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IMMEDIATE RELEASE- Contact: Gary
Holden, Sports Information Director
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- May 23, 2003
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- Cox Named to All-Region Softball Team
- Junior Earns Third Team Honor
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- Ferrum, Va. -- Ferrum College junior third
baseman Lindsay
Cox (Waldorf, Md./LaPlata) has been named to the NCAA Division
III Softball All-Atlantic
Region third team. The team is sponsored by the National
Fastpitch Coaches Association. The complete team is listed
below.
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- 2003
NFCA All-Atlantic Region Team
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- Cox batted .333 (38-114) with one double, four
triples, one home run, and 15 RBI this season. She scored 19
runs, was 3-4 in stolen bases, and had a .957 fielding percentage
from her spot at third base.
 Cox has earned All-Conference in all three years at Ferrum.
She was a first team selection this season, and made the second
team the past two years. She helped Ferrum win last year's
Dixie Conference Tournament, earning the Panthers their first-ever
trip to the NCAA playoffs. Ferrum bettered its #5 seed by
placing third at the Atlantic Regionals, held in Atlanta at Emory
University.
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- Cox has been named to the Dixie Academic All-Conference team the
past two seasons, and is expected to be this year as well when the
league announces the 2002-03 team. She was the team's
Defensive Player of the Year this season, helping Ferrum finish
with an 18-17
overall record. The Panthers are led by 13th-year Head Coach
Vickie Van Kleeck.
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- Cox is majoring in biology at Ferrum, with minors in chemistry
and environmental science. She is the daughter of Jesse and
Dawn Cox of Waldorf, Maryland. For more information, please contact the sports information office at (540) 365-4306.
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