Repella, Campriani Win Red Brown Cup
May 18, 2011 11:58 AM | General
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Women’s basketball guard Liz Repella and air rifle national champion Nicco Campriani, both seniors, have been selected as the recipients of the 2011 Red Brown Cup, presented annually to West Virginia University’s most outstanding all-around student-athletes.
The Red Brown Cup, awarded by the WVU Athletic Council to the top male and female student-athletes, acknowledges the pair’s athletic, academic and civic achievements. The award is given in memory of Robert “Red” Brown, former WVU coach and athletic director.
A two-time team captain, Repella, a Steubenville, Ohio, native, earns the Red Brown Cup for the second straight season. A two-time all-BIG EAST first team honoree, Repella led the squad in 12 statistical categories last year and helped the Mountaineers open the 2010-11 season at a perfect 16-0, the program’s best start. Named the 2010 Paradise Island Division MVP and to the tournament’s all-star team, Repella was a 2010-11 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award finalist and earned a spot on the award’s All-America second team. She also was named to the WBCA/State Farm Coaches’ honorable mention All-America Team and was placed on the WBCA/State Farm Wade Trophy Watch List.
A major contributor in each of her four seasons, she played in 134 career games, the most of any Mountaineer in program history, logged 3,917 minutes played, good enough for the No. 4 ranking in the program’s record book, and was a part of 96 WVU victories. Repella scored 1,641 career points, the seventh-best point total in Mountaineer history, and her 215 3-point field goals made ranks as the fifth most in the school annals. In total, she led WVU in scoring 44 times in her career, set the pace in rebounding 34 times, recorded 18 double-doubles and tallied 87 double-figure scoring games.
Academically, Repella maintained a 3.96 GPA and graduated with a degree in exercise physiology. A two-time Capital One/CoSIDA first team Academic All-American, an award given to five student-athletes nationally each year, she earned a 4.0 in four semesters, garnering WVU President’s List honors. Repella, a five-time Dean’s List and Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll honoree, earned the 2009 BIG EAST Scholar Athlete Sports Excellence Award for women’s basketball and is a three-time academic all-district II first team honoree. Additionally, in her final semester at WVU, she took on an internship with Pro Performance Rx in Morgantown, specializing in physical therapy, to gain more experience outside of the classroom.
Also active in the community, Repella participated in the “Adopt-a-Grandparent” program at the Heritage Home, the “Read Aloud” programs at Suncrest and Westover Middle Schools and the Girl Scouts’ “Adopt-a-Player” initiative. The team’s representative on the WVU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), she also was a frequent visitor at the WVU Children’s Hospital and the Morgantown Ronald McDonald House. Repella also was a camp volunteer at the Boys & Girls Club and the Hundred High School’s Girls’ Basketball Camp, and volunteered at The Youth Academy (Fairmont) Strength & Conditioning Clinic.
Though only with the Mountaineers for two seasons, Campriani, a Florence, Italy, native, made a lasting impact on the rifle program, as WVU went 22-2, garnered two Top 3 finishes at the NCAA Championships and earned back-to-back Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) Championships during his career. He guided WVU to a second-place overall finish and an air rifle national title at the 2011 national championships en route to winning the individual air rifle competition, becoming the Mountaineers’ 17th national champion and first since 1997. Campriani also finished second in smallbore and helped the Mountaineers to a second-place team finish. He also repeated as the individual GARC air rifle, smallbore and combined score champion this past season. Campriani was named a National Rifle Association smallbore and air rifle first team All-American, his second consecutive honors in both guns, and also was named the GARC Shooter and Senior of the Year.
Campriani owns the WVU smallbore (593), air rifle (600) and aggregate (1192) school records and assisted in the squad’s smallbore, air rifle and aggregate school records. He shot the perfect air rifle score twice this past season, and though the score matches a world record, he did not earn credit for the tie as he did not shoot it at an international competition. Campriani was only the second NCAA shooter to shoot a perfect air rifle score.
Prior to the start of the 2010-11 season, Campriani, a member of the Italian National Team at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, won the air rifle Gold medal at the 50th International Shooting Sport Federation Championship, in Munich, Germany. He was awarded with an Olympic quota place following the win, distinguishing him as the first qualified athlete for the London 2012 Olympic Games among all sports. The victory broke a 40-year world championship drought for the Italian shooting team.
In the classroom, Campriani maintained a 3.87 GPA in industrial engineering and was the team’s 2011 GARC Scholar-Athlete representative. A two-time member of the College Rifle Coaches Association All-Academic Team, he was named to the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic all-District II at-large men’s second team in 2010. Campriani also was a member of the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll.
Outside of competition, Campriani was an active member of WVU’s SAAC and volunteered at the WVU Wild Game Dinner.
Past winners of the Red Brown Cup: Jim Bishop, rifle (1988); Tracey Thompson, volleyball (1989); Don DeCarlo, track (1990); Scott Collins, wrestling (1991); Rosemary Kosiorek, basketball (1992); Mike Compton, football (1993); Rich Braham, football (1994); Lajuanda Moody, gymnastics (1994); Bob Donker, track (1995); Lisa Szymczak, basketball (1996); Kristen Quackenbush, gymnastics (1996-97); Charity Wachera, track (1998); Eric deGroh, football (1999); Rebecca Burbridge, basketball (1999); Greg Robinette, football (2000); Steve Bohan, track (2001); Krista Smith, volleyball (2002); Amanda Halovanic, gymnastics (2003); Chrissie Abbott, soccer (2004); Greg Jones, wrestling (2004-05); Kevin Pittsnogle, basketball (2006); Karrie Hutchins, soccer (2006); Janáe Cox, gymnastics (2007); Jay Henry, football (2007); Nick Delic, swimming (2008), Kailee Goold, volleyball (2008); Marie-Louise Asselin, track (2009); Ryan Stanchek, football (2009); Reed Williams, football (2010); Liz Repella, women’s basketball (2010-11); Nicco Campriani, rifle (2011).
The Red Brown Cup, awarded by the WVU Athletic Council to the top male and female student-athletes, acknowledges the pair’s athletic, academic and civic achievements. The award is given in memory of Robert “Red” Brown, former WVU coach and athletic director.
A two-time team captain, Repella, a Steubenville, Ohio, native, earns the Red Brown Cup for the second straight season. A two-time all-BIG EAST first team honoree, Repella led the squad in 12 statistical categories last year and helped the Mountaineers open the 2010-11 season at a perfect 16-0, the program’s best start. Named the 2010 Paradise Island Division MVP and to the tournament’s all-star team, Repella was a 2010-11 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award finalist and earned a spot on the award’s All-America second team. She also was named to the WBCA/State Farm Coaches’ honorable mention All-America Team and was placed on the WBCA/State Farm Wade Trophy Watch List.
A major contributor in each of her four seasons, she played in 134 career games, the most of any Mountaineer in program history, logged 3,917 minutes played, good enough for the No. 4 ranking in the program’s record book, and was a part of 96 WVU victories. Repella scored 1,641 career points, the seventh-best point total in Mountaineer history, and her 215 3-point field goals made ranks as the fifth most in the school annals. In total, she led WVU in scoring 44 times in her career, set the pace in rebounding 34 times, recorded 18 double-doubles and tallied 87 double-figure scoring games.
Academically, Repella maintained a 3.96 GPA and graduated with a degree in exercise physiology. A two-time Capital One/CoSIDA first team Academic All-American, an award given to five student-athletes nationally each year, she earned a 4.0 in four semesters, garnering WVU President’s List honors. Repella, a five-time Dean’s List and Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll honoree, earned the 2009 BIG EAST Scholar Athlete Sports Excellence Award for women’s basketball and is a three-time academic all-district II first team honoree. Additionally, in her final semester at WVU, she took on an internship with Pro Performance Rx in Morgantown, specializing in physical therapy, to gain more experience outside of the classroom.
Also active in the community, Repella participated in the “Adopt-a-Grandparent” program at the Heritage Home, the “Read Aloud” programs at Suncrest and Westover Middle Schools and the Girl Scouts’ “Adopt-a-Player” initiative. The team’s representative on the WVU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), she also was a frequent visitor at the WVU Children’s Hospital and the Morgantown Ronald McDonald House. Repella also was a camp volunteer at the Boys & Girls Club and the Hundred High School’s Girls’ Basketball Camp, and volunteered at The Youth Academy (Fairmont) Strength & Conditioning Clinic.
Though only with the Mountaineers for two seasons, Campriani, a Florence, Italy, native, made a lasting impact on the rifle program, as WVU went 22-2, garnered two Top 3 finishes at the NCAA Championships and earned back-to-back Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) Championships during his career. He guided WVU to a second-place overall finish and an air rifle national title at the 2011 national championships en route to winning the individual air rifle competition, becoming the Mountaineers’ 17th national champion and first since 1997. Campriani also finished second in smallbore and helped the Mountaineers to a second-place team finish. He also repeated as the individual GARC air rifle, smallbore and combined score champion this past season. Campriani was named a National Rifle Association smallbore and air rifle first team All-American, his second consecutive honors in both guns, and also was named the GARC Shooter and Senior of the Year.
Campriani owns the WVU smallbore (593), air rifle (600) and aggregate (1192) school records and assisted in the squad’s smallbore, air rifle and aggregate school records. He shot the perfect air rifle score twice this past season, and though the score matches a world record, he did not earn credit for the tie as he did not shoot it at an international competition. Campriani was only the second NCAA shooter to shoot a perfect air rifle score.
Prior to the start of the 2010-11 season, Campriani, a member of the Italian National Team at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, won the air rifle Gold medal at the 50th International Shooting Sport Federation Championship, in Munich, Germany. He was awarded with an Olympic quota place following the win, distinguishing him as the first qualified athlete for the London 2012 Olympic Games among all sports. The victory broke a 40-year world championship drought for the Italian shooting team.
In the classroom, Campriani maintained a 3.87 GPA in industrial engineering and was the team’s 2011 GARC Scholar-Athlete representative. A two-time member of the College Rifle Coaches Association All-Academic Team, he was named to the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic all-District II at-large men’s second team in 2010. Campriani also was a member of the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll.
Outside of competition, Campriani was an active member of WVU’s SAAC and volunteered at the WVU Wild Game Dinner.
Past winners of the Red Brown Cup: Jim Bishop, rifle (1988); Tracey Thompson, volleyball (1989); Don DeCarlo, track (1990); Scott Collins, wrestling (1991); Rosemary Kosiorek, basketball (1992); Mike Compton, football (1993); Rich Braham, football (1994); Lajuanda Moody, gymnastics (1994); Bob Donker, track (1995); Lisa Szymczak, basketball (1996); Kristen Quackenbush, gymnastics (1996-97); Charity Wachera, track (1998); Eric deGroh, football (1999); Rebecca Burbridge, basketball (1999); Greg Robinette, football (2000); Steve Bohan, track (2001); Krista Smith, volleyball (2002); Amanda Halovanic, gymnastics (2003); Chrissie Abbott, soccer (2004); Greg Jones, wrestling (2004-05); Kevin Pittsnogle, basketball (2006); Karrie Hutchins, soccer (2006); Janáe Cox, gymnastics (2007); Jay Henry, football (2007); Nick Delic, swimming (2008), Kailee Goold, volleyball (2008); Marie-Louise Asselin, track (2009); Ryan Stanchek, football (2009); Reed Williams, football (2010); Liz Repella, women’s basketball (2010-11); Nicco Campriani, rifle (2011).
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