Issue: Summer 2012 | Posted: June 18, 2012
1050 U.U. Drive
Campbell and Ross win TSWA honors
Mark Campbell
Lavanda Ross
Union University women’s basketball coach Mark Campbell was selected as the Tennessee Sports Writers Association Coach of the Year, marking a fourth consecutive award and his fifth overall. The award is given annually and are based on votes by sports writers from across Tennessee.
Campbell led the Lady Bulldogs to an NAIA national runner-up finish in the 2011-2012 season, with Union making a national title game appearance for the fourth straight year. Campbell won national titles with the team in 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2010.
This season Union finished 35-3 and won the TranSouth Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championship. Over the past two seasons, Union has a combined 70-5 record and is 178-9 over the past five seasons.
Campbell won his 400th game with a season-opening 79-62 victory over Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.) University.
Senior guard Lavanda Ross was voted TSWA Women’s College Basketball Player of the Year. The Jackson native also was named the NAIA National Player of the Year, and she was named to an All-American team in all four seasons at Union.
Ross averaged 18.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.5 steals, finishing her Union career with more than 2,000 points.