Cedarville Magazine, Summer 2014

34 | Cedarville Magazine SPORTS Left to right: Faculty Athletic Representative Teresa (Cooper) Clark ’75, Senior Woman Administrator Valerie (Baise) Harmon ’90, Student-Athlete Advisory Committee member Laura Farleman ’15, Athletic Director Dr. Alan Geist ’83, Student-Athlete Advisory Committe member Chloe West ’16, Associate Athletic Director Chris Reese ’89, Student- Athlete Advisory Committee member Jacob Forsythe ’15. Photo: G-MAC C e d a r v i l l e bested eight other schools to claim the 2013–14 President’s Cup, an all-sports award from the Gr e at Mi dwe s t Athletic Conference (G-MAC) . The Yellow Jackets won G-MAC championships in men’s soccer, women’s volleyball, men’s and women’s cross country, and men’s outdoor track and field this year. The Jackets were league runners-up in baseball, women’s tennis, and women’s outdoor track and field. Cedarville Wins 2013–14 President’s Cup Photo: Matt Franz By a vote of the Cedarville University head coaches, Women’s soccer standout Jacoby Ziegler ’16 and men’s distance running star Matt Brooker ’14 were named the 2013–14 Yellow Jacket Club Athletes of the Year. Ziegler, a forward from Wellington, Ohio, was named the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Offensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season after leading the Lady Jackets to a 15-7 record— a school record for the most victories in a season. Ziegler ranked No. 2 in the country in NCAA Division II scoring with 20 goals and 10 assists for 50 points. She was voted to the Daktronics NCAA Division II All- America Second Team and to the All-Ohio Division II First Team. A Dean’s Honor List student as a nursing major, Ziegler became the first Lady Jacket to be named a CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American. Brooker, a computer science major from Spring Mills, Pennsylvania, became Cedarville’s first NCAA All-American in any sport when he placed 28th at the Yellow Jackets Name Athletes of the Year Division II Men’s Cross Country Championship. His effort helped the Yellow Jackets finish 15th in the nation for the second straight year. Brooker became Cedarville’s first All-Ohio Championship individual winner, he repeated as the G-MAC Runner of the Year, and he placed fourth in the NCAA Division II Midwest Regional. Brooker qualified for the Division II Indoor Track & Field Championship in the 5,000 meters where he placed 12th. He ended his collegiate career at the Outdoor Championship where he finished 14th in the 10K.