By By KEVIN TRAVIS, Sports Editor
Former area athletes continue to shine in the professional and collegiate ranks.
BASEBALL
Trent Whitehead, a former star at Washington High School, is playing with the East Carolina Pirates. The sophomore is hitting .400 with an RBI and two runs scored.
Britton Cole, a former standout at Pitt Community College who is from Chocowinity, is playing with the East Carolina Pirates.
Josh Woolard, a former standout at Washington High School, is playing at Lenoir Community College.
Alan Swain, a former star at Washington High School, is playing at Lenoir Community College.
Styron Barfield, a former standout at Williamston High School, is a pitcher at Elizabeth City. He is 0-2 with an 8.00 ERA on the year. Barfield has struck out six and walked five in nine innings.
SOFTBALL
Meredith Knox, a former star at Washington High School, is playing at Anderson University. Knox had the game-winning hit, an RBI-double in the seventh inning, to give Anderson a 3-2 win over Coker on Sunday. Knox went 7-14 with three doubles and a triple over the weekend.
Nicole Jordan, a former standout at Jamesville High School, is playing with the East Carolina Lady Pirates. She is 0-4 on the season.
Kat Cahoon, a former standout at Columbia High School, is playing at Mount Olive College. She is hitting .286 with two RBIs. Cahoon has also scored four runs and stolen two bases.
Tiffany Frey, a former standout at Jamesville High School, is playing at Pitt Community College. She is hitting .182 (2 for 11) with two runs, two stolen bases and two RBIs on the year.
Lauren Rodriguez, a former standout at Northside High School, is playing at Campbell. The freshman suffered a broken leg in the preseason and is out for the time being.
Dominique Mills, a former standout at Williamston High School, is playing at Fayetteville State. Mills is hitting .111 and has scored twi runs. She also has two stolen bases and one RBI on the year.
Donecia Ebron, a former standout at Northside High School, is playing at Fayetteville State. Ebron has scored one run.
TENNIS
Lauren Allen, a former star at Washington High School, is playing at Peace College. Allen and the rest of the Pacers begin the season today at home against Columbia College.
TRACK
Jamont Jones, a former star at Washington High School, is competing at Lenoir-Rhyne.
Jessica Rogers, a former standout at Washington High School, is competing at North Carolina A&T.
Gina Valenti, a former star at Washington High School, is competing at Lees-McRae.
Derek Joyner, a former standout at Terra Ceia, is competing at Pitt Community College.
PRO BASKETBALL
Damien Wilkins is averaging 5.1 points, 1.7 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game for the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Elton Coffield, a former star at Williamston High School, is averaging 20.9 points with the BSW Sixers (Germany).
Joe Barber, a former standout at Terra Ceia College, is averaging 10.7 points, 4.0 rebounds and 0.9 assists with the Sendai 89ers (Japan).
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Cor-J Cox, a former standout at Washington High School, is averaging 3.6 points and 2.3 rebounds with the Olney Central College Blue Knights.
Bradley Van Staalduinen, a former standout at Terra Ceia, is averaging 1.6 points and 2.0 rebounds with the Wingate Bulldogs.
Jakob Pernov, a former standout at Northside High School, is averaging 2.0 points and 2.0 rebounds per game with the N.C. Wesleyan Bishops.
Calvin Daniels, a former star at Washington High School, is playing with the Elizabeth City State University Vikings. Daniels, Washington’s all-time leading scorer, has appeared in one game and has one assist with the Vikings.
Raphael Marable, a former standout at Southside High School, is averaging 0.6 points per game with the UNC-Pembroke Braves. He has appeared in five games.
WOMEN
Hunter Johnson, a former standout at Pungo, is averaging 4.6 points and 1.4 rebounds with the Meredith Avenging Angels.
Stephanie Holton, a former star at Columbia High School, is averaging 4.2 points and 1.5 rebounds per game.
Whitney Stokes, a former standout at Plymouth High School, is averaging 2.5 points and 1.2 rebounds with the Elizabeth City State University Vikings.
Samantha Smith, a former standout at Washington High School, is averaging 2.0 points and 2.5 rebounds with the Tallahassee Community College Lady Eagles.
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Know of any other area athletes competing in college? E-mail sports editor Kevin Travis at Kevin@wdnweb.com.