Billy Thom on the sideline during the Wildcats' February 2011 victory over UNC Greensboro. (Tim Cowie photo)

Billy Thom, a 2011 Davidson College graduate, is the new director of operations for the men’s basketball team, Coach Bob McKillop announced Wednesday.

Thom, from Cold Spring, N.Y., joined the men’s basketball program as a student manager during his freshman year. He worked his way up to the title of student director of basketball operations as a junior and senior. In that role, he served as the video coordinator for the Wildcats and assisted in film exchange, travel preparation and opponent scouting. Read the full story

Chris Czerapowicz. (Tim Cowie/DavidsonNews.net file photo)

Davidson College Sports Information
Davidson sophomore guard Chris Czerapowicz scored a game-high 27 points to lead the Sweden U20 Team in a European Basketball Championship preliminary game against Greece Thursday. Greece defeated Sweden 86-82.

Czerapowicz was 12-for-19 from the floor and 3-of-5 from 3-point range while grabbing six rebounds. He averaged 3.5 points and 1.9 rebounds in 21 games during his freshman campaign at Davidson after missing the first 11 contests with an injury.

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Andrew Lovedale

Access to Success Foundation
Access to Success (A2S), the foundation created by former Davidson men’s basketball player Andrew Lovedale to benefit underprivileged children through athletic, education and spiritual programs, is preparing for a pair of firsts:

• A trip to Lovedale’s hometown Benin City, Nigeria, from June 27-July 6.
• The inaugural “Kicks from ‘Cats: The Andrew Lovedale 5K” walk/run on the Davidson College cross country trail on Sept. 10, 2011.

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NBA star Stephen Curry talks to reporters at the 2011 Curry Celebrity Classic at River Run CC in Davidson, NC. He talked to DavidsonNews.net about why he chose Ada Jenkins Center as the charity to benefit from the tourney, his ankle surgery, his new coach Mark Jackson, and about what he planned to do on the sidelines of the golf tourney.

Stephen Curry (left) "interviewed" his father Dell with a golf club for a mic before Monday's Curry Celebrity Classic at River Run. (David Boraks/© 2011 DavidsonNews.net)

Fathers can pass down many attributes to their sons, and in the case of Stephen Curry, those traits show up both on and off the basketball court. On Monday, father and son were at River Run Country Club in Davidson hosting their 2nd annual Curry Celebrity Classic fundraiser, when Dell Curry looked over at his son.

“It makes a father proud to to know that his son wants to give back, and understands the importance of community,” said Dell Curry, the former NBA basketball star. Read the full story

KANNAPOLIS – Davidson rising sophomore Richard Fountain continues to sharpen his golf game over summer break, competing as an amateur and placing eighth in a field of 147 professional and amateur golfers Thursday, June 9, at the Carolinas PGA 47th Toshiba/EMC North Carolina Open held at The Club at Irish Creek. Read the full story

Andy Bass and Chris Lamb

Davidson College Sports Information
Left-handed pitcher Chris Lamb and right-handed pitcher Andy Bass were selected by the Oakland A’s (11th round) and Tampa Bay Rays (18th round), respectively, on the second day of Major League Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft on Tuesday. The duo became the 22nd and 23rd Wildcat players ever picked in the pro draft.  Meanwhile, a Florida wrestler is poised to become the first woman ever to wrestle on the Davidson men’s wrestling team. Read the full story

Ben Vernon

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Former Davidson golf team captain Ben Vernon ’50 on Tuesday was named one of 12 recipients of the Southern Conference’s 2011 Distinguished Service Award. He and the other winners will be recognized Wednesday at the Southern Conference Honors Dinner in Charleston, S.C. Read the full story

Amy Krakauer

Davidson-based triathlete Amy Krakauer won the women’s title Saturday, May 21, at the USA Triathlon Aquathlon National Championship in Longmont, Colo.

Krakauer had a combined time of 44:12 for the 5k run and 1,500 meter swim. The win makes her eligible for the national team for the 2011 World Championships in Beijing in September. Read the full story