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June 16, 2006
 
 
Cox Earns 2006 Don Scalf
Award from USA South

FERRUM, Va. -- Ferrum College junior softball standout Kim Cox has been named one of two Don Scalf Award winners from the USA South Athletic Conference.

USA South Don Scalf Award Winners Release

Each year the USA South presents its most prestigious awards by honoring one male and one female athlete as the Don Scalf Award winners, the league's Student-Athletes of the Year.  Cox and North Carolina Wesleyan College baseball player Blake Rice are the female and male recipients of the award for 2006.

To be eligible for the Don Scalf Award a student-athlete must be either a junior or senior, have participated in a USA South sport, earning at least All-Conference recognition and have a minimum 3.00 GPA. The athletic directors vote for the award winner each spring at the conclusion of all Conference schedules.

Cox has shown her merit in both the classroom and on the softball diamond.  She has compiled an outstanding 3.89 cumulative grade point average through five semesters at Ferrum, earning Academic All-Conference three straight years.  Her name has graced the Dean's List all five semesters during her tenure at Ferrum.  Cox is also a member of the Alpha Chi Academic Honor Society at Ferrum.

Cox has been a three-year starter for the Panther softball team.  She was the USA South Rookie Pitcher of the Year in 2004, and was second team All-Conference and second team All-State selection in 2005.  Cox was instrumental in lifting Ferrum to the 2005 USA South Tournament title, earning Tournament MVP honors and helping the Panthers advance to the NCAA Division III playoffs.

In her free time away from the classroom and softball program, Cox finds time to help with the College's Admissions Orientation Team, and assists with youth softball clinics through the Bedford (Va.) County Parks and Recreation Department.

Cox is the daughter Kathy and Worth Cox of Gladys, Virginia, and a 2003 graduate of William Campbell High School.  She initially enrolled at Longwood University in the fall of 2003, then transferred to Ferrum in January of 2004.

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