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Dowling served as the team captain and sweeper on the second and third best Clayton State defensive teams in Laker soccer history. The squad posted a .72 goals against average in 2004 and a .73 goals against average in 2005, and both defenses ranked among the nation’s best.
He also helped lead the Lakers to a trio Peach Belt Conference Championships, the 2001 and 2005 Peach Belt Conference Regular Season Championship teams and 2005 PBC Tourna- ment Championship. During his tenure, the Lakers advanced to the NCAA Division II “Sweet Sixteen” on three occasions; in 2001, 2004 and 2005.
Dowling was a recipient of Clayton State’s Laker Award in 2006, given to Clayton State’s top student-athlete each year. He graduated in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in manage- ment.
CARLOS HEAD
A native of Morrow, Ga., Head was a four-year letterwinner (1990-94) and played on Barfield’s first basketball teams. After more than 20 years of men’s basketball, he still holds many of Clayton State’s all-time records.
Head is the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,682 points. He ranks second all-time in games played with 114 and third all-time in games started with 78. He ranks first all-time in field goals made with 608 and first in all-time in field goals attempted with 1,287. Head ranks second in 3-point field goals made with 132, third in all-time in rebounds with 523 and third all-time in steals with 125.
He led the Lakers to school’s first championship, the 1993-94 Georgia Athletic Conference Championship. He averaged more than 18 points for the team that finished the season with a 25-7 record, Clayton State’s best record in men’s basketball. He was selected to the NAIA All-District All-Freshman team in 1990-01 and to the All-Georgia Athletic Conference Team in 1993-94.
Head graduated with a bachelor’s degree in management in 1995.
NKIRU OKOSIEME
A native of Onitsha, Nigeria, Okosieme was a three-year let- ter-winner (2001-02 & 2004) for Clayton State’s women’s soc- cer program. Okosieme was a NCAA Division II All-American in 2004 and a three-time All-Southeast Region
selection in 2001, 2002 and 2004. She was the Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year in 2004 and named All-Confer- ence all three years. She finished the 2001 season ranked sec- ond in the country in scoring with 33 goals on the year.
At Clayton State, Okosieme ranks second in single season scoring with 33 goals in 2001 and second in single season as- sists in 2004 with 10. She also ranks second all-time in goals scored at Clayton State with 64 and second all-time in assists with 24. She led the Lakers to their first NCAA Division II na- tional tournament appearance in 2004.
Along with her standout career at Clayton State, Okosieme also played in four World Cups for her native Nigeria (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003). She scored three goals in her World Cup career, including a goal against the 1999 World Cup champion U.S. squad.
She was a two-time winner of Clayton State’s Laker Award in 2003 and 2005 and the only female Clayton State student-ath- lete to win the Laker Award twice. Okosieme was also the re- cipient of the Bumbalough Academic Award in 2005, holding the Clayton State’s highest GPA among all female student-ath- letes.
Okosieme graduated Clayton State with a bachelor’s degree in information technology and a master’s degree in health ad- ministration.
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