SoCon names Ford 1st Team All-Conf & FOY

Elon’s Ali Ford Named Freshman of the Year


3/2/2010



Ali Ford of the Elon women’s basketball team was named the Southern Conference Freshman of the Year by both the Southern Conference Sports Media Association and the 11 head coaches. Ford became the second straight Elon player to receive the award, after Tiara Gause picked up the honor last season.
<The Morganton, N.C. native also picked up First Team All-Southern Conference honors by the SCSMA. Ford became the first rookie to be named to the media’s all-conference team since Chattanooga’s Carlisle Olglesby in 1996-97.

Ford led the league’s freshmen in scoring with 16.2 points per game and assists, averaging 3.0 per contest.
Ford also ranks 29th in the nation in three-pointers per game and is 94th in points per game. Ford is currently 11th among the nation’s freshmen in points per game.

Elon opens with Wofford in the SoCon Tourney on Thusday march 4th at 1pm. soconsports.com

 

Ford Named ALL State

Ali Ford Named to All-State Basketball Team



3/30/2010



CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Elon freshman Ali Ford was one of 10 student-athletes named to the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association’s (NCCSIA) University Division All-State Women’s Basketball Team released on Tuesday. Ford was the only rookie to earn first team honors.
The honor added to the growing list of accolades for the Morganton, N.C. native, who was also named the Southern Conference Freshman of the Year by the league’s 11 head coaches and the Southern Conference Sports Media Association (SCSMA).
An all-freshman team selection, Ford was the only underclassman named to the coaches’ All-Southern Conference team and also picked up first team all-league Conference honors by the SCSMA. Ford became the first rookie to be named to the media’s all-conference team since Chattanooga’s Carlisle Olglesby in 1996-97.

 

Sweet! Congratulations Ali!

 

Elon names Ford MVP

5/10/2010



ELON, N.C. – The Elon University Department of Athletics held its 36th annual athletics awards banquet on Monday evening at Alumni Gymnasium, recognizing and remembering many of the outstanding performances of the 2009-10 school year.
Most Valuable Performer went to Terrell Hudgins in football, Steven Kinney in men’s soccer, Sydney Little in women’s soccer, Traci Stewart in volleyball, Justin Gianni in men’s cross country, Emily Fournier in women’s cross country, Melanie Lutz in cheerleading, Jamie Lee DeVantier in dance, Adam Constantine in men’s basketball,Ali Ford in women’s basketball, David Lawton in athletic training, Sam Tippett in service, Philip Nemec in men’s tennis, Anna Milian in women’s tennis, Matt Hinson in baseball, Tomeka Watson in softball, Jayson Judy in men’s golf, Tara McFadden in women’s golf and Veronica Day in track and field.

(Ford-Front row on far Left)