The 2009-2010 Montreat College men's and women's basketball seasons ended during the last week of February, and the players and coaches will cherish winning shots and close victories and try to forget the disappointments that come over the course of thirty competitive games.
Though the Cavalier men struggled this season, junior Matt Rushing, a 6'-4" forward from Mount Holly, N.C., offered hope for a bounce-back season next year as he averaged nearly 12 points (with a high of 25) and 5 rebounds a game. He was named to the AAC All-Conference Third Team.
Head Coach Craig Jackson's Cavalier women turned things around this year, winning 20 games with a young team that promises to get stronger. Fittingly, the AAC honored five Montreat players with various awards. Senior guard Janel Cox from Sharpsville, Indiana and Whitney Boone, a senior forward from Bakersville, North Carolina, were both named to the AAC All-Conference Third Team.
In addition, senior guard Kera Bryant, a native of Jacksonville, Florida, was voted onto the AAC All-Defensive Team.
The women certainly found time to keep up with their studies as well, as Boone and Cox were named to both the AAC All-Academic and NAIA Daktronics Academic All-American teams. Finally, junior forward Stephanie Morrison from Davenport, Washington and Alicia Wallace, a sophomore center from Mt. Airy, N.C., were placed on the AAC All-Academic squad as well.
Montreat College is proud of all of the athletes who represent our community with such character and effort, and we congratulate Matt and all five women who were honored by the AAC.

