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2/06/08: Jamie Deal ('08) accepted into the U.S. Naval Academy class of 2011.

2/26/07: Benji Walton ('97) New Women's Soccer Head Coach At 
              Birmingham Southern

 


 

                                                                  


2008 News

Jamie Deal, Senior Goalkeeper at Brookwood High School has been accepted into the U.S. Naval Academy.  Congratulations Jamie!!!

 

CONCORDE-FIRE U-18 ELITE PLAYER TO

ATTEND UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 5, 2008

 

CONTACT:  Gregg Blasingame
(404) 312-1718

 

ATLANTA, Georgia –  Director of Coaching, Gregg Blasingame announced today that Jamie Deal of Lawrenceville, has been accepted into the U.S. Naval Academy class of 2011 and will report to the Naval Academy in July 2008.

Jamie is a four-year member of the Concorde-Fire Elite U-18 team and was highly recruited as a 2008 high school graduate.  The Concorde-Fire Elite U-18 team has won many major tournaments including the 2006 Disney Showcase. They have been Georgia State Champions in 2004, 2006 & 2007 and were the 2006 Region III Champions.  The team went all the way to Nationals, earning a 2nd place finish as National Finalists.

Jamie was selected from over 10,000 applicants to attend the prestigious Naval Academy located in Annapolis, Maryland. As part of the highly competitive selection process, Jamie received his nomination to attend the Naval Academy from the Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy.  The military service academies require an above-average academic record, good physical condition and above average strength, endurance, and agility.

Jamie will join approximately 1,100 other incoming midshipmen who will report to the Naval Academy on July 3 to begin an academic and military education culminating in an officer’s commission in either the Navy or the Marine Corps.  An integrated program of academic and professional education, moral education, and physical education fulfils the Naval Academy’s mission of developing midshipmen “morally, mentally, and physically.” The Naval Academy offers 19 academic majors, primarily in engineering and the sciences. Required courses in naval science, engineering, navigation, weapons systems, leadership, ethics, and military law give midshipmen a working knowledge of modern naval operations and technology.  After graduation, Jamie will receive a commission as an Ensign in the Navy or as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Marine Corps and will serve five years on active duty.

Jamie is a senior at Brookwood High School, Snellville, Georgia and has been a member of the soccer program for four years, lettering for three years.  His high school coach, Daniel Klinect, had this to say, “Jamie does not know the phrase "take it easy."  He is one of the hardest working soccer players that I have ever coached and he is never bothered or stressed about what he does.  His favorite saying is, "no worries."  I am humbled to have such a talent in the program.  Jamie is definitely NOT a self-promoter and lets his actions in practice and on the game field speaks for themselves.  You will not find a more deserving young man for this honor than Jamie.”

Jamie’s participation in athletics will help prepare him for the physical challenges of the Naval Academy, beginning with seven weeks of Plebe Summer.   Plebe Summer, beginning on the first day of the academy, is designed to turn civilians into midshipmen. Areas of emphasis include military indoctrination, rigorous daily physical training, basic seamanship and sailing, small arms training, first aid training, and an introduction to personal computers. Plebe Summer introduces midshipmen to the traits required of all good naval officers – self-discipline, honor, and integrity.

 

2007 News

Benji Walton hired as women's soccer head coach
12/15/2006 9:49:39 AM
http://www.bscsports.net/News/wsoc/2006/12/15/wsoc-walton.asp?path=wsoc
 


BIRMINGHAM, Ala.
– Benji Walton, formerly the head coach at Limestone College in Gaffney, S.C., has been hired as Birmingham-Southern's head women's soccer coach, athletic director Joe Dean, Jr., announced today.

Walton spent four seasons at the helm of the Limestone women's soccer squad, where he accumulated a 28-41-5 career record, including an 8-6-5 showing in 2006. Prior to coaching at Limestone, Walton was a volunteer assistant at Georgia from the spring of 2002 to the summer of 2003 while earning a Masters Degree in Sports Administration. While with the Bulldogs, Walton also coached the Athens YWCO U-16 team that finished second in Georgia's Athena "C" Division.

Walton, a native of Lawrenceville, Ga., was a four-year starter on the men's soccer team at Reinhardt College in Waleska, Ga., where he served as team captain for three consecutive seasons, including 1998, when the Eagles finished second in the nation with a 21-1-1 record. In his senior season at Reinhardt, Walton was awarded Georgia-Alabama-Carolina Second-Team All-Conference, NCCAA South First-Team All-Conference, and NCCAA All-American Honorable Mention honors. He graduated with a degree in business administration in 2001.

“We are very excited to have Benji Walton join our athletics family as the head women's soccer coach,” Dean said. “Benji has an excellent background in soccer, has done an outstanding job of building the women's program at Limestone College, and I know our players will enjoy his energy and enthusiasm. It's also nice that Benji's dad is a Methodist minister, which certainly helps give him a keen understanding of the history and mission of Birmingham-Southern College.”

 

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