Mr. Orstell Barnett
GWU Football 1981-1984
What is your occupation?
Vice-President of Public Sector Sales.
What is your favorite memory about Gardner-Webb University?
My favorite memory is right after a meal catching up with everyone in the student center downstairs. We would play Pinball, PacMan or watch the latest music videos on the big screen (32 inch) TV. We did not have as much as the students do today, so we socialized and built relationships that still last today.
What has Gardner-Webb Athletics taught you?
The Gardner-Webb women's basketball team had four student-athletes receive Big South All-Conference recognition announced by the League office on Thursday night, March 10th, as Dominique Hudson, Monique Hudson, Catrina Green and Brianna Dillard all received postseason honors. Senior point guard Dominique Hudson was named as a Big South First-Team All-Conference selection for the second straight season. Gardner-Webb, who is the No. 3 seed in this weekend's 2011 Advance Auto Parts Big South Women's Basketball Championship tournament, will take on the No. 6 seeded Asheville Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday night, March 11th, in the first round of the tournament at the Millis Center in High Point, N.C. 
Jonathan was one of four Runnin' Bulldogs crowned East Regional Champions, posting a first-place finish in the 184 weight class. The lone senior went 2-0 on the day, earning a 5-2 win over John Merickel of Campbell and a 3-1 decision over Aaron Kelley of Liberty to take first-place overall. The Runnin' Bulldogs finished in second-place overall with 74.5 points and Velazquez was named Most Outstanding Wrestling at the Regional event. The four East Regional Champions and NCAA National qualifiers is the most that the Runnin' Bulldogs have had in a single season since sending four back in 2006. The 2011 NCAA National Championships will be held Philadelphia, Pa. on March 17th-19th.
The Gardner-Webb women's cross country team received recognition for their hard work and dedication in the classroom in the fall semester, as the Runnin' Bulldogs were honored as a 2010 NCAA Division I All-Academic Team by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association in February. The Runnin' Bulldogs, who posted a 3.38 grade point average as a team, were one of 192 institutions that represented 30 conferences to earn a spot as a USTFCCCA 2010 Division I Cross Country All-Academic Team. Gardner-Webb was one of five Big South members to receive the honor. It is the third straight year in which the GWU women's cross country team has received this academic honor. 
The sophomore thrower highlighted day one of the 2011 Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships for the Runnin' Bulldogs, setting a new school record and earning all-conference honors with a first-place finish in the shot put event with a mark of 13.41 meters (44'). The Queens, N.Y. native recorded a fifth-place finish in the women's weight throw event on Friday with a school record and personal best mark of 16.19 meters (53'1.50"). Gardner-Webb had 11 total all-conference performers at the two-day event in Clemson, S.C. The 5'11" hurler attended and lettered at Flushing High School and was the PSAC Indoor City and Borough Champion and state finalist as a senior and a sophomore. 
