Earlier this year spring Allman, who played games at first base, second base and DP, earned 91¶ÌÊÓƵ’s first-ever All-Atlantic Region First Team award.  She led Eastern Mennonite’s softball team in nine offensive categories, including her .422 batting average, eight homeruns and 46 RBIs.  For a player with a powerful .724 slugging percentage, she also had an impressive .507 on-base percentage.  Allman was also one of just two Lady Royals to finish the year with more walks than strikeouts (17 to 11).

At the end of the 2012-13 school year, Allman was named the 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Female Athlete of the Year, as voted on by the university’s athletic department staff.  She also took a spot on the All-ODAC First Team after finishing in the top ten in the conference in nine categories.

Allman finishes her eligibility with five program records: homeruns in season (9), RBIs in a season (46 – tied with Hall of Honor member Karla Alderfer), career homeruns (31), career RBIs (151) and career walks (52).

The Lady Royals closed the 2013 season in the ODAC Tournament, qualifying for the league’s tourney for the eighth straight year under Coach J.D. McCurdy.  They finished with a record of 21-19.

Ygarza, who was named All-ODAC First Team earlier this year, helped lead a very balanced Royals team to their best ever ODAC finish at 15-1, and just the second NCAA Tournament berth in program history.  She was second on the team with 9.6 points per game and first with 7.0 rebounds.  Ygarza led Eastern Mennonite in free throws as well, hitting 80-of-121 tosses.

She finished in the top 23 in the ODAC in 12 different categories.  During the year, Ygarza scored a season-high 19 points to go with seven rebounds against nationally-ranked Messiah College.  She also had 15 points, including the game-winning offensive put-back with 1.3 seconds left, in an upset of then nationally-ranked Mary Washington.

The Royals finished the 2012-13 campaign with a record of 21-7 overall after a loss to Marymount (Va.) in the NCAA Tournament.  The women had a program-best 14-game winning streak snapped in the ODAC Championship game and finished with the fourth-most wins in 91¶ÌÊÓƵ history.

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Phillips, the 2011 ODAC Player of the Year, topped Eastern Mennonite with a 18.2 points per game scoring average, as well as 3.2 assists, 2.2 steals and 6.2 free throw attempts per contest. He also grabbed 5.7 rebounds and finished top four in the ODAC in five major categories. The senior was also named All-American by both NABC and D3Hoops.com

In 2010, Phillips was named the VaSID Player of the Year. He also leaves 91¶ÌÊÓƵ as one of the top players in school history. Phillips set the career steals mark at 188 picks and is one of only two players to finish in the top ten of career points, rebounds and assists. Leonard Dow, 91¶ÌÊÓƵ’s career leader in both scoring and rebounding and member of the Hall of Honor, is the other.

Ferrum College forward Derek Mitchell has been selected as the VaSID’s Player of the Year, Virginia Wesleyan College head coach Dave Macedo named Coach of the Year and VWC freshman guard D.J. Woodmore earned Rookie of the Year honors.

Mitchell, a 6-5 senior forward, earned First Team All-America honors this season from the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) after a stellar season for the Panthers. He was named USA South Player of the Year, D3Hoops.com South Region Player of the Year and NABC District III Player of the Year.

Mitchell averaged 19.7 points and 13.2 rebounds per game and wrapped up a tremendous career as Ferrum’s all-time leading rebounder and second all-time leading scorer. The Ferrum senior was a 2009-10 All-State Second Team member and the 2007-08 VaSID Rookie of the Year.

The Coach of the Year nod is the fifth honor in last eight seasons for Macedo, who again led one of the top teams in Division III in Virginia Wesleyan. He guided the Marlins to a 25-5 record in 2010-11 and a berth in the NCAA Division III Sweet 16. It was the seventh straight trip to the NCAA Tournament for VWC and the 17th consecutive winning season for Macedo.

The 2010-11 VaSID Rookie of the Year was Woodmore, who was also named the D3Hoops.com National Rookie of the Year as well as to the 2011 DIIINews National All-Freshman Team. He also earned ODAC Rookie of the Year laurels and was tabbed the D3Hoops.com South Region Rookie of the Year as well. Woodmore led the Marlins in made field goals, made three-pointers, free-throw percentage and scoring. He averaged 13.8 points and 5.2 rebounds per game while knocking down 47.7% of his shots.

2011 VaSID College Division All-State Men’s Basketball Team
Player of the Year: Derek Mitchell, Ferrum
Coach of the Year: Dave Macedo, Virginia Wesleyan
Rookie of the Year: D.J. Woodmore, Virginia Wesleyan

First Team
Harrison George, Hampden-Sydney
Isaih Harrison, Apprentice School
Derek Mitchell, Ferrum
Todd Phillips, Eastern Mennonite
Conley Taylor, Christopher Newport

Second Team
Tevin Andrews, Apprentice School
Spenser Briggs, Southern Virginia
Nate Campbell, Lynchburg
Colton Hunt, Randolph College
Danny Jones, Randolph-Macon

91¶ÌÊÓƵ head coach Richard (Rich) McElwee has been selected as “coach of the year” in voting by the Virginia Sports Information Directors Association (VaSID) for the 2004 College Division All-State Women’s Basketball Team.

McElwee led the 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Lady Royals to a 25-4 mark and into the sectional semifinals of the NCAA Division III national tournament. The Royals were this year’s Old Dominion Athletic Association regular season champions and the league’s tournament champions, marking the first time a head coach has won the tournament in his first season at the helm.

91¶ÌÊÓƵ sophomore Laura Ludholtz from Mt. Crawford, Va., was named to the VaSID women’s basketball first team. Ludholtz scored 16.0 points and grabbed 8.2 rebounds a game for the Royals.

91¶ÌÊÓƵ sophomore Carrie Grandstaff, Luray, Va., received VaSID second team honors.