ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, June 6, 1996 TAG: 9606060056
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
TYPE: IN THE REGION
SOURCE: FROM STAFF REPORTS
Hunter Hoggatt, an All-Timesland boys' basketball player at Staunton River this past winter, is transferring for his senior season and will finish his career at Varina High School in Richmond.
Hoggatt's family is moving to the Richmond area because his father, Terry Hoggatt, has taken a position as the assistant principal at Tuckahoe Middle School in Henrico County. Terry Hoggatt is the principal at Staunton River Middle School and confirmed the family would be leaving after the completion of the school year.
Hunter Hoggatt, the leading scorer in Timesland with a 26.7 point average, was an All-Group AA first-team guard on the Associated Press team. He was the Timesland Sizzlin' Sophomore of the Year in 1995.
Hoggatt will play for coach Stu Richardson at Varina. He played for Richardson as a freshman when both were at Altavista High School.
Richardson was forced to resign from that job and Hoggatt transferred to Staunton River where he played the past two seasons.
Hoggatt has scored 1,575 career points. He has committed to Virginia Commonwealth University for a basketball scholarship following his senior season.
In other sports news in the region:
Coach Dennis Womack and pitcher Seth Greisinger of the University of Virginia earned top honors on the 1996 VaSID Division I all-state baseball team.
Womack was voted the coach of the year after directing the Cavaliers to a school-record 44 victories and the ACC tournament title. Virginia advanced to the NCAA South I Regional finals before losing to top-seeded Alabama. Womack picked up his 400th career win on the collegiate level during the regular season.
Greisinger, the sixth player picked in Tuesday's major-league draft, was named player of the year. He was 12-2 with a 1.76 earned run average and 141 strikeouts in 123 innings.
Other honorees included UVa shortstop Adam Robinson and VMI first baseman Nate Shepperson.
Virginia Tech had three players honored: outfielder Kevin Barker, who was selected in the third round of the draft by the Milwaukee Brewers; pitcher Charlie Gillian, picked in the 26th round by the Minnesota Twins; and designated hitter Josh Herman, a former William Byrd High School standout.
Second baseman Ryan Gilleland, a former Timesland player of the year from Jefferson Forest, was given an honorable mention as were UVa pitcher Jason Sekany and outfielder John Galloway, and Tech pitcher Brian Fitzgerald.
Ferrum College captured the top two awards, player of the year and coach of the year, on the 1996 VaSID college division all-state baseball team.
Pitcher Jimmy Hamilton and coach Abe Naff were honored as the top in their fields. Hamilton had a 12-2 record with a 2.73 earned run average. Naff guided the Panthers to to a 35-11-1 record, and their eighth NCAA Tournament appearance since joining Division III in 1988. Naff was also coach of the year in 1990 and 1992.
Also named to the first team from the region were second baseman David Jones and outfielder Pat Daly, both of Ferrum, and Emory & Henry catcher Jared Beck. Ferrum also had three honorable mention selections: first baseman Jason Wilson, shortstop Todd Cunningham and catcher Luther Headley.
Last year's player of the year, Keith Mayhew, also was a Ferrum pitcher.
The Roanoke RiverDawgs' USISL game against the Central Jersey Riptide in East Brunswick, N.J., has been switched from Sunday to 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
Meanwhile, Tony Waugh, a RiverDawgs defender from Kingston, Jamaica, has accepted a full scholarship to Virginia Commonwealth University. He spent last season at Bluefield College.
Keith Turner of Roanoke has been named to Team USA, which will compete at the World Speed Skating Championships Aug. 31 to Sept. 8 near Venice, Italy.
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