Men’s Tennis finished the year 13-6 overall and capped the season with its first appearance
in the USA South Tournament championship match. Ethan Gibson ’22 and Austin Dreslinski
’24 both earned USA South All-Tournament honors. The Scots captured the USA South
West Division regular season title for a third time after going 5-0 in conference
play.
Baseball completed its season in early May and went 19-14 overall. Alex Gonzalez ’21
earned USA South All-West Division first team honors while Brooks DuBose ’21, Hunter
Christian ’22, and Joseph Ridenour ’22 were second team selections.
Softball placed a program-record six on All-USA South teams. Jordan Holman ’23 earned
first team All-USA South and first team All-West Division honors at shortstop. Faith
Manning ’21, Lauren Kierpa ’22, Vanessa Davis ’24, Makenna Dance ’24, and Tori Layfield
’24 were all selected to the USA South All-West Division second team. Holman also
became the first player in program history to collect NFCA All-Atlantic Region first
team honors.
Women’s Soccer had three players earn United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-South Region
honors, and Kailey Burrell ’22 was named as a Scholar All-American. Burrell also earned
Scholar All-South Region along with Kendyll Freeman ’21 and Grace Herring ’21. Burrell
is the first Scholar All-American for the program in the NCAA era.
Track & Field wrapped up the season with two athletes competing at the Montreat Last
Chance on May 7. Ben Mellott ’23 broke his own program record in the 5,000-meter event
with a time of 15:22.31.
Both Cross Country teams were honored by the USTFCCCA as Team Academic Award recipients.
It is the eighth straight year that both Covenant teams earned those awards.
The 3rd annual Highlander Cup golf tournament is set for June 26, 2021 at McLemore
Golf. Registration and details for the event can be found here.
