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Hazlett ‘great offensive player’ for baseball team

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Thursday, 28 April 2011 08:05
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Emporia State senior Dillon Hazlett gets a hit against Nebraska-Omaha April 2 at Glennen Field. Kellen Jenkins/ The Bulletin

Every successful team has to have their player that can make good things come out of tight situations and bring out the

best in the ball club.

For the Emporia State baseball team, that player is Senior Centerfielder Dillon Hazlett. Hazlett is a native Kansan but went to North Carolina University for his first years of collegiate baseball before transferring to ESU.

“Baseball is a mental game, and he brings that to the table each and every day,” said Head Coach Bob Fornelli. “He can run, and he is a great offensive player. He does a lot of little things that make our team good.”

This season alone, Hazlett has earned the MIAA Hitter of the Week twice and has also been named the Regional and National Hitter of the Week by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Hazlett became the first player from the MIAA to earn either award.

“It is nice to (get the honors),” Hazlett said. “As long as we keep winning is the main thing. I can get all those, but if we don’t win then it’s not so fun.”

Hazlett earned the hitting accolades after a particularly spectacular game against Lincoln University. With the score tied in the fifth, Hazlett singled to get on base then stole second and advanced on a hit to third before stealing home to score the go-ahead run.

“He is the guy (who) when we need a big hit he comes up with it (or) when we need to get somebody on base,” said Third Baseman Kevin Wempe. “He is a complete package as a baseball player and a great teammate as well.”

Known for stealing bases, Hazlett is 36 for 36 in stolen base attempts thus far in the season. Also adding to his offensive power is his .437 batting average and a high on base percentage of .489. This, coupled with his foot speed, makes him a capable player to score once he is on base. His speed also lends itself to his abilities as an outfielder.

“He can really run and has great baseball instincts,” Fornelli said. “He is not afraid to fail. He just competes, makes up his mind and goes.”

As well as being an outstanding baseball player, Hazlett is also a leader by example on the team always having a great attitude and working hard to reach team goals.

“He’s got a great attitude each and every day,” Fornelli said. “A lot of times, when your best player is one of your hardest workers, you’re going to have a good team that year. He definitely brings that everyday, works hard, competes, and on top of that, he is probably our best athlete in our baseball program that Emporia State has ever had.”

Chris Dvorak

Ford leads tennis team on and off the court

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Thursday, 21 April 2011 11:31
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Emporia State senior Kirsten Ford practices with a partner Wednesday afternoon at the Milton Courts. Ford has been captain of the tennis team since her sophomore year. Kellen Jenkins/ The Bulletin

It’s hard to have a good team without good leadership, and Senior Kirsten Ford provides that leadership for the

Off the court, Ford has had a wide array of leadership experiences on the team as well as representing ESU’s entire athletic program on a national level. Her list of accolades includes being the captain of the tennis team since her sophomore year and being on the ESU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) a registered student organization that represents ESU athletes. Ford has been president of SAAC for two years.

“It’s been a growing experience,” Ford said. “I think I’ve matured and learned a lot since my freshman year. It’s made me a better leader and hopefully a better teammate. Having those leadership positions has helped me work with different people and understand how certain people respond to different things so that I can help each of my teammates individually based off their needs.”

Ford has also had the unique opportunity to be the first president of the ESU chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma, a student-athlete academic honors society that was chartered last year. She is also the national SAAC representative for the MIAA conference.

On the court this season Ford has been playing at number six singles and number three doubles and has contributed greatly to the team’s overall success this year. Entering this weekend’s MIAA tournament, she has a 7-1 record in singles as well as a 6-2 record in doubles.

“(Ford) has really developed over the four years,” said Head Coach John Cayton. “She came in as number seven on the team and didn’t get a lot of playing action – mostly a doubles specialist, and she has gotten better every year.”

Winning conference and getting the team to regional competition are Ford’s goals for the rest of the season. After Ford graduates this year, she is looking to go on to graduate school, but the impact of her leadership on the team will remain.

“We will keep a lot of the traditions going,” Cayton said “Everyone that comes here – including her and the other players and seniors that we have – made a really good impact on the team from what they’ve done for us, and their work ethic and the way they’ve played. It’s been good to have all these good players.”

Chris Dvorak

ESU steals home to seal sweep

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Thursday, 14 April 2011 08:22
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Holding their number one MIAA conference ranking, the #4 Emporia State University baseball team swept unranked

Emporia State senior J.D. Herman throws for an out at first base in the first game of a doubleheader against Missouri Western Tuesday afternoon at Glennen Field. Kellen Jenkins/ The Bulletin

Missouri Western State University on Tuesday, winning the double header, 5-2 and 11-7.

“They’re doing great. It’s an unbelievable club. I don’t know if we have the most talent in the country, but we’re finding ways to win,” said Head Coach Bob Fornelli. “They always believe they’re going to win games and then they do that.”

Winning game one smoothly, the first Hornet run was from a triple by senior Parker Amos. After that, the Hornets scored three runs in the third inning and one more in the sixth.

The Griffons attempted a comeback scoring one run in the seventh and loading the bases, but left each runner stranded at the end allowing the Hornets were able to come away with the win.

“At times, we may get laid back a little too much,” said Senior Outfielder Dillon Hazlett. “But we always rein it back in and get the job done.”

The second game was a little rockier, with the Griffons threatening from the first inning, making one run. The Hornets had a rough start with starting pitcher Derek Brooks throwing 38 pitches and the Hornets making two errors. The Hornets offense came out, however, and took the lead with two runs in the first.

“Whenever (Brooks) is not down in the zone, he struggles a little bit,” said Senior Catcher David Allbritton. “But when he is down in the zone, no one can hit him.”

Brooks improved his pitching for the next three innings only allowing two hits and shutting down the Griffon offense. ESU then went on a hitting drought for three innings, allowing the Griffons to tie the game.

“We’ve got to come out and do a better job of closing the game,” Allbritton said. “Instead of giving up a few runs… but we got lucky and had built up more runs on them.”

Hazlett opened up the Hornet scoring by hitting a double and stealing third before stealing home on a wild pitch. The Hornets then had a five run eighth inning that giving them a little cushion going into the ninth that the Griffons could not overcome.

“We found a way to battle through it,” Fornelli said. “It’s a big opportunity for us to win two games, and we were able to do it.”

Chris Dvorak

Tennis Splits Duel Against William Jewell

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Thursday, 07 April 2011 08:13
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Facing off against William Jewell, the Emporia State men’s and women’s tennis teams split victories in a long match.

Emporia State senior Nick Stiefer returns a serve during a doubles match against William Jewell Wednesday afternoon at the Emporia High tennis courts. Kellen Jenkins/ The Bulletin

The women were able to pull off the win five matches to four against William Jewell. The men had a tougher time, losing all their matches but number three doubles who won in a tie breaker.

“(For) the women, it was great to come out and sweep the doubles. That was huge. We knew that this was a tough team, and we needed to win some of the doubles and going into the singles,” said Head Coach John Cayton. “The men had the two doubles team switched up just before the match. We didn’t know what we were going to come out with. We knew the number three guys played together before, and they came away with the win, kept us in there and gave us a chance.”

Sweeping the doubles matches, the women put themselves into an early match lead over William Jewell. In singles, number one freshman Nicole Jara, number five sophmore Alex Crowe and number six senior Kristen Ford all lost in their third tiebreaker sets.

Fortunately for the Hornets, number two senior Amanda Morris won her match and junior Shea Schmidt won hers by default when her opponent dropped out with an injury.

“I felt like we really picked it up in doubles and came out with the 3-0 lead and that gave us a good strength going into singles,” Morris said. “I was happy the way I played and was able to close out the match, and I was glad we got other singles wins so we could lock this thing in.”

The only winners on the men’s side were number three doubles junior Matt Van Horn and sophomore Mitch Kibbe who won in a tiebreaker set.

“We got down early, and we didn’t come out as strong as we should have. We knew as a team we should beat them,” Van Horn said. “We really fought back and worked hard and fundamental, and that’s what really got us back into it and won it.”

Freshman Nathan Wehrman was the only player to win a set and go to a tie breaker for the men.

“In the singles, we got outplayed at every position,” Cayton said. “They jumped on top of us on each court, and as a result, they got all those singles. We just need to do better against Truman on Friday.”

Chris Dvorak

UCM Sweep Pushes Hornets to Top

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Thursday, 07 April 2011 08:09
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Emporia State sophomore Taylor Reichard throws for an out at first base against Central Missouri Tuesday afternoon at Turnbull Field. The Hornets won the double header 2-1.7-6. Kellen Jenkins/ The Bulletin

After sweeping the University of Central Missouri 2-1 and 7-6 in a double header on Tuesday, the Emporia State softball team put itself into the lead of the MIAA conference. The Hornets are now one game up on The University of Nebraska-Omaha and broke their tie record with UCM.

“Our goal this year is to win conference and to kind of go on from there. Right now we are more focused on Lincoln this weekend than who is number one in the league,” said Head Coach Kristi Bredbenner. “There are several good teams at the top of the (conference) right now…. We just have to focus on what we’re going to do this weekend… so we have to be ready for that first game on Friday.”

The first win the Hornets had over UCM was scoreless until the bottom of the fourth inning. After Abby Hughes hit a double and was advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt, she eventually made it home after Kaitlin Martin hit an RBI single.

UCM did not respond with a run until the top of the sixth. The Hornets earned the win when Martin was up with two outs and hit a home run. ESU held the score for the seventh inning to win the game.

“I felt like I made good contact with (the ball). I just didn’t know if it had enough to beat the wind,” Martin said. “I was at least hoping that they wouldn’t catch it and I could get the double.”

With one win up on UCM, the Hornets looked to repeat the outcome and get another smooth win. However, the game was anything but easy as UCM tied the game four times, answering every run the Hornets made but never taking the lead. The Hornets won the game in the seventh inning as UCM was unable to advance their runners, stranding two.

“The biggest thing about the (second) game was it was an offensive showdown…. Neither team gave up the whole time. The biggest thing was that we got that extra run that they didn’t,” Bredbenner said. “Those games are fun, but I think I aged a couple years… When you come away with a win, those games are worth it.”

The playmaker for the Hornets was senior infielder Angela Mahan, who hit two big home runs in the game, one in the fourth and the other a lead-off home run in the sixth that broke the tie.

“I was just trying, just trying to be more aggressive after the first game. I wasn’t so successful in the (first) game,” Mahan said. “We had a rough day on defense, but it’s nice to know that you can get a win and come back after that.”

The Hornets are now 26-7 overall and 7-1 in the MIAA. They look now to travel to Jefferson City, Mo., this Friday.

Chris Dvorak

Sophomore gives softball team pitching depth

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Thursday, 31 March 2011 08:10
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A crucial player for last year’s Emporia State’s conference champion team was sophomore pitcher Paige Landenburger.

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Landenburger, the starter for double-headers last year, was freshman of the year in the MIAA last season after having an ERA over two.

“Last year she was our lead pitcher… She definitely has a chance to be number one. That’s who she was last year,” said Head Coach Kristi Bredbenner. “But every year is a new year, and you’ve got to be sure you can do it.”

This season Landenburger is one of four pitchers on the Hornets’ pitching staff that are creating a defensive depth that will keep most opposing offenses on their toes.

“We have a great time with good chemistry,” Landenburger said. “We have a full staff of good pitchers. We’ve got four of us, and we’re all really good so that if one person is not on then another can pick up the slack.”

Already this season, she is showing the benefit of pitching depth. In the first game of a double header against The University of Missouri-St. Louis, fellow pitcher Jennifer Heerey was having problems pitching against UMSL’s offense, and Landenburger was able to come in as a relief pitcher and hold the score. In the second game it was Karley Schmelzer who held her own for the entire game.

“We have four good pitchers. I have yet to think that one can claim that spot. They’ve all been contributing,” Bredbenner said. “We’re expecting the same kind of things from all of our pitchers. We want them to work ahead and focus… and have a good outing.”

Landenburger is also developing as a future leader for the team along with a solid sophomore class that will help build depth for the Hornets in later seasons.

“She is great to work with. She works hard every day at practice (and) takes criticism very well and improves (from it),” said catcher and fellow sophomore Amanda Self. “She has gotten a lot better from last year. She is definitely going to be a dominating force on the field like last year.”

A concern for young pitchers is being able to stay ahead of the competition and not be too predictable, allowing the opportunity batters need to get just the right hit.

“The biggest thing for our sophomores is that this is the second time these teams have seen them. There are no surprises and everyone knows what to expect,” Bredbenner said. “They have to be a little more creative and work a little ahead and keep the batters off balance.”

Landerburger has high hopes for herself and her team for the season.

“It is more about the team and playing hard every game,” Landerburger said. “We have some high goals definitely winning the conference tournament, but it’s just one game at a time and focus on winning every game.”

Chris Dvorak

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In its second amendment to the papers it must file before going public, Chicago-based Groupon said it stands by its belief that its calculation of ??gross profit?? is important. But it said it also tracks its operating income internally by more conventional methods. Groupon?s headquarters is in the old Montgomery Ward catalog building at 600 W. Chicago Ave.

CNBC had reported in late July that the SEC was reviewing Groupon?s accounting methods based on the unique way it figures its gross profits and adjusted consolidated segment operating income ? by excluding seemingly significant online marketing expenses and acquisition-related costs.

Groupon said in Wednesday?s filing that it excludes those expenses because it expects they will go away when Groupon?s huge subscriber growth ends and when Groupon decides the returns on such investments are no longer attractive.

Groupon said its revenues nearly doubled from a year ago, to $878 million, but its loss of $103 million ? nearly identical to its first-quarter loss of $102 million ? more than doubled from a year ago as it hired more than 1,000 new employees. Its sales force now totals more than 4,800. go to web site groupon dallas

The number of subscribers continues to increase, to 115.7 million from the first quarter?s 83.1 million, according to the filing.

Groupon offered deals from 78,466 merchants as of June 30, up from 56,781 in the first quarter.

Q&A with Tennis Head Coach John Cayton

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Thursday, 17 March 2011 11:28
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How was last year’s season?

On the men’s side it was a tough season because we didn’t accomplish our goal of going .500 in our team record…. I

Cayton

think there were a lot of positives that a lot of people got good experience that they can use this year. On the women’s side, we had a good ending to the season because we tied for third in the MIAA tournament which I think was a lot higher than our record going into the tournament would have suggested we would have finished. We did lose a lot of close matches to some teams. I think last year our women were the third best team in the conference.

What is your goal for this season?

Fort the men’s team, it is to have a .500 record and win two conference matches, which (are) definitely doable and achievable goals. It’ll take a lot of hard work. We have a lot of tough teams in our conference a lot of highly ranked teams in the region. I think that we can do it with the squad that we have. On the women’s team, the goal is a little bit higher. It is to be conference champions. We have four seniors, and we have the experience, and quality and the work that we put in and the attitude that we have. It is achievable.

What impact will the veterans have on the team?

For our veterans this year on the men’s side, we have two seniors that will be playing the upper part of the lineup. Nick Stiefer, a senior from Texas, (is) playing number one singles and doubles. Then Andrew Shipp is from Topeka, and he will play number two singles and number one doubles. Those guys will provide some leadership as a well as Matt Van Horn from Goddard who will play number four singles and number two doubles.

On the women’s side, we have a lot of leadership. We’ve got four seniors. Our captain senior Kirstin Ford is playing number five singles and three doubles. Veteran wise Amanda Morris from Salina has had a stellar career at ESU, and she is playing number two singles and number one doubles. So I think we have a lot of great talent, and experience and fun to work with, and I think they are going to work hard and achieve some great things this year.

Chris Dvorak

Men’s Tennis perseveres to earn win over SWOSU

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Thursday, 17 March 2011 08:42
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The Emporia State’s men’s tennis team had their first big challenge of the season defeating tough opponent Southwestern Oklahoma State University in a duel match, five matches to four on Saturday. The Hornets and SWOSU played best of nine matches, three doubles matches and six singles.

“We haven’t faced the team for two years… The overall deal of the day was that we needed to play consistent, earn respect through our tennis. We did that by taking care of the matches that we knew we were favored in,” said Head Coach John Cayton. “We knew we needed to get two of the other four matches. We ended getting four easily and getting number two in the close match.”

The duel was tense right up until the end. The was score even at 4-4 when number two singles sophomore Mitchell Kibbe got into his second set after losing his first set 4-6.

Despite struggling through ups and downs for the second set, Kibbe was able to win in the tie breaker game 7-4. This put Kibbe and SWOSU’s Sean Cobble into a tiebreaker set in which the first player to ten points while leading by two won the match.

“The only reason why I lost the first set is because he broke me on one of my serves. That was kind of a killer,” Kibbe said. “I hung in there in the second set and was able to pull through.”

Kibbe took an early lead over Cobble, however, he stalled out at eight points, and Cobble was able to catch up and make the score 8-7. Regaining his focus, Kibbe got the next two points to win his match and thereby securing the win for the Hornets.

“I feel great,” said Kibbe after the win. “I knew my team was behind me the whole way, and I felt good that I was able to pull off the win.”

Starting the duel were the doubles matches in which SWOSU won two of the doubles with the Hornets two freshman Andrew Konetzni and Nathan Wehrman winning number three doubles 8-0.

“The rest of the team came up huge, everybody was always helping each other out and pumping each other up,” said Matt Van Horn, a junior number five singles and number two doubles. “Nobody was ever out of a match, and we just needed to scrap together four matches, and we got it, just clawed them out.”

The difference maker for the Hornets was winning four of the singles matches, winning four of the six matches. The Hornets won numbers two, four, five and six singles while losing numbers one and three.

“They performed up to what we expected. There were some matches that we could have done better in,” Cayton said. “We did what we needed to do at the key moments and were able to gain the advantage and the result was winning the overall match.”

Chris Dvorak

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Hydebank Wood jail has a permanent video catalogue for inmates — and we obtained the list of films on offer.

Prison Service documents show that flicks recently added to the shelves include the gory 2008 horror Eden Lake.

The certificate-18 chiller shows a loving couple enjoying a camping trip in the forest — until they are tortured by a mob of youths.

One scene shows psycho teens tying up a man up with barbed wire before they use a Stanley knife to repeatedly stab him. The killer kids continue their rampage by turning on one of their school pals — torturing him before burning him alive as he screams for mercy.

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Hydebank’s female inmates include ‘Black Widow’ husband killers Julie McGinley and Jackie ‘Creepy’ Crymble.

They can enjoy the bloody thriller Jagged Edge — where a husband stabs his wife to death.

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Softball completes sweep of Missouri-St. Louis

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Saturday, 12 March 2011 12:46
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Competing on a great Friday afternoon, the Emporia State Hornets swept their first double-header of a weekend series and home opener against The University of Missouri-St. Louis.

The Hornets won their first game 7-4 in a come from behind win. They scored the first run at the bottom of the second, but UMSL answered with four runs at the top of the third setting in a 4-1 deficit that the Hornets would not overcome until the bottom of the fifth.

The Hornets scored two runs an inning for the last three innings to take back the lead and overcome UMSL.

“We got behind 4-1 in that first game and did a good job at chipping away at that lead and taking advantage of defensive mistakes and being aggressive on our offense,” Head Coach Kristi Bredbenner said. “We did a good job of picking it up and fighting back. I’m proud of the team to come back from a… four-one deficit.”

The Hornets pulled out the stops in the second game and finished in five innings after scoring six runs in the fifth to bring the score to 10-2 and winning off the run rule.

“(Bredbenner) was on us all game about having this pound, pound, pound mentality,” Senior Shortstop Abby Hughes said. “She drills it into us that it doesn’t matter what the score is. We need the insurance runs all the time. The more runs the better. That last inning everyone changes their mentality.”

The offensive power shown by the Hornets was exemplified by their 12 hits in game two and 11 in game one. The leading contributors were seniors Abby Hughes and Angela Mahan and sophomore Jessica Brewer all with four hits – two in each game.

“We’re hitting the ball well because instead of trying to get the big hit we’re trying to get base hits,” said Bredbenner. “We’re putting all the pressure on ourselves and being overly anxious instead of just trying to get base hits and putting it up the middle. We’ve been doing a much better at just getting the base hits.”

Pitching power for the Hornets was also helping on the defensive side. In game one sophomore Paige Landenburger came in for relief in the fourth inning and helped contain UMSL’s offense by holding them to one hit.

In game two, sophomore Karley Schmelzer pitched the whole five innings allowing two runs and striking out seven.

“I hit my spots and the defense behind me made a lot of great plays,” Landenburger said. “We know that not everybody is going to have a great day everyday, and it is good to have people baking you up.”

The Hornets look for another double-header sweep against Northeastern State University from Oklahoma on Saturday before taking on Texas A&M International on Wednesday at Turnbull Field. The Hornets are unranked nationally and are 10-5 on the season.

Chris Dvorak

Transfer catcher leads Hornets

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Thursday, 10 March 2011 12:09
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Allbritton

Bringing experience, dedication and fun to the Emporia State baseball team, Senior Catcher David Allbritton is one of biggest leaders on the field for the Hornets this season. He transferred from Allen County Community College last season and is helping make the Hornets the MIAA Conference runner-up as well as into post-season regional play.

“He has really grown as a catcher,” said Head Coach Bob Fornelli. “He was second team All-American last year and hope he can provide that same type of effort this year. He can provide us some leadership and give us an opportunity to play in the offseason.”

Allbritton fulfills a number of roles on the team, one of which is being a team leader. Being the catcher he works with the pitcher to call the shots, and this carries over into the direction of the team as a whole on the field.

“We have a lot better chemistry this year,” Albritton said. “It’s a lot better team. We’re working together a lot more and playing harder.”

Although he has not been on the team for four years, he brings a positive influence to the field and is very integrated into the team strategy. The influence of his leadership abilities are not overlooked by his teammates.

“Dave is an interesting, goofy guy… but he is a good leader. He is a big part of what we are doing this year,” said Junior Pitcher Zach Dodson. “He is a captain out on the field, and he has power and is a great defensive catcher. He is a great guy to throw to.”

With the leadership on the field, Allbritton also brings his top game to practice every day by showing a great work ethic and keeping a positive attitude.

“(Allbritton) has a great attitude and great effort every day,” Fornelli said. “He comes to practice with a smile on his face and works hard.”

As well as being a motivational leader to the team Allbritton also brings tremendous playing abilities. Last season he was the leading hitter for the Hornets and had a .401 batting average at ACCC. So far this season, he is fourth on the team in batting average. Defensively he is also a great catcher and is able to guide the Hornets from behind the plate and has a .991 fielding average.

“He is solid all around. You really want a catcher as a pitcher that you are confident in he is not going to let a lot of balls pass,” Dodson said. “He is a good defensive catcher and has good batting power.”

After two years at ACCC and now in his second year with the Hornets, Allbritton is looking to take the team further than they went last year and finish with a strong senior season.

“This is my last year. I’m looking to put it all on the field,” Albritton said. “I’m looking to get to North Carolina, for the National Championships. Those are my goals.”

Chris Dvorak