Former Stetson basketball star on new track with coaching at Flagler
By Matthew Pagels | gargoyle@flagler.edu
With a one-time professional stint playing basketball, Sharnesha Smith has now turned her career into something much more at a young age.
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Sportsmanship award to former Flagler baseball player
By Latesha Johnson | gargoyle@flagler.edu
The Flagler Men’s Basketball team won its fourth consecutive season opener on November 14 against Trinity College with an easy 87-41 non-conference victory in the Flagler Gymnasium.
Flagler shot 48.5% (16-33) from behind the 3-point line, with Matt Clark hitting five and Matt Conway sinking four 3-pointers. Clark went 8-11 from the field, accounting for a team-high 21 points. Jordan Warner included a double-double with 14 points and 15 rebounds, while Richard Brown handed out a game-high seven assists. Freshman center, Quayshad Williams, had a nine point, 10 rebound showing for the Saints in his first collegiate appearance.
Flagler tennis reaches out to junior players
By Mariana Rodas | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Coach Walter Shinn and Assistant Coach Rachel Gould organized a “kids day” on Nov. 18, a community outreach to get the tennis team involved with the community.
The kids were able to learn and play tennis with the Flagler men and women’s tennis teams. Approximately 20-25 kids age 10 and under participated. It was a free event at it was hosted in the Flagler Tennis complex.
Online Civil Rights archive to focus on unheard voices of St. Augustine
By Cassie Colby | gargoyle@flagler.edu
When thinking of the Civil Rights movement, images of police dogs and fire hoses mowing people down comes to mind. St. Augustine was once plagued with unimaginable segregation and daily violent outbreaks between whites and blacks.
With eight returners, women’s basketball looking for strong season
By Christina Coca | gargoyle@flagler.edu
With the season rapidly approaching, women’s basketball head coach Erika Lang Montgomery has her team in high gear.
Clark looks to lead Saints to a championship
By Jaycob Ammerman | gargoyle@flagler.edu
Last season, Flagler College Saints Men’s basketball player Matt Clark expected that he wouldn’t get much playing time since he was a freshman.
“I initially felt that I was going to be the 6th or 7th man and come off the bench and be a three point threat,” Clark said.
Women’s soccer: the celebration of seniors
By Marisa Strawn gargoyle@flagler.edu
The Flagler women’s soccer team celebrated the athletic careers of six seniors recently.
Loren Cate, Amanda Slevin, Cristina Coca, Lindsay Zullo and Marisa Strawn were honored for the four years they spent on the team.
Miles from home, Flagler students provide relief to Hurricane-ravaged Northeast
Temperatures are below freezing in the Northeast and 500,000 people are still without power due to Hurricane Sandy’s devastation. Thousands of residents in New Jersey and New York are displaced, having lost their homes and access to basic resources that we all take for granted.
Colleen Keener, 21, a Flagler College student from Belmar, New Jersey couldn’t sit back and look at photos of the damage any longer.
Argentinean golf coach strives for success in both men’s and women’s teams
Santiago Cavanagh always wanted to coach a golf team, and in 2008 his desire came true when he took over the Flagler College women’s golf team. In the spring of 2009 started coaching the men’s team, as well.
A change from the island life
By Cristina Coca | gargoyle@flagler.edu
When talking about the international diversity in athletics at Flagler College you would normally think of the Men’s soccer team.
But not many people know about Kyhla Brangman the newly acquired freshman on the Women’s soccer team.