Hawks Celebrate 2022-2023 Seasons with annual Athletic Banquet
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Huntingdon's Athletic department celebrated their annual Athletic Banquet to honor student-athletes and coaches on April 19th. This event is sponsored by the Hawks SAAC Committee.
The evening began with the introduction of student-athlete emcees, Innes Mackay and Hall Billings, senior baseball players.
The first award presenter was strength and conditioning coach, Charlie Goodyear who took the time to honor hard-working student-athletes and interns.
Huntingdon's SAAC followed with the presentation of the Most Outstanding Senior SAAC Member presented by Associate Athletic Director, Courtney Harville.
The winner for the SAAC Outstanding Female Senior Award was:
AB Davis- Women's Basketball
The winner for the SAAC Outstanding Male Senior Award was:
Sam Page – Men's Basketball
Following the presentation of Goodyear and Harville, the emcees got to work announcing and presenting our 18 Athletic Awards. The nominees and award winners are below:
Sports Medicine Female Comeback of the Year
Award Winner : Meredith Head
Sports Medicine Male Comeback of the Year
Award Winner : Karl Dorn
Megan Cooke Sportsmanship Award
Award Winner : Alina Shoemake – Women's Basketball
Shoemake won the award after earning the Collegiate Conference of the South Sportsmanship Award and being a team captain. She is described as always willing to help others.
Other Nominees:
Courtney Patterson – Volleyball
Emma Cox – Women's Golf
Breanna Smith – XC/Track
Alonda Weaver – Women's Tennis
John McWilliams Sportsmanship Award
Award Winner : Taylor Bradley – Men's Soccer
Bradley's accolades include team captain, SAAC member, CCS Sportsmanship award and he also participated in an internship on campus with Game Day Operations. He is described as a great person, teammate, and leader.
Other Nominees:
Sam Page – Men's Basketball
Jacob Gray – Men's Lacrosse
Brett Viator – Men's Golf
Blake Bailey – XC/Track
Jayson Spencer - Wrestling
Female Newcomer of the Year Award
Award Winner : Jordan Holman – Softball
The transfer junior has went 45-102 at the plate, scoring 31 runs with 47 RBIs. She has hit four homeruns this season and has a slugging percentage of 71.6. She currently ranks first in RBIs in DIII, 8th in hits and RBIs/game and ranks 11th in total bases.
Erica Rodriguez – Women's Basketball
Reece Rhodes – Volleyball
Riley Gagne – XC/Track
Stephanie Mudgett – Women's Lacrosse
Male Newcomer of the Year Award
Award Winner : Gage Kettlewell – Men's Lacrosse
Kettlewell is a three-time USA South Rookie of the Week award winner, scoring 41 goals so far this season with a high of 7 against Brevard and Warren Wilson.
Other Nominees:
Zach Cox – Men's Tennis
Myles Murphy – Men's Basketball
Jabez Sampson – Baseball
Jack Burr – Men's Golf
Caden Howard – XC/Track
Steven Flagg - Wrestling
Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Award Winner : AB Davis – Women's Basketball
The senior accounting major who has a 3.86 GPA earned first team all-conference this year and has earned the CSC Academic Award, USA South All-Academic Team for three years, 7x Dean's List of High Honors, 2021 Jane Williams Scholastic Award, KPMG Scholar, KPMG Scholarship to ASU for Graduate School.
Other Nominees:
Natalie Ritchey – Softball
Morgan Ilsley- Volleyball
Bea Lindqvist – Beach Volleyball
Emma Cox – Women's Golf
Breanna Smith – XC/Track
Meredith Head – Women's Tennis
Jadyn Helm – Women's Soccer
Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Award Winner : Ryan Campion – Men's Lacrosse
With a 4.0 GPA, this Business Administration/Pre Law major has never received anything lower than an A. He is attending Law School at Ole Miss on a ¾ scholarship. Chosen by faculty to present and aid in many presentations pertaining to the business department. Having a good season with 16 goals, and 14 assists with a season high four goals against Spalding.
Other Nominees:
Clay Sipprell – Football
Zack Moenter – Men's Soccer
Michael Storie – XC/Track
Gabriel Pittman - Wrestling
Female Student-Athlete of the Year
Award Winner : Morgan Ilsley - Volleyball
She led all DIII for triple-doubles (offense, defense, setting). First team all-conference, all-tournament team for the CCS. She led the team in assists with 644 and accumulated 380 points for the second place Hawks this season.
Other Nominees:
Natalie Ritchey – Softball
AB Davis – Women's Basketball
Isabelle Valldeperas – Beach Volleyball
Kate Smith – XC/Track
Erin Cembrale – Women's Soccer
Male Student-Athlete of the Year
Award Winner : Landon Cotney - Football
The three-year starting quarterback has been a team captain for the past two years and has led the team to a conference title the past three. He was first team All USA South and Offensive Player of the Year in 2021, and 1st Team All-Conference in 2022. This year he has thrown for 2615 yards and averaged over 200 yards a game. With 22 touchdowns and 8 rushing touchdowns, Cotney played and started in all 11 games this season.
Other Nominees:
Cameron Reed – Men's Tennis
Colin Whibbs – Baseball
Mac Brooks – XC/Track
Nick Brashear - Wrestling
Female Single Game Performance
Award Winner : AB Davis – Women's Basketball
Against Piedmont, Davis boosted the Hawks to a 98-91 overtime win with 29 points and 8 rebounds while shooting 52.9% from the field. She had 19 first half points.
Other Nominees:
Elizabeth Todd – Women's Lacrosse
Kamea Nash - Volleyball
Male Single Game Performance
Award Winner : Kahari McReynolds - Football
Against BSC McReynolds had 297 all purpose yards and carried the ball 24 times for 210 yards, 3 touchdowns, and averaged 8.8 yards per carry with a long of 46 yards. He also caught one pass for 9 yards and had 3 kick off returns for 78 yards in boosting the Hawks to the win.
Other Nominees:
Lane Young – Men's Tennis
Thad Lievens – Men's Soccer
Mac Brooks – XC/Track
Female Sport Play of the Year
Award Winner : Deshauna Foote – Women's Basketball
Against Belhaven with 9.5 seconds left in the first overtime, Kinstin Davis received the inbound and swung the ball to Deshauna Foote who cut through the lane with 3.7 seconds left and created her own shot to score a crazy layup as the time expired to tie the game and send it to double-ot. The Hawks went on to win the game 79-72.
Other Nominees:
Bailey Murphy - Softball
Male Sport Play of the Year
Award Winner : Landon Cotney to Kyler Chaney - Football
With 1:09 left on the clock against BSC, Cotney threw to Chaney for the game winning touchdown.
Other Nominees:
Jordan Raley - Baseball
Female Sport Win of the Year
Award Winner : Volleyball against Maryville
The two time defending conference champions were taken down by the Hawks who found themselves down early 0-2, the comeback win happened after the fifth set and Huntingdon earned their first victory over Maryville during the NCAA era.
Other Nominees:
Women's Basketball against Belhaven
Softball against #5 Berry
Male Sport Win of the Year
Award Winner : Baseball against Millsaps
Baseball came back down 13-0 in the second inning to win 22-15.
Other Nominees:
Football Against Belhaven
David Burgess - Wreslting
Female Sport Coach of the Year
Award Winner : Casey Chrietzberg
27-7 overall record and 9-3 in conference play so far this season. Her team has been nationally ranked at 22 and beaten a top 5 team.
Other Nominees :
Latonia Brady – Volleyball
Ed Wright – XC/Track
Charlie Lane Coach of the Year
Award Winner : Matt Oliver
Highest ever finish in NCAA regional and had three individual placers.
Other Nominees:
DJ Conville – Baseball
Mike Turk – Football
Tony Franklin – Men's Tennis
Ed Wright – XC/Track
Huntingdon Athletics would like to thank all of our student-athletes for their hard-work and dedication throughout the year.