Jacksonville State senior long snapper Josh Brady from Chattanooga was named a HeroSports.com first-team preseason All-American for the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga junior wide receiver Bryce Nunnelly from Walker Valley High School was reported Friday as a Hero second-team preseason choice. Brady, who was a standout at Silverdale Baptist Academy, was a HeroSports.com second-team All-America long snapper after the 2018 season.
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» UTC women’s tennis coach Chad Camper announced Friday the addition of transfer Caroline Gibbens from Iowa State, where she played as a freshman this past season and went 4-8 in singles and 6-7 in doubles. She is from Little Rock and won an Arkansas high school state doubles championship in 2017. “We are all excited to have Caroline join the program in the fall,” Camper said in a release. “She is a hard worker and is tough to beat on the court. She adds to the depth of our lineup and will help us fill holes left by our graduating seniors.” The Mocs return four singles starters but lost three seniors. Gibbens is the fourth newcomer.
» Sewanee was 22nd in the final Oracle/ITA Division III men’s tennis rankings for 2019, released this week, and 30th in the women’s list. Each Tigers programs won its seventh successive Southern Athletic Association championships and played in the second round of the NCAA tournament. For the Sewanee women (17-9), Catherine Owen was 29th in the final national singles rankings and sixth in the Atlantic South Region, and she and Ellie Czura were sixth regionally and 23rd nationally in doubles. Czura was 13th in the region in singles. For the men’s team (21-7), ranked fifth in the region, Andres Carro wound up 10th in region singles for his junior season and Aubrey Davis and Jordan Brewer were 13th in doubles.
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