Seton Hall Athletics Celebrates 2020 SHUcademy Awards
5/13/2020 9:02:00 PM | General, Pirate Blue, H.A.L.L. Program
South Orange, N.J. - With the COVID-19 pandemic preventing Seton Hall Athletics from gathering together to celebrate the end of the year, the department moved its 2020 SHUcademy Awards to the virtual space. On Wednesday, the department handed out awards to all 14 of its varsity squads via Twitter and Instagram.
Seton Hall named senior men's basketball All-American Myles Powell (Trenton, N.J.) its Male Athlete of the Year after a season of the ages that saw him become the program's first NCAA consensus first-team All-American since 1953 and win the Jerry West National Shooting Guard of the Year Award.
The winner of Female Athlete of the Year was women's golf junior Mia Kness (Venetia, Pa.), who led the team and ranked second in the BIG EAST Conference with a 74.15 scoring average for the year before the global pandemic canceled the rest of the spring season that would have had the Pirates as the frontrunners for the BIG EAST Championship.
Other winners on the evening included:
Breakthrough Athletes of the Year
Romaro Gill, Men's Basketball
Haylee Gasser, Volleyball
Sport & Spirituality Award
Noah Thompson, Baseball
Freshman Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Raygan Murray, Volleyball
Torre Avitabile & Hugo Keller, Men's Soccer
Walker Parra, Men's Swimming & Diving
Sophomore Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Kelsey Gumm, Softball
JP Marin, Men's Soccer
Junior Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Olivia Hernandez, Women's Cross Country
Andreas Nota, Men's Soccer
Senior Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Steven Catudal, Men's Soccer
Anniek Jansen, Tennis
Team Academic Award (Highest GPA)
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
2019-20 Academic All-Stars (Highest GPA)
Steven Catudal, Men's Soccer
Cristina Fernandez, Women's Cross Country
Atley Fortney, Women's Soccer
Kelsey Gumm, Softball
Olivia Hernandez, Women's Cross Country
Anniek Jansen, Tennis
Lizzy Kirk, Women's Soccer
Kat Matthys, Softball
Emma Newgarden, Women's Cross Country
Alyssa Reszkowski, Women's Soccer
Pirate Perseverance Award
Grace Endersby, Women's Swimming & Diving
Kat Matthys, Softball
Iron Pirate Award
Romaro Gill, Men's Basketball
Michal Matson, Tennis
Teammates of the Year
Baseball - Tyler Shedler McAvoy
Men's Basketball - Ike Obiagu
Women's Basketball - Alexia Allesch
Men's Cross Country - Ryan McNeilly
Women's Cross Country - Kassi Yocco
Men's Golf - Alex McAuley
Women's Golf - Lizzie Win
Men's Soccer - Oscar Navarp
Women's Soccer - Izzy Engel
Softball - Kat Matthys
Men's Swimming & Diving - Tyler Kauth
Women's Swimming & Diving - Gabby Van Tassell
Tennis - Melody Taal
Volleyball - Amanda Rachwal
Team Athletes of the Year
Baseball - Casey Dana
Men's Basketball - Myles Powell
Women's Basketball - Alexis Lewis
Men's Cross Country - Cole Kretlow
Women's Cross Country - Kassi Yocco
Men's Golf - Alex Chalk
Women's Golf - Maddie Sager
Men's Soccer - Carlton McKenzie
Women's Soccer - Melissa Aniolowski
Softball - Baylee Allender
Men's Swimming & Diving - Josh Tosoni
Women's Swimming & Diving - Julie Stankiewicz
Tennis - Minja Gligic
Volleyball - Haylee Gasser
Most Valuable Pirates
Kat Matthys, Softball
Michal Matson, Tennis
Seton Hall named senior men's basketball All-American Myles Powell (Trenton, N.J.) its Male Athlete of the Year after a season of the ages that saw him become the program's first NCAA consensus first-team All-American since 1953 and win the Jerry West National Shooting Guard of the Year Award.
The winner of Female Athlete of the Year was women's golf junior Mia Kness (Venetia, Pa.), who led the team and ranked second in the BIG EAST Conference with a 74.15 scoring average for the year before the global pandemic canceled the rest of the spring season that would have had the Pirates as the frontrunners for the BIG EAST Championship.
Other winners on the evening included:
Breakthrough Athletes of the Year
Romaro Gill, Men's Basketball
Haylee Gasser, Volleyball
Sport & Spirituality Award
Noah Thompson, Baseball
Freshman Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Raygan Murray, Volleyball
Torre Avitabile & Hugo Keller, Men's Soccer
Walker Parra, Men's Swimming & Diving
Sophomore Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Kelsey Gumm, Softball
JP Marin, Men's Soccer
Junior Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Olivia Hernandez, Women's Cross Country
Andreas Nota, Men's Soccer
Senior Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Steven Catudal, Men's Soccer
Anniek Jansen, Tennis
Team Academic Award (Highest GPA)
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
2019-20 Academic All-Stars (Highest GPA)
Steven Catudal, Men's Soccer
Cristina Fernandez, Women's Cross Country
Atley Fortney, Women's Soccer
Kelsey Gumm, Softball
Olivia Hernandez, Women's Cross Country
Anniek Jansen, Tennis
Lizzy Kirk, Women's Soccer
Kat Matthys, Softball
Emma Newgarden, Women's Cross Country
Alyssa Reszkowski, Women's Soccer
Pirate Perseverance Award
Grace Endersby, Women's Swimming & Diving
Kat Matthys, Softball
Iron Pirate Award
Romaro Gill, Men's Basketball
Michal Matson, Tennis
Teammates of the Year
Baseball - Tyler Shedler McAvoy
Men's Basketball - Ike Obiagu
Women's Basketball - Alexia Allesch
Men's Cross Country - Ryan McNeilly
Women's Cross Country - Kassi Yocco
Men's Golf - Alex McAuley
Women's Golf - Lizzie Win
Men's Soccer - Oscar Navarp
Women's Soccer - Izzy Engel
Softball - Kat Matthys
Men's Swimming & Diving - Tyler Kauth
Women's Swimming & Diving - Gabby Van Tassell
Tennis - Melody Taal
Volleyball - Amanda Rachwal
Team Athletes of the Year
Baseball - Casey Dana
Men's Basketball - Myles Powell
Women's Basketball - Alexis Lewis
Men's Cross Country - Cole Kretlow
Women's Cross Country - Kassi Yocco
Men's Golf - Alex Chalk
Women's Golf - Maddie Sager
Men's Soccer - Carlton McKenzie
Women's Soccer - Melissa Aniolowski
Softball - Baylee Allender
Men's Swimming & Diving - Josh Tosoni
Women's Swimming & Diving - Julie Stankiewicz
Tennis - Minja Gligic
Volleyball - Haylee Gasser
Most Valuable Pirates
Kat Matthys, Softball
Michal Matson, Tennis
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