FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 14, 2004
Contact:  Dwayne Hanberry, SCAC Assistant Commissioner, Communications

SCAC NAMES COACHES-OF-THE-YEAR FOR SPRING SPORTS

SUWANEE, Ga. - After exclusive voting by head coaches of each sport, the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) announced its 2004 Coaches-of-the-Year for men’s and women’s track and field, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s golf, softball and baseball.

For the second consecutive year, Trinity University’s Jenny Breuer was selected as women’s track and field Coach-of-the-Year. Trinity’s women won their second title in as many years and by the same 41-point margin over second-place DePauw University as they did a year ago.

DePauw University’s Kori Stoffregen was named the men’s track and field Coach-of-the-Year after leading the Tigers to their fourth SCAC men’s title in five years. Stoffregen has been selected COTY each of those four title-winning seasons (2000, 01, 02, 04).

On the tennis courts, Trinity’s Butch Newman was named both the men’s and women’s tennis Coach-of-the-Year. Newman, in his 18th season as head tennis coach at Trinity, has been voted SCAC men’s or women’s tennis Coach-of-the-Year a combined 16 times. As has become the norm, both of Newman’s teams earned team titles at the 2004 Spring Sports Festival (13th women’s title, 12th men’s title)

In golf, Jim Owen of Oglethorpe University was honored as men’s Coach-of-the-Year for the sixth time in seven years. Although the Petrels finished second at the SCAC championships, Oglethorpe received its fifth bid to the NCAA championships and finished ninth among 23 teams.

For the women, Vince Lazar of DePauw guided his Tigers to the school’s third consecutive women’s golf title at the 2004 championships, and was selected as Coach-of-the-Year for his efforts. DePauw’s women finished third at the national championships for the second consecutive year, and Lazar was named NCAA Division III Women's Golf Coach of the Year by the National Golf Coaches Association for the second time in three years.

In softball, Heather Windham of Sewanee-University of the South led her Tigers to the SCAC tournament championship – the first conference title in the program’s history –  to earn her first COTY honor. Sewanee went 4-0 to win the 2004 SCAC crown and was very competitive at the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers went 1-2 at the Roanoke regional, losing two one-run games to Emory – including a 14-inning marathon that was the fourth-longest game in NCAA Tournament history. Windham’s teams have won two Eastern Division titles and this season’s squad finished with a school-record 20 wins.

In baseball, Tim Scannell of Trinity was named the SCAC Coach-of-the-Year – the second time in his career he has been honored with the award. Scannell led his squad to a 15-5 Western Division mark, 35-8 overall record, and the SCAC tournament championship. Trinity finished the regular season ranked No. 3 in the nation – the school’s highest ranking ever. Over his career, Scannell has compiled a 196-70 record, which includes two Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference titles and two trips to the NCAA Division III National Championships – including this year’s NCAA tournament team which finished second in the West Region.

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