The Austin College coaches and team members honored more than 40 student-athletes, including the Austin College male and female athletes of the year, in its annual Athletics Convocation on Thursday night in Ida Green Theater on the Austin College campus.
By virtue of head coaches’ selections, senior basketball player Kola Alade of Murphy, Texas and senior basketball player Katy Williams of Sulphur Springs, Texas were named the male and female athletes of the year respectively for the 2009-2010 year. Alade is a four year member of the ’Roos men’s basketball team, and Williams is a four year member of the women’s basketball team.
Women’s soccer player Natalie Nelms of Dallas, Texas and football and baseball player Phillip Gonzales of North Richland Hills, Texas were named by the coaches as the Tim Jubela Freshmen Athletes of the Year. Nelms started 17 games for the Kangaroos, tied for the most starts on the team, and scored a goal and adding two assists from her defensive position and was named 3rd Team All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. Gonzales, a wide receiver on the football team and center fielder on the baseball team, earned All-SCAC honors on the gridiron while making an immediate impact on the baseball team with his outstanding defense and speed on the base paths.
Williams won the Gene Day Award after being named the SCAC Player of the Year, 1st Team All-SCAC and earned All-Region and All-America honors after breaking the conference records for both rebounds in a career and highest rebounding average in a season with 13.3 boards per game. Williams was an All-SCAC player all four years of her career and was the conference Newcomer of the Year as a freshman and finished her career averaging a double-double. In addition to being a tremendous talent on the court, Williams has also been a SCAC Academic Honor Roll member all four years of her career.
Alade earned the Pete Cawthon Male Athlete of the Year award for the second straight year after being named the SCAC Player of the Year, the first time a male student-athlete has earned that honor at Austin College since the school joined the SCAC in 2006, as well as a 1st Team All-SCAC selection. Alade was also an NABC All-Region selection and competed in the first ever NABC Division III All-Star Game after finishing among the conference leaders in points, field goal percentage, steals and assists. Alade also became just the 17th men’s basketball player in Austin College history to surpass 1,000 career points.
List of Award Winners:
Team Awards (selected by team members)
Baseball – Cecil Grigg Award (most outstanding baseball player) – Brian Buehler, junior
Men’s Basketball – Hustle Award – Kyle Lintelman, senior
Men’s Basketball – Pat E. Hooks Award (most outstanding basketball player) – Kola Alade, senior
Women’s Basketball – Hustle Award – Kayla Redden, senior
Women’s Basketball – Brittany Simpson Award – Angeleena Young, sophomore
Women’s Basketball – Pat E. Hooks Award (most outstanding basketball player) – Katy Williams, senior and Amber Stafford, senior
Football – Shellie Hersh Special Teams Player of the Year Award – John Reisig, senior
Football – William B Traylor Award (for hard work and dedication) – Nick Zitaglio, senior
Football – Gene “Duke” Babb Award (most outstanding football player) – Ross Hasten, senior
Men’s Soccer – Clayton Hustle Award – Alexander Dawson, senior
Men’s Soccer – Most Outstanding Player – Alexander Dawson, senior
Women’s Soccer – Most Outstanding Player – Annie Gunter, senior
Softball – Most Valuable Player – Stefanie Faith, junior
Men’s Swimming – Most Improved – Jeff Munn, freshman
Women’s Swimming – Most Improved – Katherine Hasson, freshman
Men’s Swimming – Hannah Award (most outstanding swimmer) – Drew Collier, sophomore
Women’s Swimming – Hannah Award (most outstanding swimmer) – Alex Brown, sophomore
Men’s Tennis – Carroll Pickett Award (most outstanding tennis player) – Tyler Roush, freshman
Women’s Tennis – Carroll Pickett Award (most outstanding tennis player) – Lizzie Flint, sophomore
Volleyball – Most Outstanding Player – Chitra Kavouspour, senior
Aussie Dance Team – Aussie of the Year – Alyssa Rangel
Cheerleading – Outstanding Cheerleader – Alissa Dodson
Athletic Training – Most Improved – Jordan Hatch
Athletic Training – Most Outstanding – Layne Rodgers
Departmental Awards (selected by head coaches)
Gene Day Award – Most outstanding female athlete – Katy Williams, senior, basketball
Pete Cawthon – Most outstanding male athlete – Kola Alade, senior, basketball
Tim Jubela – Most outstanding female freshman athlete – Natalie Nelms, soccer
Tim Jubela – Most outstanding male freshman athlete – Phillip Gonzales, football and baseball
Robert T. Mason – Sportsmanship Award – Jordan Robison, baseball
Robert T. Mason – Sportsmanship Award – Annie Gunter, soccer
Slats McCord – Senior Perseverance and Improvement – Sean Muder, baseball
Slats McCord – Senior Perseverance and Improvement – Amber Stafford, basketball
Bo Miller – Outstanding Achievement in Academics and Athletics – Alexander Dawson, soccer
Bo Miller – Outstanding Achievement in Academics and Athletics – Christine Caldwell, swimming & diving
Sig Lawson – Dedication and Commitment to Austin College Athletics – Matt Rogers, soccer; Josh Tignor, swimming & diving; Evan Coachman, football; Will Chermak, baseball; Taylor Beatty, basketball; Daniel Jackson, tennis
Sig Lawson – Dedication and Commitment to Austin College Athletics – Heather Farquhar, softball; Athena Padgett, basketball; Jordan Anderton, volleyball; Amy Holman, soccer; Meaghan Christine Caldwell, swimming & diving; Paula Vercher, tennis
T. Ellis Lockhart Spirit – Most Supportive Faculty Member – Amanda Kisselle
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