Spare And Stiles Tabbed October Student-Athletes Of The Month
November 06, 2019 | General
GREENVILLE, N.C. – Junior Josh Spare of the cross country program and redshirt junior goalkeeper Melanie Stiles of the soccer team have been named the student-athletes of the month following an outstanding October athletically.
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Spare posted the fourth-fastest 8K time in program history at the Paul Short Run Oct. 5 with a personal-best 24:16 to finish 58th in a field that featured hundreds of runners. He then helped ECU finish third of 18 schools at the Pirate Invitational Oct. 19 at Overton's Lake Kristi. Spare also captured all-conference honors at the American Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships with a 13th-place individual result.
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Stiles posted 47 saves in six games in October, including 10 in East Carolina's 1-1 tie with then No. 8 Memphis. She was named AAC Goalkeeper of the Week Oct. 14 after earning selection to the league's weekly honor roll Oct. 1. Stiles put the exclamation mark on a strong campaign with AAC Second Team accolades. She started all 18 games for ECU in goal and finished with 91 saves as well as six shutouts.
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2019-20 East Carolina Student-Athletes Of The Month
August: Chase Osborne (Men's Cross Country) and Laura Green (Women's Cross Country)
September: Jake Verity (Football) and Toya Osuegbu (Women's Volleyball)
October: Josh Spare (Men's Cross Country) and Melanie Stiles (Soccer)
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Spare posted the fourth-fastest 8K time in program history at the Paul Short Run Oct. 5 with a personal-best 24:16 to finish 58th in a field that featured hundreds of runners. He then helped ECU finish third of 18 schools at the Pirate Invitational Oct. 19 at Overton's Lake Kristi. Spare also captured all-conference honors at the American Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships with a 13th-place individual result.
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Stiles posted 47 saves in six games in October, including 10 in East Carolina's 1-1 tie with then No. 8 Memphis. She was named AAC Goalkeeper of the Week Oct. 14 after earning selection to the league's weekly honor roll Oct. 1. Stiles put the exclamation mark on a strong campaign with AAC Second Team accolades. She started all 18 games for ECU in goal and finished with 91 saves as well as six shutouts.
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2019-20 East Carolina Student-Athletes Of The Month
August: Chase Osborne (Men's Cross Country) and Laura Green (Women's Cross Country)
September: Jake Verity (Football) and Toya Osuegbu (Women's Volleyball)
October: Josh Spare (Men's Cross Country) and Melanie Stiles (Soccer)
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