2010 PEACH BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS

Clayton State’s Tillman selected Daktronics
All-Southeast Region for women’s basketball
Laker junior was All-Peach Belt Conference, PBC Tournament Most Valuable Player
MORROW, Ga. - March 15, 2010 – The season may have ended sooner than she wanted, but the postseason accolades continue to grow for Clayton State’s Teshymia Tillman. The Lakers’ 5-foot-10 junior guard was honored over the weekend as a second team Daktronics All-Southeast Region selection for women’s basketball. Tillman is the first Clayton State player to earn All-Region honors since Cateria Shaw was selected Division II All-Region and All-American by the WBCA (Women’s Basketball Coaches’ Association) in 2003. See full story

Clayton State 16th after first round at Southeastern Intercollegiate
Lakers’ Binfield tied for 44th with a 5-over-par 77
VALDOSTA, Ga. - March 14, 2010 – Playing its first tournament in nearly a month, the Clayton State Laker men’s golf team is currently 16th overall after the first round of the Southeastern Intercollegiate on Sunday at the Kinderlou Forest Golf Club. The Lakers shot a 317 for the opening round, and they are one stroke ahead of Rollins and three strokes behind Delta State and eight off the pace of Carson-Newman in a loaded 18-team field which features 11 programs ranked in the Golf World/Nike Division II Top 25. Individually for Clayton State, senior All-American Wade Binfield fired a 5-over-par 77 for the opening round. He is six strokes of the lead.
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Tusculum rallies late, downs Clayton State women 69-63 in NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Woodard scores 15 points as 19th-ranked Lakers end season 24-7 overall
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GREENWOOD, S.C. - March 12, 2010 – Playing in its sixth straight NCAA Division II National Tournament, the Clayton State Laker women’s basketball team could not stop a late rally by Tusculum on Friday as the Pioneers knocked off Clayton State 69-63 at Lander’s Horne Arena. The defeat ends 19th-ranked Clayton State’s season at 24-7 overall. Tusculum improves to 21-9 overall and will play Francis Marion in the second round on Saturday at Lander. Tanisha Woodard paced Clayton State with 15 points. See full story

Clayton State’s Gass wins USTFCCCA Women’s Indoor Southeast Region Field Athlete of the Year
Laker senior takes second regional honor for her career
MORROW, Ga. - March 10, 2010 – The United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association recently announced its 49 athletes and coaches winning regional awards for the 2010 indoor season. Among the honorees was Clayton State’s Natasha Gass, who won USTFCCCA Women’s Southeast Region Athlete of the Year. This is the second such award for Gass, a senior from Augusta, Ga. She also won the award in 2007 as a freshman when Clayton State competed in the South Region.
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