Cedarville Magazine, Winter 2016

22 | Cedarville Magazine Tuttle Races to All-American Distinction Benjamin Tuttle ’15 became Cedarville’s second Division II All-American in men’s cross country with a 16th place showing at the NCAA Championship. Tuttle was clocked at 30:08.5 for the 10,000 meters at the Tom Rutledge Cross Country Course at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri. The Top 40 finishers are All-Americans. Tuttle earned a spot in the national meet after winning the Midwest Region title on November 7. The only other Yellow Jacket to earn All-America honors was Matt Brooker ’14, who placed 28th in 2013. He finished 41st in 2012. This was Tuttle’s third appearance in the NCAA Championship. He was a member of the 2012 and 2013 squads that placed 15th in the country each year. “Ben was feeling good and ran with the front of the pack for the first loop (5K),” commentedMen’s Cross Country Head Coach Paul Orchard. “After 6K, he said his breathing started to affect him. He was in a group of six runners for the last mile, and that group stayed close until the last 400 meters. “That’s the fastest he has run the 10K in cross country. It was a great race for him and a gutsy effort to finish that high in the field. He was hoping to be in the Top 10, but 16th with that time is a great day!” Shelton Wins NCCAA Top Volleyball Honor Cedarville University’s Abby Shelton ’17 is the 2015 recipient of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Division I Volleyball Susan R. Hellings Award. The announcement was made at the championship banquet in December. The Hellings Award serves as the top award within the sport, recognizing academic excellence, athletic achievement, Christian service, and conduct. Built on the Christlike traits of love, integrity, faith, and excellence, the NCCAA seeks to honor one student-athlete in each sport who best displays these qualities. Shelton, an outside hitter from Sparta, Georgia, was the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) Co-Player of the Year. She led the Lady Jackets to a 19-15 record and ranked second in the G-MAC with 3.83 kills per set. She was recently voted to the Conference Commissioners Association Division II Midwest Region Second Team. Shelton maintains a 3.34 cumulative grade point average as a sport management major. She is Vice President of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, team captain, a member of the sport management organization, and was a Fellowship of Christian Athletes volleyball intern. Shelton is the fourth Cedarville volleyball player to receive the Hellings Award. She joins Lori Bunger ’01 (1999), Richelle (Clem) Viront ’05 (2004), and Libby (Short) Aker ’09 (2007) in the group. Headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina, the NCCAA strives to promote the Gospel of Jesus Christ through its 25 National Championships and Invitationals.