STATESBORO - The Eighth Annual GUSPYs Award Show was held on Monday evening inside the Jack and Ruth Ann Hill Convocation Center as the Georgia Southern Athletics Department celebrated another year of Eagle Athletics. The event, put on by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and hosted by
Danny Reed, honored over 20 winners of various awards voted on by the student-athletes and staff of the department.
To watch a replay of the event as well as the Blue Carpet Welcome Show,
click here.
Each team was allowed one nominee per category with the entire student-athlete body eligible to vote on the nominees. The top five vote receivers (plus ties) were then given to SAAC for that group to vote on and the top four receiving votes (two votes per team, can't vote for own sport) were honored as the finalists for the award at the show.
Here is the full list of the winners and nominees from Monday night:
Male Strength & Conditioning Athlete of the Year
Nominees:
Davion Rhodes - Football
Toby Nevile - Soccer
Daniel Haab - Baseball
Josh Dallas - Football
WINNER: Toby Nevile - Soccer
Female Strength & Conditioning Athlete of the Year
Nominees:
Gwenna Townsend - Soccer
Valerie Combs - Softball
Isabel Ptacek - Track & Field
Louise Reau - Golf
WINNER: Gwenna Townsend - Soccer
Moment of the Year
Nominees:
Imani Moore long jump title at Sun Belt Indoor Track Championships
Nakavieon White has a big game at The Hill opening
Tori Watts wins both SoCon rifle title
Liv Fuller hits the game winner at the buzzer to beat App State
WINNER: Liv Fuller game winner vs. App State
Male True Freshman of the Year
Nominees:
Ricky Louis - Soccer
Pierce Adamson - Golf
Milan Ristov - Tennis
Thomas Burke - Baseball
WINNER: Pierce Adamson
Female True Freshman of the Year
Nominees:
Emme Walrath - Rifle
Maddie Johnson - Softball
Mary Miller - Golf
Claire Casey - Soccer
WINNER: Mary Miller and Maddie Johnson
Female Newcomer of the Year
Nominees:
Shatalya Dorsett - Track & Field
Valerie Combs - Softball
Tori Watts - Rifle
Lydia Seymour - Volleyball
WINNER: Lydia Seymour
Male Newcomer of the Year
Nominees:
Edouard Cereto - Golf
Ryan Holmes - Soccer
Josh Tate - Baseball
Chance Gamble - Football
WINNER: Ryan Holmes
Male True Blue Spirit Athlete of the Year
Nominees:
Jeffrey Smyth - Football
Matthew Mitchell - Tennis
Konnor Herrmann - Soccer
Eugene Brown III - Basketball
WINNER: Matthew Mitchell
Female True Blue Spirit Athlete of the Year
Nominees:
Liv Fuller - Basketball
Grace Drawdy - Swimming & Diving
Mackenzie Leopold - Tennis
Bailey Holland - Softball
WINNER: Grace Drawdy
Comeback Athlete of the Year
Sam Kenerson, Football
Breakout Athlete of the Year
Nominees:
Josh Dallas - Football
Kirsten Barrett - Volleyball
Sean Smith - Baseball
Kevin Pierre - Men's Soccer
WINNER: Josh Dallas
Community Service Award
Swimming & Diving
Victory of the Year
Nominees:
Football comeback win over Marshall
Softball win over #22 Michigan
Volleyball win over Clemson
Shatalya Dorsett wins the 60 m at the SBC Indoor Championships
Winner: Football
Athletes Supporting Athletes
Rifle
Professor of the Year
Ken Wang, Parker College of Business
APEX Awards
Brooke Kell (Softball) and Pichon Wimbley (Football)
Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Sean White, Baseball
Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Imani Moore, Track & Field
Male Athlete of the Year
Nominees:
Josh Tate - Baseball
Dimitris Paliouras - Tennis
Ryan Holmes - Soccer
Parker Claxton - Golf
WINNER: Dimitris Paliouras
Female Athlete of the Year
Nominees:
Louise Reau - Golf
Emma Davis - Softball
Karlee Wells - Swimming & Diving
Reagan Barth - Volleyball
WINNER: Reagan Barth
Donors of the Year
Wanda Parrish Scoggins and Dr. Dennard Scoggins
Team of the Year
Rifle