top twenty, Jonathan was number three with the fewest interceptions.

Ashley Mueller Is the female athlete from Lambuth University, playing softball. In 2003, She earned and all Midsouth conference honorable mention and was named the academic all Midsouth conference. She started all 46 games last season. Last spring, she had a 0.252 batting average and this fall she is batting 0.286. In 2004, she was Academic All Midsouth Conference. She has allowed only nine pass balls in the 42 games and has a 100% stolen base average.