Henderson State athletes make All-Decade list

The Gulf South Conference officially closed the door on another exciting decade of collegiate athletics with the release of the GSC All-Decade Teams (2000-09).
Henderson State had a total of 17 student-athletes on the GSC All-Decade Team including eight First-Team selections.

Spring Sports

Kelcie Glidden played a important part in building the Henderson State softball program a Four-Time First-Team All-GSC selection, Glidden earned was named the Shortstop of the Decade in the West Division after being a three-time All-Region Selection and 2008 Daktronics All-South Region Player of the Year. Glidden earned All-American Honors in 2008 after having a .419 batting average with15 home runs. She also earned NFCA All-Region honors in 2008.

Glidden holds HSU career records for batting average (.396), has the career record for hits with 277 hits in 699 at bats. She also holds records in runs scored (196), doubles (53), Home Runs (50) total bases (486), RBI (155), stolen bases (105) and slugging percentage (.695). Glidden earned GSC All-Tournament honors in 2006 and was the GSC West Division Hitter of the Week five times.

Outfielder Lauran Lewis earned Second-Team honors. A three-year letter-winner earned a spot on the All-GSC team all three years including first team honors in 2005 and 2006. Lewis hit for a career .346 average totaling 169 hits, 110 runs, 27 home runs and 39 doubles. Selected GSC Hitter of the Week three times, she earned GSC All-Tournament honors in 2006.

One Reddie baseball player earned All-Decade Team accolades as Cody Deal was a Second-Team selection.  Deal played in 2004 and 2005 and was a GSC 1st-Team selection after leading  the Reddies in hitting with a .437 average in 2005. Deal also earned ABCA All-Region honors and was a NCBWA All-American Honorable Mention selection. Deal collected a HSU single-season record 83 hits including 23 doubles.

HSU golfer Ben Cuzen was a Second-Team All-Decade selection. A four-time All-GSC selection, Cuzen earned First-Team All-GSC honors in 2010. A three-time GSC Academic Honor Roll Member, Cuzen was also a 2010 All-GSC All-Academic pick.

Cuzen advanced to two NCAA Regional Tournaments (2008 and 2010) finishing 20th in 2010. He won the 2007 and the 2010 Doyle Wallace Classic and the Ouachita Baptist Invitational, and finished second two other times in 2010.

During his career he recorded 13 top 10 finishes and placed in the top 15 at every GSC Championships during his four years.

Lady Reddie Tennis player Carrie Freeman had a brilliant career at Henderson State (1998-2001) and earned GSC All-Decade Team Honorable Mention honors. Freeman was a four-time First-Team All-GSC selection and a three-time GSC All-Academic Team selection. Freeman is the only player in HSU history and only the fifth player in GSC history to earn First-Team All-GSC honors four straight years.
During her career she won over 70 percent of her matches.
 
Winter Sports

Henderson State Lady Reddies made big news during the middle of the decade with the help of players such as Aesha Carter, who was a First-Team All-Decade pick, and Saprina Reed, who was a second-team selection.

Carter was a Daktronics All-American selection in 2005 as well as a member of the Kodak/WBCA All-America team. During her two-year career from 2003 to 2005. In 2004 she helped lead HSU to its first GSC Tournament Championship and a GSC West Division Title in 2005. In 2004 she was selected as the GSC Tournament and NCAA South Region Tournament MVP leading the Lady Reddies to the Elite 8 in St. Joseph, Mo. Carter averaged 15.1 points per game and 10.4 rebounds during her career at HSU. In 71 games played, she recorded 43 double-doubles.

Reed was also a Kodak/WBCA All-American Honorable mention selection in 2005. While at Henderson she earned First Team All-GSC honors in 2004 and 2005 after leading HSU to its first GSC Tournament Championship in 2004 and a GSC West Division Title in 2005. In 2005 she was selected the GSC Tournament and NCAA South Region Team. During her career she averaged 14.1 points per game during her career as well as 3.7 steals per game having a total of 255 steals during her career. Ranks fourth in HSU history in scoring having totaled 1080 points.

Two basketball Reddies earned first-team honors including Niki Arinze and Tarvoris Uzoigwe.
Arinze was a two-time All-American and was a two-time first-team All-GSC selection. Other honors include Second-Team All-American by Daktronics, NABC, D2 Bulletin, and Basketball Times. In 2001 he was GSC Tournament MVP leading the Reddies the GSC Tournament Championship. A two-time first-team All-region selection he led the Reddies to the NCAA South Regional twice. During his two-year career he totaled 1016 points for an average of 18.8 points per game. He also averaged 10.2 rebounds per game totaling 553 boards per contest.

A three-time All-American, Uzoigwe was one of the great 3-point shooters in the league. Uzoigwe was a three-time All-GSC selection during his career and earned First Team NABC All-Region pick in 2004. In 2002 Uzoigwe earned First-Team Freshman All-American honors followed by first-team honors in 2003 and 2004. Despite playing injured his senior year, he was able to finish seventh all-time at HSU in scoring having 1633 points for an average of 13.6 points per game. He holds the HSU career record for 3-point field goals with 404 (6th most in NCAA history) out of 1100 attempts for a .367 percentage. One of the most unselfish players in the league, Uzoigwe dished out an average of 3.1 assists per game, a total of 371 dishes. He ranks second in HSU history in steals with 179. A member of the 2003 GSC All-tournament team, Uzoigwe played on 3 GSC West Division Championship teams, two Tournament Championship teams and was a member of three Reddie teams that appeared in the NCA South Regional.