July 19, 2007
Nosewicz earns second straight All-America Scholar honor
NORMAN, OK — Nick Nosewicz of Aurora, CO., a 2007 Barton College graduate, has been named a Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar by the Golf Coaches Association of America for the second straight season.
Nosewicz is the seventh Barton player in Coach John Hackney's 10 seasons to earn the honor, and the only player from the Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference this past season. To be eligible, student-athletes must be juniors or seniors with a cumulative 3.2 GPA and have a stroke average under 78.0 in tournament play. A committee then evaluates the applicants and chooses the Academic All-America team.
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July 18, 2007
Anthony Atkinson and Tim Black, two of the greatest basketball players in Barton history — and the only two NCAA All-Americans — spent Wednesday afternoon together in Wilson .
In the hallway outside Wilson Gym, the site of many of their exploits, the idea was bantered about that Black, who stars with the Paderborn Baskets in Germany's 1 st League (top level), and Atkinson could form a tenacious backcourt in the German Bundesliga.
“I'd be scared if I saw those two guys on the court together coming at me,” said Mark Pounds, a volunteer assistant coach for the NCAA D-II National Champion Bulldogs.
Black was back in town to help educate Atkinson about professional basketball in Europe . Black will begin his fifth season in Germany in early August. He has starred with the Baskets for three seasons and is in the last year of a two-year contract. The 6-foot, 175-pound point guard averaged 24 points per game in the 2004-05 (28-2) and 2005-06 (30-0) seasons, directing them to an incredible 50 straight wins. This past season, the Baskets, who moved from the 2 nd League to the 1 st League, finished 11 th of 18 teams, but Black missed the first two months of the season with a torn hamstring.
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July 11, 2007
LOS ANGELES (Wednesday, July 11) In recognition of its improbable, come-from-behind victory in the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship, the Barton College Bulldogs were saluted, but did not win, during ESPN's prestigious ESPY Awards celebration.
Nominated in the category of “Best Finish,” the Bulldogs were up against stiff competition for the award, including the Dodgers' dramatic win over the Padres (baseball), Kevin Harvick's win at the Daytona 500 (NASCAR), and race horse Curlin beating the Triple Crown-hopeful at this year's Preakness (horse-racing). The category winner was the Los Angeles Dodgers, who hit four straight home runs in the ninth inning to tie San Diego, then won in extra innings.
The Bulldogs were nominated for their dramatic rally in the final minute of the 2007 NCAA Division II National Men's Basketball Championship game March 24 th against top-ranked defending national champion Winona State (MN), with a NCAA D-II record 57-game winning streak.
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July 8, 2007
WILSON , NC – Stacey Radford Tant was a part of the greatest two seasons in Barton College women's soccer history, leading the Lady Bulldogs to a 16-2-1 record as a senior sweeper in 2001 and coaching Barton to a 14-5 mark in 2005.
However, the former All-American has resigned after four years at the helm of her alma mater's program, foregoing any chance to make more history for the 
Lady Bulldogs.
Tant, who recently earned her master's degree in sports administration from East Carolina University , informed Barton Director of Athletics Gary Hall that she has elected to pursue a teaching/coaching career in the public schools. Tant and her husband, Todd, welcomed their first child, Thomas, into the world in April.
“For a long time, Barton College has held a special place in my heart,” said Tant, who was born and raised in Wilson and starred at Fike High School , “and it is always going to. I will always be a Bulldog.”
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