Wright State Honors Student-Athletes
6/4/2006 12:00:00 PM | General
At its annual banquet at the Hope Hotel Sunday, Wright State University honored student-athletes and staff with various awards of recognition.
The Don Mohr Male Athlete of the Year was given to baseball player Joe Smith who went 3-0 with 12 saves during the season and helped lead his team to the NCAA Tournament. The Peg Wynkoop Female Athlete of the Year was given to Amy Cron (left photo) of the swimming team who led her team to a second place finish by winning the 100 fly and 100 back and helped two relay teams place third. Don Mohr was the school's first athletic director and Peg Wynkoop was the school's first senior woman administrator.
The Dr. Carl Benner Male and Female Scholar-Athlete Awards went to Alex Gutman and Audra Beckett. Gutman (middle photo), a junior runner from Botkins, Ohio, has posted a 4.0 grade point average in Mathematics while competing in seven of the eight competitions in the fall. Beckett (right photo), a junior from Hamilton, Ohio, posted a 20-16 singles mark for the tennis team while maintaining a 4.0 grade point average in Political Science. This award has been named after Dr. Carl Benner who was chair of the Athletic Council and long-time official scorer for the basketball team.
The Terry Hall WSU Coach of the Year award was presented to baseball coach Rob Cooper who led his team to a 32-25 regular season mark and the NCAA Tournament. WSU was a three seed in the recent Horizon League Tournament and outscored their opponents 52-5 in a four-game sweep for the championship. The award is named in honor of former women's basketball coach Terry Hall, who passed away in 1997.
The department's Angelo "Tony" Tononi Raider Award, given to someone who has contributed above and beyond, was presented to Paul Newman who is retiring after 21 years of service as the Sr. Associate Athletics Director at WSU. This award has been named after Tony Tononi, a friend and booster who passed away four years ago.
Other awards included the department's Life SKILLS Award for community service to Andrea Hess of the women's swimming team.
Sport MVP Raider Award
Volleyball Sarah Poling Lisa Griffith
Men's Soccer Tony Labudovski Kyle Bryan
Men's Swimming & Diving Warren Thompson Nick Seuch
Women's Swimming & Diving Amy Cron Stephanie Cox
Women's Soccer Jess Rooma Michelle Sarmiento
Women's Basketball Brittney Whiteside Whitney Lewis
Men's Basketball DaShaun Wood Jaron Taylor
Men's Cross Country Josh Burke Joel Hidalgo
Women's Cross Country Megan Feasel Christina Hill
Men's Tennis Lance Koetter Nicolas Camilleri
Craig Smith
Women's Tennis Tiffani Foster Audra Beckett
Laura Culbertson
Women's Indoor Track Casanav Simmons Stephanie Supan
Golf Brandon Knutson Nathan Boatman
Tyler Miskell
Women's Outdoor Track Casanav Simmons Jennifer Williamson
Softball Melanie McInally Jacqueline Macy
Cheer Jackie Finke Robin Oberlitner
Fred "Rocky" Smith
Dance Amanda Paulson Kristina Lawrence
Kalee Maloy
Baseball Joe Smith Ross Oeder
Departmental Awards
Terry Hall Coach of the Year Rob Cooper
Dr. Carl Benner Male Scholar Athlete of the Year: Alex Gutman
Dr. Carl Benner Female Scholar Athlete of the Year: Audra Beckett
Peggy Wynkoop Female Athlete of the Year: Amy Cron
Don Mohr Male Athlete of the Year: Joe Smith
Tony Tononi Raider Award Paul Newman
The Raider S.K.I.L.L.S. Awards:
In appreciation of your commitment to the five Components of the Raider S.K.I.L.L.S. Athletics, Academics, Personal Development, Career Development and Community Service.
Andrea Hess
