By By KEVIN TRAVIS, Sports Editor
Former area athletes continue to shine in the professional and collegiate ranks.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Trent Whitehead, a former star at Washington High School, is playing with the East Carolina Pirates. The sophomore is hitting .427 tied for the team-lead, with 16 RBIs and 27 runs scored. Whitehead has nine doubles and two triples among his team-high 41 hits.
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.
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.
Styron Barfield, a former standout at Williamston High School, is a pitcher at Elizabeth City. He is 4-3 with an 6.53 ERA on the year. Barfield has struck out 34 and walked 16 in 41 1/3 innings. Barfield is also 1-1 with two RBIs at the plate.
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.
PRO BASEBALL
Ryan Zimmerman, a Washington native, is playing with the Washington Nationals. He hit .283 with 14 homers and 51 RBIs last season.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
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.
Kat Cahoon, a former standout at Columbia High School, is playing at Mount Olive College. The senior is hitting .341 with five RBIs. Cahoon has scored a team-high 20 runs and has a team-best seven stolen bases.
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.
Tiffany Frey, a former standout at Jamesville High School, is playing at Pitt Community College. The freshman broke an ankle during practice and is sidelined for now. Frey 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 hoping to return to action at some point this season.
TENNIS
Lauren Allen, a former star at Washington High School, is playing at Peace College. Allen is 2-6 in singles play and 4-5 in doubles 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 5.2 points, 1.7 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 0.5 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, 3.5 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.