SE Athletics Hands Out Yearly Awards

DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern athletics held Southeastern Choice Awards banquet on Wednesday night at Choctaw Casino and Resort, handing out a series of honors ranging from team MVP's and scholar-athlete honors to the naming of the finalists for the Male and Female Athletes of the Year.
 
The event was organized by the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and was emceed by the group's president Grace Shehadeh and vice-president Adam Dworsky.
 
A total of eight student-athletes were named as finalists for the Athlete of the Year honors, three women and five men.
 
Below are the women finalists:
Cheyenne Mahy (Softball); Hitting .338 with Team Best 33 RBI; 15 2B and 4 HR; Has a 14-8 record in the circle with a 4.44 ERA and 119 strikeouts; Has two no-hitters, one of them a perfect game this season
 
Skye Royall (Women's Tennis); piled up 17 victories playing primarily in the one and two position in singles play and added 12 doubles wins; helped SE to a regional ranking
 
Martie Shockley (Rodeo); ranked seconds in the Central Plains Region in Goat Tying
 
And the men's finalists:
Adam Dworsky (Men's Basketball); GAC Player of the Year, Earned two All-Central Region honors, First Team All-GAC, Moved into fifth place all-time in the NCAA in Assists
 
Cameron French (Baseball); hitting a team-best .412; has 13 2B, 3 3B, 4 HR, 39 RBI; two-time GAC Weekly Award winner
 
Maalik Hall (Football); GAC Defensive Player of the Year, All-American, D2Football.com Elite 100, First Team All-GAC, 54 tackles, 12 TFL, 6.0 sacks
 
Reid Rice (Baseball); Hitting .378, ranked among the tops in the nation in HR with 18, leads the team with 51 RBI
 
McKade Wickett (Rodeo); Leads the Central Plains Region in the All-Around, third in the Tie Down Roping, eight among team roping headers
 
Southeastern named its top Scholar-Athletes as well. The women were led by softball's Kamarie Wallace, while on the men's side men's basketball's Taylor Cox took home the top honor.
 
Below is the top-five ranking for both the men and the women:
 
Women:
1st – Kamarie Wallace, Softball
2nd- Briley Moon, Women's Basketball 
3rd- Sierra Parks, Track and Field
4th- Amore Armstrong, Track and Field
5th- Cierra Doyal Bridges, Rodeo
 
Men:
1st- Taylor Cox, Men's Basketball
2nd- Jacob Potter, Baseball
3rd- Kellen Manek, Men's Basketball
4th-Trent Zorgdrager, Golf
5th- Connor Priest, Baseball
 
Each Savage Storm sports team also named its MVP's on Wednesday night. Below is a list of Southeastern's MVP's by sport:
 
Women's Basketball – Briley Moon
Men's Basketball – Adam Dworsky
Volleyball – Grace Shehadeh
Men's Tennis – Manuel Pilotto
Women's Tennis – Skye Royall
Cross Country – Megan Rose
Football – Maalik Hall
Rodeo Female – Cara Hilzendeger
Rodeo Male – Gus Franzen, Tyler Griffin, McKade Wickett
 
Three sports, baseball, softball, and women's rodeo, will hand out their MVP awards following the conclusion of their respective seasons.
 
Additionally, the SAAC recognized faculty and staff both within the athletics department and elsewhere on campus, this year Dan Hoke, Tony Goza, and J.P. Johnson were specially recognized for their efforts in covering Southeastern athletics through the visual medium and heightening the department's social media visibility.
 
Director of Sports Performance Zach Fears recognized Ironman Award Winners Caleb High for the men and Peyton Streetman for the women, highlighting their work in the realm of sport performance.