By PATRICK MEEHAN, Centenary Assistant AD for Communications
Four Centenary student-athletes haven been named College STUNT Coaches Association Division III second team All-Americans.
Junior Kaitlynne Anderson, senior Jo Hoffman, junior Amelia Jones and freshman Kelsey McPherson earned All-American status.
To receive All-America status in STUNT, competitors must have participated in two out of the four quarters of competition, participated in at least 75 percent of games played, must have been a vital component to team success and have that shown by their routines. They must come from teams that qualified for the national championship.
“These four Ladies have represented our program well, and I am so happy that they are getting the recognition they deserve,” said Centenary head coach Kaylee King.
“As only a second-year program, to not only qualify for nationals, but to put four athletes on the all-American team, is a big deal. These Ladies were voted for by the fellow coaches in the College STUNT Coaches Association and have received this honor for their performances and contributions to the team throughout the season.”
ACADEMIC ACCOLADES: The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference included 50 Centenary student-athletes on its Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll for the 2026 spring term. Across the SCAC, 936 student-athletes made the list — the second most in a single semester since the league split its spring honor roll to separately recognize winter student-athlete honorees from spring sport student-athlete honorees in 2011-12.
For the 2025-26 academic year, across the league’s 18 sponsored sports, a total of 2,199 student-athletes earned all-Academic honors, the second-most in a single academic year in league history.
Since its inception in the fall of 1997, over 39,800 male and female student-athletes have been recognized for their contributions in the classroom. To qualify, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.25 for the term and be a regular member of a varsity athletic team in a sport sponsored by the conference
TRACK DUO HONORED: Jay Scott and Grayson Shugart were named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Teams.
2025-26 CENTENARY ATHLETICS HIGHLIGHTS: Here’s my list of top accomplishments for Centenary sports over the past competitive year.
• Senior gymnast Olivia Stratmann was named MIC Woman of the Year and Skyla Cruz and Amy Foret were named first team WCGNI All-Americans.
• Gavin Ferrington and Noah Walsh named USA Lacrosse All-Americans.
• Lacrosse’s Gamble Harvill scored an NCAA single-game record 14 goals on Feb. 7 against Hendrix College. It was the most goals in a game in NCAA history across all three divisions (DI, DII, and DIII).
• Quentin Beverly of men’s basketball joined the 1,000-point club on Jan. 11. He is just the 37th Gent to score 1,000 or more career points in the 102 years of Centenary men’s basketball. The senior finished his career ranked 25th all-time with 1,244 career points.
• The STUNT team finished its second season in historic fashion with run at the national tournament and four Ladies were named All-Americans.
• Ladies softball won 14 conference regular-season games — the most in a single season in the Division III era (2012-present) — and earned their 10th-straight berth in the SCAC Tournament
• Centenary student-athletes excelled in the classroom as 173 were named Academic All-Conference and 25 were named Academic All-America.
Contact Patrick at pmeehan@centenary.edu