Athletics

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)--Capital University senior catcher Maddy Buck (Rockville, Md./Richard Montgomery) was named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District IV College Division Softball Second Team.

(INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.)--Capital University sophomore Jessica Starks (Akron/Akron East) set a new school record in the 200 meter dash (24.87) good enough for second place at the Indy Twilight Meet hosted by the University of Indianapolis at Indiana-Purdue Indianapolis (IUPUI).

(STARKVILLE, Miss.)--Capital University senior Lindsay Shepherd was named to the Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Assocation All-Central Region Team for a fourth-straight season.

(AUSTINTOWN, Ohio)--Capital University senior Lindsay Shepherd (Phillipsburg/Northmont), sophomore Brittany Stefano (Uniontown/Lake) and freshman Ashley Daugherty (Reynoldsburg/Pickerington Central) were each named to the All-Ohio Athletic Conference Softball Teams by the league's 10 coaches.

(NEW CONCORD, Ohio)--Capital University ended the 2008 baseball season with a pair of losses, 9-2 and 7-2, Sunday at Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio. The Crusaders finish the season with a record of 10-26-1 overall and 2-16 in the OAC.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Capital University senior women’s tennis player Kathryn Whaling (Richmond, Va./Worthington (Ohio) Christian) has been named the 2008 Ohio Athletic Conference’s Player of the Year, as voted on by the league’s coaches.

(WILMINGTON, Ohio)-Capital University sophomore Jessica Starks (Akron/Akron East) won the 200 meters, finished second in the 100 meters and was part of the first place 4x100 meter relay team to earn Women's Sprinter of the Meet honors at the Ohio Athletic Conference Track & Field Championships in Wilmington, Ohio.

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)-Capital University has announced that Dawn Mamula has been named Athletic Director. Mamula has been working in athletics administration for the past 10 years, with the last eight years at the University of Dayton. Most recently, she has been Assistant Director of Athletics and Senior Woman Administrator in which her responsibilities included managing the department's $17-million dollar budget, and providing oversight to athletics communications, athletic academic affairs, student-athlete welfare issues, and the student-athlete life skills program along with serving as program administrator for the women's soccer and softball programs.

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