Campbell earns scholarship award

Former Southeast Missouri State baseball player Kody Campbell is among two recipients of the 2012-13 Vernon Holland Scholarship Award presented annually by the Ohio Valley Conference.

The Vernon Holland Scholarships promote the graduate-level studies of former OVC student-athletes who are interested in a career tied to sports.

Applicants must be former OVC student-athletes who have attained a bachelor's degree from an OVC institution by the conclusion of the 2012-13 academic year; attained a cumulative 3.0 or higher undergraduate grade point average; been accepted to graduate school for the 2013-14 academic year; and exhausted their athletic eligibility at an OVC institution.

Campbell finished his degree in May of 2012, earning a 3.95 grade-point average while majoring in sports management with a minor in business administration. He achieved Dean's List honors in each semester and was selected to the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll all four years as a Redhawk.

Campbell hit .280 with eight home runs and 40 RBIs as a senior last year.

The Oran High School graduate is currently pursuing his master's degree in higher education at Southeast with a focus on athletic administration. His career goal is to become a Division I director of athletics.

Tennessee Tech softball player Claudia Harke was the other recipient of the award.

Tennis

Southeast suffered its third straight loss, 7-0 at Jacksonville State Wednesday.

Southeast, which failed to win a set, fell to 2-5 overall and 0-3 in Ohio Valley Conference play. JSU improved to 8-8 and 3-0.

The Redhawks were scheduled to host the Gamecocks Sunday, but the match was shifted to Jacksonville, Ala., due to the possibility of inclement weather.

Southeast is back in action March 29 at Austin Peay. Friday's scheduled home match against Tennessee-Martin has been moved to April 2 due to the possibility of inclement weather.

Singles

No. 1 -- Raisa Guasti (JSU) def. Heather Robinson 6-3, 6-1

No. 2 -- Raphaela Lima (JSU) def. Elizabeth Nyenwe 6-1, 6-4

No. 3 -- Olivia Nguyen (JSU) def. Nikole Novikova 6-1, 6-1

No. 4 -- Zoe Bizinos (JSU) def. Jessica Courtnell 6-3, 6-2

No. 5 -- Danielle Kerindi (JSU) def. Melissa Martin 1-0, retired

No. 6 -- Kelly Tomlin (JSU) def. Sarah Uptmor 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

No. 1 -- Guasti-Lima (JSU) def. Robinson-Novikova 8-3

No. 2 -- Nguyen-Bizinos (JSU) def. Nyenwe-Lauren Schaper 8-6

No. 3 -- Taylor Lefton-Aleksandra Cmilijic (JSU) def. Courtnell-Martin 8-3

-- From staff reports