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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.