CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The Big South Conference announced today the 2010-19 Women's Indoor Track & Field
All-Decade Team presented by Hercules Tires. Among the list former VMI women's track and field athlete Kate Collins '14 was named to the squad.
The league's All-Decade Teams were first unveiled as part of the Big South's 30th Anniversary celebration in 2013-14 to recognize the student-athletes and coaches who excelled in their respective sport in each decade since the Conference's founding in 1983.
Collins, a two-time Big South champion in the pole vault and three-time All-Big South recipient, is one of the top field athletes VMI has produced in program history. A six-time ECAC qualifier (three indoor, three outdoor), the Lovingston, Virginia, native came in third in the vault at the 2012 BSC indoor meet and became just the second VMI woman to ever clear 12 feet (12'4"). She also came in fourth in the vault at the 2011 BSC indoor meet.
A 15-person committee of Big South Conference administrators served as the official voting panel to determine the All-Decade Team, with fan voting comprising 20 percent of the overall total. The 2010-19 Women's Indoor Track & Field All-Decade Team is listed below in alphabetical order by event and features eight sprinters/hurdlers, eight distance/mid-distance runners, eight jumpers, four throwers, two pentathletes and one head coach. In case of ties, additional honorees have been added.
Women's Indoor Track & Field All-Decade Team candidates were determined based on being at least one of the following: 1) Was a multi-year All-Conference honoree in one or more event; 2) Was named an All-American; 3) Is a member of the Big South Conference Hall of Fame; 4) Student-athletes must be a college graduate or in good academic standing with their respective institution; 5) Won a Conference Championship as a coach and/or was voted Conference Coach of the Year. Candidates that participated in two different decades were placed in a specific decade based on consultation from member institutions. Member institutions also had final determination in regards to inclusion of student-athletes and coaches. Previous Women's Indoor Track & Field All-Decade Teams were recognized for the years 1997-99 and 2000-09.
2010-19 WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD ALL-DECADE TEAM
Sprints/Hurdles – Name, School
Ikeiylah Brown, Coastal Carolina … 5-time Champion, 7-time All-Conference
Tanner Ealum, Liberty… 4-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference
Jessica Gelibert, Coastal Carolina…6-time Champion, 8-time All-Conference
Darriale Henley, Coastal Carolina…3-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference
Gabrielle Houston, Charleston Southern…2-time Champion, 9-time All-Conference
Mulern Jean, Charleston Southern…3-time Champion, 5-time All-Conference
Lilla Juhasz, Campbell… 3-time Champion, 5-time All-Conference
Erica Peake, Coastal Carolina…All-American, 4-time Champion, 7-time All-Conference
Distance/Mid-Distance – Name, School
Meghan Burggraf, Liberty…4-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference
Zoe Geis, High Point …3-time Champion, 8-time All-Conference
Famke Heinst, High Point … 4-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference
Roshae Jackson, Campbell… 2-time Champion, 7-time All-Conference
Jennifer Klugh, Liberty…4-time Champion, 8-time All-Conference
Ednah Kurgat, Liberty…All-American, 3-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference
Joan Maritim, Campbell…3-time Champion, 7-time All-Conference
Delaney McDowell, Liberty…5-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference
Letitia Saayman, Coastal Carolina…2-time Champion, 7-time All-Conference
Teresa Williamson, Radford … 4-time Champion, 5-time All-Conference
Jumps – Name, School
Mia Aghaji, Libert…2-time Champion, 6-time All-Conference
Amirah Al-Bayyinah, Coastal Carolina…3-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference
Sabina Allen, Campbell…All-American, 5-time Champion, 7-time All-Conference
Kate Collins, VMI…2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference
Kierra Gabe, Coastal Carolina…4-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference
Janae Jones, Liberty…Big South Champion, 4-time All-Conference
Kayin Mujahid, Gardner-Webb…4-time All-Conference
Latesha Simpson, Coastal Carolina…Big South Champion, 6-time All-Conference
Throws – Name, School
Marthaline Cooper, Winthrop…2-time All-American, 3-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference
Mychelle Cumings, Liberty…4-time Champion, 4-time All-Conference
Aimee Veatch, Radford … 2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference
Jocelyn Williams, Liberty…Big South Champion, 5-time All-Conference
Pentathletes – Name, School
Caroline Edmondson, Charleston Southern…Big South Champion, 3-time All-Conference
Kristen Hurley, Gardner-Webb …2-time Champion, 3-time All-Conference
Kylie Polsgrove, Liberty…2-time Champion, 2-time All-Conference
Head Coach, School
Brant Tolsma, Liberty…6 Championships, 3-time Coach of the Year
