By Staff
By KEVIN TRAVIS, Sports Editor
Former area athletes continue to shine in the professional and collegiate ranks.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Kat Cahoon, a former standout at Columbia High School, is playing at Mount Olive College. The senior is hitting .372 with six RBIs. Cahoon has scored a team-high 22 runs and has a team-best seven stolen bases. Cahoon was selected as the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas softball Player of the Week during week eight in the 2009 season. Cahoon batted .583 in four games last week, including a 3-for-3 performance on the road at UNC Pembroke to help spark Mount Olive to a late-inning come-from-behind win. Cahoon’s leadoff sixth-inning single ignited a two-run rally and she added an RBI-single in the seventh in the Trojans’ 3-1 win at UNC Pembroke. The senior outfielder also sparked the Trojans’ 7-4 win over Coker as her bunt single set off a three-run first inning. She hit safely in all four games, and raised her batting average 31 points to a team-high .372. Cahoon has hit safely in 12 of her last 14 games.
Meredith Knox, a former star at Washington High School, is playing at Anderson University. Knox is hitting .357 with five home runs and 17 RBIs. She has scored 23 runs and stolen three bases.
Nicole Jordan, a former standout at Jamesville High School, is playing with the East Carolina Lady Pirates. She is 0-for-6 with an RBI on the season.
Tiffany Frey, a former standout at Jamesville High School, is playing at Pitt Community College. The freshman has been sidelined with a broken ankle. Frey is hitting .200 (2 for 10) with three RBIs, two stolen bases and a run scored.
Lauren Rodriguez, a former standout at Northside High School, is playing at Campbell. The freshman has been sidelined with a broken leg.
Dominique Mills, a former standout at Williamston High School, is playing at Fayetteville State. Mills is hitting .295 and has scored 18 runs. She also has five stolen bases and seven RBIs on the year.
Donecia Ebron, a former standout at Northside High School, is playing at Fayetteville State. Ebron is hitting .308 and has scored nine runs. She also has one stolen base.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Trent Whitehead, a former star at Washington High School, is playing with the East Carolina Pirates. The sophomore is hitting a team-best .427 with 16 RBIs and 30 runs scored. Whitehead has nine doubles and two triples among his team-high 47 hits. He also has four stolen bases.
Britton Cole, a former standout at Pitt Community College who is from Chocowinity, is playing with the East Carolina Pirates. The senior has pitched one inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.
Styron Barfield, a former standout at Williamston High School, is a pitcher at Elizabeth City. He is 4-4 with an 6.61 ERA on the year. Barfield has struck out 37 and walked 18 in 47 2/3 innings. Barfield is also 1-1 with two RBIs at the plate.
Josh Woolard, a former standout at Washington High School, is playing at Lenoir Community College. Woolard (0-0, 0.79 ERA) has appeared in five games and given up one run on six hits in 11 1/3 innings of work. He has three strikeouts and three walks.
Alan Swain, a former star at Washington High School, is playing at Lenoir Community College. Swain (1-0, 3.37 ERA) has appeared in five games and given up four runs on eight hits in 10 2/3 innings. He has six strikeouts and four walks.
PRO BASEBALL
Ryan Zimmerman, a Washington native, is playing with the Washington Nationals. He hit .283 with 14 homers and 51 RBIs last season.
TENNIS
Lauren Allen, a former star at Washington High School, is playing at Peace College. Allen is 5-6 in doubles play and 2-7 in singles play.
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 5.3 points, 1.8 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 0.6 steals and per game for the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Elton Coffield, a former star at Williamston High School, is averaging 19.9 points with the BSW Sixers (Germany).
Ralph Biggs, a Washington native, is playing with Ural Great Perm (Russia). He is averaging 10.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.8 steals per game.
Joe Barber, a former standout at Terra Ceia College, is averaging 10.0 points, 3.8 rebounds and 0.9 assists with the Sendai 89ers (Japan).
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Know of any other area athletes competing in college? E-mail sports editor Kevin Travis at Kevin@wdnweb.com.