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Contact: Sarah Hauck, 704 337-2585
haucks@queens.edu  

The Department of Athletics held a year-end awards ceremony on April 22

CHARLOTTE, N.C., (April 24, 2008) — The Queens University of Charlotte Department of Athletics held a year end awards ceremony to celebrate all of the successes achieved by its 16 sports teams on April 22. The ceremony was attended by student-athletes, department administrators, coaches and faculty and staff. 

The team awards are given to members of a specific team based on a team vote or coach’s selection. In addition to team awards, conference awards and NCAA participation awards were distributed. Below is a list of award winners.

NCAA Recognition
Iain Hall, Men’s Golf, 2007 NCAA participant
Men’s Basketball, 2008 NCAA participant
Men’s Cross Country, 2007 NCAA participant
Women’s Soccer, 2007 NCAA participant
Men’s Soccer, 2007 NCAA participant
Daniel Kanyaruhuru, 2008 Indoor Track and Field NCAA participant

Conference All-Academic Award Winners
Patrick Fox
Philipe Araujo
Zachary Trinca
Katherine Carman
Amber McClain
Sairy Sanchez
Kathryn Keeton
Taryn Wolford
Michael Oliver
Tyler Rauch
Lauren Bilski
Sarah McCloy
Carolyn Parsons
Kevin O'Donnell
Chad Pinnick
Evan Sprinkle
Brittany Clark
Mary-Ashley Davino
Jackie Groff
Whitney Hensen
Hayley Pasko
Ankit Mody
Vivek Yadav
Sarah Burt
Erinn Hayes
Keatin McKenzie
Natalie Weiner

Team Award Winners

Women’s Cross Country
Royals Rex- Sairy Sanchez
Most Valuable Runner - Whitney Dennis
Men’s Cross Country
Royals Rex - Ryan Connelly
Most Valuable Runner - Daniel Kanyaruhuru

Women’s Soccer
Overtime award - Hayley Pasko
Coach’s award - Sarah Shoenhals
Freshmen MVP award - Samantha Striano

Men’s Soccer
Offensive MVP - Aaron Doyle
Defensive MV - Chad Pinnick
Leadership award - Chad Pinnick
Coach’s award - Patrick Sullivan

Volleyball
Most Improved Player - Tanisha Lea
MVP - Ebony Turner
Sportsmanship award - Lisa Shirley

Cheerleading
MVP - Alyssa Knowles
Most Improved Player - Keisha Capers
Most Spirited - Katey Mogg

Women’s Basketball
Most Outstanding Player - Marissa Hudley
Most Intense Player - Jacquia Winstead
Coach’s award - Cecilia Tchangoue

Men’s Basketball
Most Improved Player - Stephen Bailey
Defensive MVP - Akeem Miskdeen
Freshman MVP - Reggie Hopkins

Women’s Lacrosse
Offensive MVP - Kelley Duffey
Defensive MVP - Lauren Bilski
Coach’s award - Sarah Hannon

Men’s Lacrosse
Offensive MVP - Cory Thomas
Defensive MVP - Marc Lang
Coach’s award - Randy Jones

Softball
Offensive MVP- Mary Lee Giurintano
Defensive MVP- Kari Kmetic
Coach’s award- Kari Kmetic

Women’s Tennis
Most Improved Player - Jordan Kinney
MVP - Merissa Rock
Coach’s award - Amber Napier

Men’s Tennis
Most Improved Player - Ryan Wall
MVP - Jonathan O’Rourke
Coach’s award - Ankit Mody

Women’s Track and Field
Most Valuable Runner - Jessica Neville
Royal Rex award - Chandler Tribble

Men’s Track and Field
Most Valuable Runner - Devin Kelley
Royal Rex award - Brian Burns

Women’s Golf
MVP - Hilary Armel
Coach’s award - Jessica Mullane

Men’s Golf
MVP - Iain Hall
Coach’s award - Scott Kegerreis

Queens University of Charlotte is a private, coed, Presbyterian-affiliated liberal arts university in the heart of historic Charlotte serving approximately 2,250 undergraduate and graduate students through its College of  Arts & Sciences, McColl School of Business, The Pauline Lewis Hayworth College and the Presbyterian School of Nursing.

Queens University of Charlotte’s Sesquicentennial year, celebrated during the 2006-2007 academic year, marked the 20th anniversary of its Royals co-ed athletics program.  Established in 1987, Queens’ NCAA Division II program continues to offer diverse, exciting, intercollegiate athletics competition to its student-athletes through its 16 men’s and women’s sports teams and 65-acre, state-of-the-art sports complex facility.  For more information, please visit www.queens.edu/athletics. 

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