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Matt Akins hired as new men's soccer coach

June 12, 2007

A new era in Barton College men's soccer will begin this fall when Matt Atkins begins roaming the sidelines for the Bulldogs.

Akins, 28, was hired this week as the successor to Gary Hall, who retired last month as soccer coach after 18 seasons at Barton.

"I am very excited about the opportunity to come to Barton and Wilson," Akins said. "It is a great opportunity to come into an established program. Coach Hall has made a very good name for the school, so I hope to excel from there. I think our chances for success are very high because the people I am going to work with in the athletic department at Barton are already very successful."

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Barton's Blackmon, Godwin make All-Time All-CVAC baseall team

June 6, 2007

THOMASVILLE, NC– Conference Carolinas announced the CVAC All-Time baseball team as voted on by league sports information directors. To help commemorate the final year as the Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference, the league is naming All-Time Teams in all of the conference sports. The league recently changed its name to Conference Carolinas on June 1, 2007.

With the recent completion of the 2007 baseball season, a thirteen member team was selected as nominated and voted on by league sports information directors. Mount Olive College leads the All-Time Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference baseball team with four members being named to the team, followed by Barton, Belmont Abbey, and Erskine each with two selections, and Coker, Limestone, and Pfeiffer with a selection each. Only those student athletes who competed or have competed in the CVAC for a minimum of two seasons are eligible for inclusion. Active student-athletes who meet the criteria were also eligible.

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