(SAN DIEGO) PLNU Athletics celebrated the historic year with the 9th Annual Sea Lion Athletic Merit Awards, held at the Liberty Station Conference Center on Sunday.
Winners of the S.L.A.M. Awards were nominated and voted on by a combination of coaches, athletic administrative staff, Student-Athlete Leadership Team and student-athletes.
Nominees |
Award Finalists
MALE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR – Josiah Rodriguez (Baseball)
FEMALE FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR – Saren Rogers (Volleyball)
MALE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR – Luke Reece (Baseball)
FEMALE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR – Alli McDonald (Women's Basketball)
MALE ELITE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – Zackry Paulsen (Men's Basketball)
FEMALE ELITE PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – Arianna Audelo & Quin Brady (Women's Tennis)
TEAM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – Volleyball vs. Central Washington (NCAA West Regional First Round)
TEAM SERVICE AWARD – Women's Basketball
TEAM ACADEMIC SUCCESS AWARD – Men's Tennis
MALE BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE OF THE YEAR – Elijah Langford (Men's Soccer & Finn Kirschner (Men's Tennis)
FEMALE BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE OF THE YEAR – Maddie Reeves (Women's XC/T&F)
HEART OF A SEA LION – Nabeel Khan (Men's Tennis)
COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR – Luke Haupt (Men's Basketball)
ETHAN HAMILTON IMPACT AWARD – Emma Thrapp (Women's Soccer) & Nabeel Khan (Men's Tennis)
TEAM OF THE YEAR – Men's Basketball
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR – Abigail Nua (Volleyball)
MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR – Jake Entrekin (Baseball)
SEA LION OF THE YEAR – Bethany Arabe (Women's Soccer)
CARROLL B. LAND LEADERSHIP AWARD – Zackry Paulsen (Men's Basketball)
FAN OF THE YEAR – Wally Johnson
BEST DRESSED – Owen May (Baseball) & Lauren Phillips (Volleyball)
BEST DANCER – Coby Barnes (Men's Basketball) & Alana Diaz (Women's Soccer)
BEST SENSE OF HUMOR – Jeremy Caringella (Men's Soccer) & Nikki Ross (Women's Soccer)
