Savannah College of Art and Design Athletics

SCAD signs Matt Dean

Matt Dean (front left) is the first signee for the 2010-11 season.

Michael MacEachern
Sports Information Director

12/7/2009 4:24:31 PM

SAVANNAH, Ga. - Savannah College of Art and Design men's lacrosse coach Michael Cummings has announced that Matt Dean has signed a grant-in-aid to play for the Bees in 2011.

Dean, a 5-foot-10 attack from Jacksonville, Fla., has played lacrosse for the last two seasons at Creekside High School for coach Joseph Byrns. Dean scored 49 goals and assisted on 11 others last season as a junior for the Knights. He has also attended the adidas All-American and the Southern Combat 99 Showcases.

"Although fairly new to the game, Matt is a well-rounded player, who possesses speed, quickness, field vision and solid stick skills," said Cummings. "We expect Matt to become an impact player upon his arrival to SCAD as well as continue to make big strides as a student-artist-athlete."

The Bees open their 2010 season Feb. 4 with a 7 p.m. Southeastern Lacrosse Conference match against the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla.

Feb

March 2010

Apr

Sat, Mar. 13, 2010

Men's Lacrosse
vs Georgia State University
W 21-2

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Men's Lacrosse

3.13.10 | 3 p.m.

vs Georgia State University

W 21-2

Men's Lacrosse

3.12.10 | 4 p.m.

vs Tennessee Wesleyan College

W 14-6 Recap

Reed Publications Student-Artist-Athlete of the Week

Alex Graudins

Men's Swimming

SAVANNAH, Ga. – Savannah College of Art and Design men’s swimmer Alex Graudins has been named the Reed Publications SCAD Student-Artist-Athlete of the Week ending March 7.

Graudins, a freshman from Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, won two of the three individual national titles for the Bees last week at the NAIA Swimming and Diving National Championships in St. Peters, Mo.

Graudins claimed the first national title for the Bees as he won the 500-yard freestyle in a university-time of 4:27.44. He lowered his own record by nearly six seconds in the win. Graudins also broke his own university record as he won the 1,650 freestyle in a time of 15:42.28. He nearly had another win for the Bees as he came in second place in the 200 freestyle in a university-record time of 1:39.45.

As a team, the Bees finished in fifth place at the meet.

Reed Publications Intramural Athlete of the Week

XinYu Shang

Intramurals

SAVANNAH, Ga. - XinYu Shang has been named this week's Reed Publications Intramural Athlete of the Week ending March 7.

Shang, who is the team captain for Team C.S.A. (Chinese Student Association), scored 34 points in the Intramural B Division Championship Tournament Feb. 28.

C.S.A. narrowly defeated Free Agent Two in the semifinal game 47-42 before defeating the Ballers 49-39 for the championship title.