FREDDIE PHOTOS
MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The University of Montevallo Athletic Department hosted its third annual The Freddies awards ceremony Tuesday, April 23 at 8 p.m. at Palmer Auditorium to recognize the department's annual student-athlete award winners.
Nominees and the winner in each applicable category can be found below.
JAN EAGLES AWARD (Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year)
WINNER - Hunter Chavarry (Women's Track and Field)
WALTER BENNETT AWARD (Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year)
WINNER - Tyler Updike (Men's Basketball)
FEMALE SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD (Female student who best exemplifies sportsmanship)
· WINNER - Marisa Sosa (Softball)
·
Emily Beatty (Women's Tennis)
· Georgi Griffin (Women's Lacrosse)
· Alexis Berger (Women's Golf)
· Morgan Daniels (Women's Track and Field)
MALE SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD (Male student who best exemplifies sportsmanship)
· WINNER - Kyle Little (Men's Lacrosse)
· Robert Kuta (Men's Soccer)
· Gavin Salton (Men's Tennis)
· Brady Carman (Men's Golf)
· Josh Evans (Men's Cross Country/Men's Track and Field)
DeWAYNE PEEVY SPIRIT AWARD (Student who best exemplifies school spirit)
· WINNER - Wil Mitchell (Men's Track and Field)
· Walter Price (Competitive Cheerleading)
· Brett Batchelor (Men's Golf)
· Annalee Ruble (Women's Lacrosse)
· Kyle Little (Men's Lacrosse)
FALCON CUP (The Falcon Cup is awarded by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee to the team that best combined academics, community service and SAAC attendance during the academic year. The award winner is still to be determined.)
STUDENT-ATHLETE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MOST INFLUENTIAL AWARD
WINNER - Wil Mitchell (Men's Track and Field)
PLAY OF THE YEAR
WINNER - Men's Basketball Micah Fuller 2/28/19 Win 57-54 vs DSU
Micah Fuller hit a three pointer at the buzzer to lift the falcons to a 57-54 win over Delta State.
Softball Mariel Bertossi 3/09/19 Win 8-7 vs UWA
Mariel Bertossi hit a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to win 8-7.
Women's Soccer Romee Contreras 9/23/19 3-2 OT win at No. 19 Lee.
Romee Contreras scored the game-winning goal in OT to knock off No. 19 Lee on the road.
Women's Soccer Victoria Whitehouse 10/30/18 1-0 win over No. 18 Mississippi College in GSC Tournament
Victoria Whitehouse scored the game winning Goal in the 84th minute to defeat the No. 18 ranked Choctaws 1-0 in the GSC quarterfinal and advance to the semifinal.
Baseball John Michael Reed 2/9/19 vs. Trevecca Nazarene
John Michael Reed robbed a home run by the Trojans in a 7-6 setback against Trevecca Nazarene.
GAME OF THE YEAR/EVENT OF THE YEAR
WINNER - Women's Soccer 10/30/19 1-0 win over No. 18 Mississippi College in GSC Tournament
Victoria Whitehouse scored the game-winning goal in the 84th minute to defeat the No. 18 ranked Choctaws 1-0 and advance to the semifinal.
Women's Basketball 2/7/19 66-60 win over Lee at home.
Falcons upset No.25 Lee 66-60 at home. This was the first time win against a nationally ranked team under head coach
Gary Van Atta.
Men's Golf 4/1-2/19 Runner-up at West Florida Invitational
The Falcons finish tied for second in the West Florida Invitational tournament after finishing ahead of 11 ranked teams, with junior Paul Murphy finishing third overall in individual standings.
Baseball 3/23/19 6-5 win over West Georgia
Tyler Krabbe tied the game 3-3 in the bottom of the ninth after a two-run homer to force extra innings. The Falcons were down 4-3 in the bottom of the tenth and won on a walk-off two-run double by Krabbe.
Softball 3/30/19 6-5 win over Mississippi College
The Falcons overcame a 5-2 deficit in the sixth to win the game 6-5 after a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh by Carlee Mullinax.
PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
WINNER - Men's Lacrosse Thomas Vaesen 2/9/19 24-18 win against Mars Hill
Thomas Vaesen became second all-time in the NCAA Record books for goals scored in a game with 11 goals scored. Vaesen totaled 14 points to tie for third all-time.
Baseball Tyler Krabbe 3/17/19 13-11 Win at Union
Tyler Krabbe finished 4-of-7 from the plate as he hit-for-the-cycle with a three-run home run, a triple, a double and a single. Krabbe drove in three runs and scored four runs.
Women's Soccer Annie Mason GSC Tournament
Annie Mason totaled 21 saves and allowed only 1 goal in three games of the GSC Tournament. Mason recorded eight saves and allowed no goals in the semifinal vs Lee. Mason posted a 95 percent save percentage for the tournament.
Women's Lacrosse Irfana Ahmed 3/20/19 W 13-12 at Lee
Irfana Ahmed totaled 15 saves in the one-goal victory.
Women's Track and Field Hunter Chavarry 3/22-23/19 Falcon Classic
Hunter Chavarry set a school record in the women's heptathlon, totaling 4,844 points, which put her among the top five point totals nationally at the time.
FEMALE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
· WINNER - Romee Contreras (Women's Soccer)
· Anja Kuys (Women's Lacrosse)
· Anne-Christine Leu (Women's Tennis)
· Hannah Fernandez (Volleyball)
· Shyan Flack (Women's Basketball)
MALE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
· WINNER - Kordell Primus (Men's Lacrosse)
· Paul Murphy (Men's Golf)
· Joe Leventry (Men's Cross Country/Men's Track and Field)
· Wade Lowman (Men's Basketball)
· Ben Teel (Baseball)
MARGARET BLALOCK AWARD (Female Student-Athlete of the Year)
· WINNER - Hunter Chavarry (Women's Track and Field)
· Anja Kuys (Women's Lacrosse)
·
Emily Beatty (Women's Tennis)
· Justine Glass (Women's Cross Country/Women's Track and Field)
· Tayler Kukes (Women's Soccer)
NEAL SHIRLEY AWARD (Male Student-Athlete of the Year)
· Georg Trompler (Men's Tennis)
· Kyle Little (Men's Lacrosse)
· CO-WINNER -Thomas Vaesen (Men's Lacrosse)
· CO-WINNER - Tyler Krabbe (Baseball)
The Freddies awards ceremony is available for viewing at
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM43i1cCOTpUDn4AO-O1KYQ/videos.
