Schaus Award
May 07, 2003 11:16 AM | General
May 7, 2003
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| Cobourne |
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Football captain Avon Cobourne and women’s cross country/track captain Merissa Sexsmith have won the 2003 Fred Schaus Captain’s Award, presented annually to West Virginia University’s most outstanding varsity team captain. This year marks just the second time that a tie occurred in the voting.
The winner must display outstanding sportsmanship and leadership, representing WVU well in all aspects. Winners are selected by the WVU Athletic Council.
Cobourne, a two-year football captain from Cherry Hill, N.J., was a four-year starting tailback for the Mountaineers. A first-team all-BIG EAST selection, he is WVU’s career leader in career rushing (5,164), single season rushing (1,710) and career all-purpose yards (5,623). Cobourne is the BIG EAST’s all-time career rushing leader and is the only WVU back to gain 1,000 yards in all four seasons. He was voted team Most Valuable Player in 2001 and 2002.
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| Sexsmith |
Sexsmith, a two-year cross country and track captain from Ridgeway, Ontario, has earned three All-America honors at WVU. She has also earned three BIG EAST championship honors and two ECAC titles. A nine-time member of the WVU President’s List and multiple selection to the all-BIG EAST cross country and track teams, Sexsmith holds two school records at West Virginia.
The award was started to honor the retirement of Fred Schaus, who had outstanding success as a Mountaineer basketball player, coach and athletic director. Past winners of the Fred Schaus Captain’s Award: Herbie Brooks, basketball (1989); Tammie DeAngelis, rifle (1990); Aileen Convery, swimming (1991); Ann-Marie Pfiffner, rifle (1992); Garett Smith, rifle (1993); Dean Morrison, wrestling (1994); Jean Foster, rifle (1995); Seldon Jefferson, basketball (1996); Sandy Shumate, volleyball (1996); Charles Emanuel, football (1997); Marcos Scrivner, rifle (1998); Shawn Foreman, football (1999); Jessica Nonnemacher, gymnastics (2000); Katie Barnes, soccer (2001); Kyle Kayden, football (2002).
