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STEPHENVILLE (April 25, 2016) — The Tarleton Athletics department hosted its annual All-Sports Banquet to hand out playing and academic honors Monday night.
“We’ve had a great year,” said Tarleton Athletic Director Lonn Reisman. “We’ve had several Lone Star Conference championships, our men’s basketball team won a regional championship to advance to the NCAA Elite Eight, and we’re still looking to have success with our competing spring sports. Our annual banquet is an opportunity to have all of the student-athletes together at one time and honor them for their efforts on the court and in the classroom. It’s a very exciting night for us.”
In addition to the recognition of the student-athletes, Tarleton President Dr. F. Dominic Dottavio handed out six All-Purple awards to those who have shown support and dedication of athletics at Tarleton State University.
The winners of the President’s All-Purple awards are: Mike and Sena Leese; Tom and Eileen Faulkenberry; L.V. Coffee; Sue Dunn; Ed Knoll; and Monty Bedwell.
“Our success is directly related to the support we have from our fans, our university, and the Stephenville community,” said Reisman. “Our All-Purple award is an honor that is very dear to my heart because it is our chance to recognize some of our greatest supporters.”
Following the presentation of the All-Purple awards and special recognition of the cheerleaders, Texan Stars, and Tarleton State University band, the program moved forward with the recognition of the individual award winners from each program.
The team award winners are as follows:
FOOTBALL
Offensive MVP – Le’Nard Meyers
Defensive MVP – Brandon Moore
Special Teams MVP – Brayden Coverdale
Zach Shaver Award – Tavaris Owens
Higgs Award – Le’Nard Meyers
Buddy Fornes Award – Chase Varnado
VOLLEYBALL
MVP – Hailey Roberts
Offensive MVP – Hailey Roberts
Co-Defensive MVPs – Kenya Alexander & Ayssa Garcia
Newcomer of the Year – Adrianna Knutson
Co-TexAnn Awards – Kelsey Raglin & Med Umbel
CROSS COUNTRY
Women’s MVP – Aly Coughlin
Men’s MVP – Tye Doty
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Co-MVPs – Raven McGrath & Bailey Wipff
TexAnn Award – Meagan O’Dell
Defensive MVP – Breanna Fuller
Outstanding Rebounder – Ikpeaku Iwobi
Most Improved – Tiara Tatum
Hustle Award – Bailey Wipff
Assist Leader – Morgan Ashmore
MEN’S BASKETBALL
MVP – Michael Hardge
Texan Award – Chantz Chambers
Charge Award – Charles Hill
Newcomer of the Year – Romond Jenkins
All-Academic – Jakob Damstra & Jacob Morales
Most Improved – EJ Reed
Defensive MVP – Malcolm Hamilton
INDOOR TRACK & FIELD
Women’s Track MVP – DeAijha Hicks-Boyce
Women’s Field MVP – Roxanna Hernandez
Men’s Track MVP – Chase Rathke
Men’s Field MVP – Rascellis Williams
OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD
Women’s Track MVP – Aly Coughlin
Women’s Field MVP – Hannah Patterson
Men’s Track MVP – Dylan Willett
Men’s Field MVP – William Carlton
GOLF
MVP – Isabel Jimenez-Perea
Most Consistent – Casey Wild
SOFTBALL
Co-Offensive MVPs – Nyka Wood & Katelyn Conlee
Defensive MVP – Haley Freyman
Purple Heart Award – Avery Mullendore
Gold Glove Award – Rebeka Allen
Silver Spikes Award – Melody Mayse
Oscar P Award – Rebeka Allen
BASEBALL
No awards announced while season still under way
TENNIS
No awards announced while season still under way
SPORTS MEDICINE
S.M. Athletic Training Award – Tyler Gilmore
S.M. Comeback Athlete – Katelin Huckabee
Texan Sports Medicine Association Award – Kassandra Soto
CHEER
Cheerleaders of the Year – Kirstin Reichenau & Autumn White
Newcomers of the Year – Emily Alexander & Kiana Leal
Most Improved – Cheyenne Holt & Colton Lewis
Best All-Around – Lauren Geis & Keyla Bush
IRON TEXAN ALL-STARS
Football Upperclassman – Basil Jackson
Football Freshman – Noah Perez
Cross Country – Chase Rathke
Men’s Basketball – Jakob Damstra
Women’s Basketball – Raven McGrath
Volleyball – Chandler Gow
Baseball – Landon Merka
Softball – Melody Mayse
Men’s Track & Field – Blake Eschbach
Women’s Track & Field – Deylinn Garrett
Track & Field Throwers – Marissa Westbrook
Cheer – Kirstin Reichenau
Golf – Isabel Jimenez-Perea
Tennis – The ’15-’16 TexAnn Tennis Team
Athletic Volunteer Intern – Will Seevers
In addition to the individual team awards, Tarleton Athletics recognized the recipients of the Athletes Committed to Education (ACE) award winners, which honors student-athletes who maintain a 3.0 grade point average while competing in their respective sports.
The student-athletes honored in the ACE program are as follows:
Robert Bagley
William Blanchard
Daniel Bogue
Ryan Flynn
Zachary Freeman
Jacob French
Stacy Heinatz
Matthew Herrick
Hunter Houston
Trevor Inman
Garret Kizer
Zachary McCown
Cody Nitson
Forrest Perron
Samuel Scott
Collin Scribner
Hunter Seales
Jaring Damstra
Jacob Morales
Morgan Ashmore
Shelby Drews
Raven McGrath
Bailey Wipff
Andrew Clark
Tye Doty
Peyton Heinig
Dylan Willett
Haley Dennard
Audrey Shelton
Kendall Adams
Isaac Arellano
Cody Burtscher
Cooper Cole
Brayden Coverdale
Kason Fornes
Trenton Gow
Zachary Henshaw
Dakota Hesskew
John Hinton
Basil Jackson
Derek Kiser
Brandon Moore
Larry Osterman
Thomas Paschal
Tyler Pettit
Nick Prestwood
Justin Reasons
Ronald Reid
Colin Snell
Kyle Snell
Chase Varnado
Dalton Vondra
Patrick Wisener
Zed Woerner
Isabel Jimenez-Perea
Kerbey Kipp
Casey Wild
Rebeka Allen
Katelyn Conlee
Taylor Fitzgerald
Haley Freyman
Shelby Hedrick
Melody Mayse
Avery Mullendore
Alyssa Ringhausen
Savannah Stech
Mikayla Stogsdill
Kaitlyn Thomas
Delaney Wayland
Ashleigh Elward
Elena Preadca
Erika Richarme
Austin Castanon
Cade Hitzfeld
Jordan Jones
Randall Kadlacek
Cameron Krc
Brandon Lacy
Grant Russell
Christopher Wilkes
Alyson Coughlin
Tylo Farrar
Luke Scribner
Ariel Ballard
Kara Bickham
Alexondra Brooks
Meaghan Brown
Robbie Clarke
Macaele De Vries
Danyelle Dillard
Alexandra Fuselier
Mia Henry
Roxana Hernandez
Andrea Ibe
Ashley Johnson
Hannah Patterson
Kamrynn Schiller
Marissa Westbrook
Amanda Wheeler
Autum White
Marissa Banda
Cassandra Cutbirth
Chandler Gow
Julianna Hicks
Abby Mackey
Hannah McManus
Hailey Roberts
Rebecca Schlorff
Megan Umbel
Macie Walker
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