Murray State University Athletics
SAAC Awards Night For Murray State Athletics
5/6/2013 7:00:00 PM | Baseball, Football, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Men's Golf, Men's Tennis, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Golf, Women's Soccer, Women's Tennis, Women's Track and Field, Women's Volleyball, Cheerleading, Rifle
Awards for the 2012-13 school year for Murray State Athletics were handed out Monday evening by the MSU Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) as they honored the Racers' best of the best.
The annual awards are voted on by MSU student athletes which number 320 and were given during the annual banquet at the Curris Center in Murray, Ky.
Not only does SAAC recognize individual sport achievement, there is also honor given to all graduating seniors in MSU Athletics.
Included in the honors were, the Team Academic Award which was earned by the MSU men's cross country team who had a combined Grade Point Average of 3.46 for the fall of 2012 and the spring of 2013.
The Community Service Award was given to the MSU women's soccer team.
Sharda Bettis of MSU women's track & field and Casey Brockman of MSU football were given the Racer Spirit Award. The award is given to one male and one female student-athlete that demonstrated class and character on and off the field, but also went above and beyond to represent MSU student-athletes in all types of campus organizations.
The MSU Athlete of the Year Award had its first occurrence of a three-way honor for the men's award when Brockman, Isaiah Canaan of men's basketball and Patrick Newcomb of men's golf were given the award by their peers. Tonia Pratt of track & field was honored as the female winner of the award.
Brockman broke every MSU single game, single season and career passing record and was a multiple All-America selection. He also finished sixth in the voting for the 2012 Walter Payton Award which is given to the top offensive player at the FCS level. Canaan, also a multiple All-America selection, leaves MSU as one of only six to score more than 2,000 points. Canaan was Ohio Valley Conference MVP for a second straight season. Newcomb also won a second straight OVC Player of the Year award. During the 2012-13 season, he won his second straight Kentucky State Amateur title and advanced to the USGA United States Amateur round of 16.
Pratt was the OVC Indoor Champion in the weight throw and second in the shot put at the OVC Outdoor Championships where she set the school record. She also set the MSU record in the hammer throw and discus. Last weekend at the OVC outdoors, she won the hammer throw and discus and took third in the shot put.
The Newcomer of the Year Award was given to Megan Blue of women's tennis and Jaamal Berry of football.
Blue was named Second Team All-OVC in her freshman season and was 9-0 in OVC singles play. She was the only player in the OVC to win an individual match against champion Eastern Kentucky this season.
Berry burst on the scene for the Racer Football last fall with more than 900 yards in rushing and receiving to rank sixth in the OVC in all-purpose yards. He was also named to the OVC Newcomer Team.
Jenny Severns of MSU track & field was named the Coach of the Year after her team took second over the weekend at the OVC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Charleston, Ill.
The Ginger Adams Spirit Award was given to Tiffany Whitfill. The award is presented to a member of the MSU cheer team who best exemplifies the personal characteristics which made Ginger Adams a special person. Adams passed away in 1995 in a van crash while returning from the Nashville airport with the rest of the cheer team after the NCAA men's basketball tournament in Tallahassee, Fla. Ginger had an unbridled spirit and enthusiasm for Racer Athletics, had a diligent and successful pursuit of academic studies and had a personality which reached out to all who came to know her.
SAAC Awards & Nominations (Winners bold italics)
Female Racer Spirit Award: Sharda Bettis (Track & Field), Mariah Robinson (Basketball), Shauna Wicker (Soccer), Ellyn Troup (Softball)
Male Racer Spirit Award: Will Handlin (Baseball), Latreze Mushatt (Basketball), Hunter York (Golf), Casey Brockman (Football)
Female Newcomer: Megan Blue (Tennis), Tessa Howald (Rifle), Taylor Olden (Volleyball)
Male Newcomer: Jaamal Berry (Football), Preston French (Golf), Jarred Koerner (Cross Country), Jeffrey Moss (Basketball)
Female Athlete of the Year: Kelsey Emme (Rifle), Delaney Howson (Golf), Tonia Pratt (Track & Field)
Male Athlete of the Year: Casey Brockman (Football), Isaiah Canaan (Basketball), Brandon Eggenschwiler (Baseball), Patrick Newcomb (Golf)
Ginger Adams Spirit Award: Tiffany Whitfill
The end of the evening included honoring graduating senior student athletes. Special recognition was also given to those that accomplished what MSU Athletics calls “Four Years-Two Goals”… Leaving Murray State with a diploma in one hand and a championship ring on the other.
Four Years-Two Goals
Men's Basketball: Brandon Garrett, Ed Daniel, Isaiah Canaan, Jordan Burge, Latreze Mushatt, Stacy Wilson
Men's Golf: Patrick Newcomb
Rifle: Caroline Barber
Women's Golf: Alexandra Lennartsson, Claudia Schwan
Soccer: Gina Killion, Jenelle Cunningham, Veronika Pribyslavska
Track & Field: Alexis Love
Graduating Seniors
(May. 13, Aug. 13 or Dec. 13)
Men's Basketball: Brandon Garrett, Ed Daniel, Isaiah Canaan, Jordan Burge, Latreze Mushatt, Stacy Wilson
Baseball: Brandon Eggenschwiler, Brandon Elliott, Joe Major, Nick Paradossi, Paul Ritzheimer, Ty Stetson, Tim Vonder Haar, Noah Zipko, Dylan Wheeler, Greg Guest
Men's Cross Country: Jordan Althoff
Football: Tyler Lavea, Corey Addison, HB Beauford, Adrian Dinkins, John King, Patrick Robertson, Roderick Tomlin, Ja-Vonta Trotter, Brock Rydecki, Raquan Durrante, Andy Mahoney, Chris Staten, Jaamal Berry, Casey Brockman, Casey Duncan, Qua Huzzie, Kamalie Matthews, Spencer Phillips, Darrian Skinner, Steven Mix, Hunter Hogan
Men's Golf: Patrick Newcomb, Hunter York
Men's Tennis: Jorge Caetano, Tyler Jeffers, Adam Taylor, Joao Camara
Rifle: Caroline Barber
Women's Basketball: Mariah Robinson, Kyra Watson, Tessa Elkins
Women's Cross Country, Track & Field: Alexis Love, Bridget Stichnot, Carolyne Tanui
Women's Golf: Alexandra Lennartsson, Alli Weaver, Claudia Schwan
Soccer: Lauren Kelly, Veronika Pribyslavska, Jenelle Cunningham, Stephanie Gale, Gina Killion
Softball: Sarah Anderson, Shelby Kosmecki, Ellyn Troup, Leslie Bridges
Women's Tennis: Ashley Canty
Volleyball: Casey Bucher, Lia Havili, Lydia Orf, Molly Goodrich, Wendi Zickfield
The annual awards are voted on by MSU student athletes which number 320 and were given during the annual banquet at the Curris Center in Murray, Ky.
Not only does SAAC recognize individual sport achievement, there is also honor given to all graduating seniors in MSU Athletics.
Included in the honors were, the Team Academic Award which was earned by the MSU men's cross country team who had a combined Grade Point Average of 3.46 for the fall of 2012 and the spring of 2013.
The Community Service Award was given to the MSU women's soccer team.
Sharda Bettis of MSU women's track & field and Casey Brockman of MSU football were given the Racer Spirit Award. The award is given to one male and one female student-athlete that demonstrated class and character on and off the field, but also went above and beyond to represent MSU student-athletes in all types of campus organizations.
The MSU Athlete of the Year Award had its first occurrence of a three-way honor for the men's award when Brockman, Isaiah Canaan of men's basketball and Patrick Newcomb of men's golf were given the award by their peers. Tonia Pratt of track & field was honored as the female winner of the award.
Brockman broke every MSU single game, single season and career passing record and was a multiple All-America selection. He also finished sixth in the voting for the 2012 Walter Payton Award which is given to the top offensive player at the FCS level. Canaan, also a multiple All-America selection, leaves MSU as one of only six to score more than 2,000 points. Canaan was Ohio Valley Conference MVP for a second straight season. Newcomb also won a second straight OVC Player of the Year award. During the 2012-13 season, he won his second straight Kentucky State Amateur title and advanced to the USGA United States Amateur round of 16.
Pratt was the OVC Indoor Champion in the weight throw and second in the shot put at the OVC Outdoor Championships where she set the school record. She also set the MSU record in the hammer throw and discus. Last weekend at the OVC outdoors, she won the hammer throw and discus and took third in the shot put.
The Newcomer of the Year Award was given to Megan Blue of women's tennis and Jaamal Berry of football.
Blue was named Second Team All-OVC in her freshman season and was 9-0 in OVC singles play. She was the only player in the OVC to win an individual match against champion Eastern Kentucky this season.
Berry burst on the scene for the Racer Football last fall with more than 900 yards in rushing and receiving to rank sixth in the OVC in all-purpose yards. He was also named to the OVC Newcomer Team.
Jenny Severns of MSU track & field was named the Coach of the Year after her team took second over the weekend at the OVC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Charleston, Ill.
The Ginger Adams Spirit Award was given to Tiffany Whitfill. The award is presented to a member of the MSU cheer team who best exemplifies the personal characteristics which made Ginger Adams a special person. Adams passed away in 1995 in a van crash while returning from the Nashville airport with the rest of the cheer team after the NCAA men's basketball tournament in Tallahassee, Fla. Ginger had an unbridled spirit and enthusiasm for Racer Athletics, had a diligent and successful pursuit of academic studies and had a personality which reached out to all who came to know her.
SAAC Awards & Nominations (Winners bold italics)
Female Racer Spirit Award: Sharda Bettis (Track & Field), Mariah Robinson (Basketball), Shauna Wicker (Soccer), Ellyn Troup (Softball)
Male Racer Spirit Award: Will Handlin (Baseball), Latreze Mushatt (Basketball), Hunter York (Golf), Casey Brockman (Football)
Female Newcomer: Megan Blue (Tennis), Tessa Howald (Rifle), Taylor Olden (Volleyball)
Male Newcomer: Jaamal Berry (Football), Preston French (Golf), Jarred Koerner (Cross Country), Jeffrey Moss (Basketball)
Female Athlete of the Year: Kelsey Emme (Rifle), Delaney Howson (Golf), Tonia Pratt (Track & Field)
Male Athlete of the Year: Casey Brockman (Football), Isaiah Canaan (Basketball), Brandon Eggenschwiler (Baseball), Patrick Newcomb (Golf)
Ginger Adams Spirit Award: Tiffany Whitfill
The end of the evening included honoring graduating senior student athletes. Special recognition was also given to those that accomplished what MSU Athletics calls “Four Years-Two Goals”… Leaving Murray State with a diploma in one hand and a championship ring on the other.
Four Years-Two Goals
Men's Basketball: Brandon Garrett, Ed Daniel, Isaiah Canaan, Jordan Burge, Latreze Mushatt, Stacy Wilson
Men's Golf: Patrick Newcomb
Rifle: Caroline Barber
Women's Golf: Alexandra Lennartsson, Claudia Schwan
Soccer: Gina Killion, Jenelle Cunningham, Veronika Pribyslavska
Track & Field: Alexis Love
Graduating Seniors
(May. 13, Aug. 13 or Dec. 13)
Men's Basketball: Brandon Garrett, Ed Daniel, Isaiah Canaan, Jordan Burge, Latreze Mushatt, Stacy Wilson
Baseball: Brandon Eggenschwiler, Brandon Elliott, Joe Major, Nick Paradossi, Paul Ritzheimer, Ty Stetson, Tim Vonder Haar, Noah Zipko, Dylan Wheeler, Greg Guest
Men's Cross Country: Jordan Althoff
Football: Tyler Lavea, Corey Addison, HB Beauford, Adrian Dinkins, John King, Patrick Robertson, Roderick Tomlin, Ja-Vonta Trotter, Brock Rydecki, Raquan Durrante, Andy Mahoney, Chris Staten, Jaamal Berry, Casey Brockman, Casey Duncan, Qua Huzzie, Kamalie Matthews, Spencer Phillips, Darrian Skinner, Steven Mix, Hunter Hogan
Men's Golf: Patrick Newcomb, Hunter York
Men's Tennis: Jorge Caetano, Tyler Jeffers, Adam Taylor, Joao Camara
Rifle: Caroline Barber
Women's Basketball: Mariah Robinson, Kyra Watson, Tessa Elkins
Women's Cross Country, Track & Field: Alexis Love, Bridget Stichnot, Carolyne Tanui
Women's Golf: Alexandra Lennartsson, Alli Weaver, Claudia Schwan
Soccer: Lauren Kelly, Veronika Pribyslavska, Jenelle Cunningham, Stephanie Gale, Gina Killion
Softball: Sarah Anderson, Shelby Kosmecki, Ellyn Troup, Leslie Bridges
Women's Tennis: Ashley Canty
Volleyball: Casey Bucher, Lia Havili, Lydia Orf, Molly Goodrich, Wendi Zickfield
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