A tougher, more competitive looking Chanticleer is depicted in a new logo which has been unveiled by Coastal’s athletic department.

Matt Hogue, assistant athletics director for marketing, says the modern design will help Coastal with its brandname identity. In recent years, redesigning static logos has become a major trend in intercollegiate athletics.

“Coastal’s athletic department, much like the university, is continuing to grow and experience a great deal of success,” said Hogue. “We felt that with the onset of football, the timing was right to make this change. It is symbolic of what’s going on at the school. Coastal Carolina University is on the move.”

According to Hogue, the new logo was produced by Chris Henwood Designs, which over the last few years has also designed logos for the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, Illinois State University, the Sun Belt Conference and numerous minor league baseball programs.

“The new logo is going to give the athletic department much more versatility and flexibility in terms of what we can put on uniforms, practice gear, helmets, stationary and the like. And a great residual of this will be the opportunities we’ll have with our merchandising – shirts, hats and other products that will be available for all Chanticleer fans to purchase and proudly display.”

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Sophomore Nikki Reddick returned to the court to post one of the finest seasons ever by a women’s basketball player at Coastal.

Nikki Reddick

A native of Hartsville, S.C., Reddick finished the 2001-2002 campaign by earning Most Valuable Player honors at the Advance Auto Parts Big South Conference Tournament. During the tournament, she tallied 27 points in the opening round contest and 29 points in the semifinal game to lead the Chanticleers to the BSC Championship game. It was Coastal’s third trip to the BSC championship game in four seasons under Head Coach Alan LeForce.

Reddick, who earned Big South All-Rookie team honors in 2000, was selected First Team All-Conference this season after leading Coastal in scoring in 24 of the 27 games played. She averaged 21.1 points and 6.1 rebounds per game and played more than 36 minutes per outing.
Reddick took the 2000-2001 season off due to personal reasons.

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Coastal junior Kara Koppel has been selected the Big South Conference Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Koppel, a native of McDonald, Ohio, is majoring in psychology and has a perfect 4.0 grade point average. She has been named twice to the Big South Conference’s Presidential Honor Roll and has been on the President’s List at Coastal five times.

Koppel became just the fourth runner in Coastal history to post a time under 10 minutes in the 3,000-meter run. She is a five-time Big South All-Conference performer and a two-time Big South Indoor Track Champion.

On the men’s side, Coastal’s Ken Cole was selected to the All-Academic Team.

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Coastal’s men’s and women’s cross country programs have been named 2001 NCAA Division I All-Academic Teams with Distinction by separate cross country coaches associations.

Coastal’s men’s team, coached by Andrew Allden, placed eighth in the nation with a 3.379 GPA.

The men’s honors are given by the United States Cross Country Association. Coastal was the only men’s program in the Big South Conference to make the list of 62 teams which qualified for the award with a GPA greater than 3.0. To earn the added honor of “with Distinction,” a team must compile a GPA greater than 3.25.

The Lady Chanticleers were honored by the Women’s Intercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association for the sixth consecutive year as an All-Academic Team with Distinction. Coastal’s women, coached by Alan Connie, posted a 3.53 GPA to tie Liberty, Texas Tech and Illinois State for 11th place nationally.

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Coastal’s men’s golf team won the 2002 Palmetto Utility Protection Service Big South Conference Golf Championships held at the Sea Trail Golf Resort in Sunset Beach, N.C.

The Chanticleers had three of the top seven players overall and finished with a total score of 862 to capture their fifth conference championship in six years. With the victory, the squad automatically qualified for the NCAA Regionals.

All-Conference selections included Dale Ketola, Alex Larrazabal and Rafael Vera. Allen Terrell wasnamed the BSC Men’s Golf Coach of the Year.

On the women’s side, the Chanticleers placed second with a 906, led by BSC Player of the Year Paige Landry’s 222, and Rookie of the Year Tamara Page-Jones, who finished second (223), just one shot off the pace.

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