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Photo by: A.J. Olnes
Creighton Athletics Hosts Inaugural Billy's
4/23/2018 9:25:00 PM | Creighton Athletics, Baseball, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Men's Cross Country / Track, Women's Cross Country / Track, Men's Golf, Women's Golf, Rowing, Men's Soccer, Women's Soccer, Softball, Men's Tennis, Women's Tennis, Volleyball, Athletic Performance, Special Events
First awards show recognizes some of the best performances in the last 12 months.
OMAHA, Neb. – Creighton Athletics celebrated its top individual and team accomplishments from the past year on Monday night with the inaugural edition of The Billy's.
The award ceremony was hosted by Josh Dotzler as emcee, with Grace Yowell conducting interviews on the "blue" carpet leading up to the event. Both Dotzler (men's basketball) and Yowell (women's golf) are former Creighton student-athletes.
The event featured 30 awards, including 14 True Blue Awards that helped recognize one student-athlete from each squad who embodied the values of resiliency, high character, selflessness, humility, discipline, dedication, determination, reliability, culture and a team-first attitude.
Jaali Winters (Volleyball) and Michael Emodi (Baseball) were named the Carl M. Reinert, S.J., Female and Male Student-Athletes of the Year, respectively, while Sydney Lamberty (Women's Basketball) and Marcus Foster (Men's Basketball) earned Female and Male Athlete of the Year accolades.
CU honored Female and Male recipients for Rookie of the Year (Ashley Cantu and Will Robertson), Female and Male Athletic Performance Athlete of the Year (Mackenzie Hatcher and Michael Emodi), as well as the Bluejay MAGIS Award (Caitlyn Ward).
The Billy's also saw five team awards get handed out. The top team GPA's on both the men's (Tennis) and women's (Cross Country) side earned the Team Academic Awards, the men's (Basketball) and women's (Volleyball) teams of the year, in addition to the For and With Others Team of the Year (Rowing), were singled out.
The reaction by the women's basketball team upon earning an at-large bid into the 2018 NCAA Tournament was recognized as Moment of the Year. The Play of the Year, as voted on by the student-athletes themselves, went to baseball outfielder Clark Brinkman for his two diving catches last May against McNeese State.
2017-18 The Billy's – Award Recipients
Female Rookie of the Year: Ashley Cantu, Softball
Male Rookie of the Year: Will Robertson, Baseball
For and With Others Team of the Year: Rowing
Athletic Performance Female Athlete of the Year: Mackenzie Hatcher, Rowing
Athletic Performance Male Athlete of the Year: Michael Emodi, Baseball
Bluejay MAGIS Award: Caitlyn Ward, Rowing
Female Athlete of the Year Award: Sydney Lamberty, Basketball
Male Athlete of the Year Award: Marcus Foster, Basketball
Women's Team Academic Award: Cross Country (3.67 GPA)
Men's Team Academic Award: Tennis (3.68 GPA)
True Blue Awards: Jaylyn Agnew (Women's Basketball), Tyler Clement (Men's Basketball), Kenzie Crawford (Volleyball), Sarah Eversman (Women's Golf), Mackenzie Hatcher (Rowing), Michael Koch (Men's Tennis), Mitch LaGro (Men's Soccer), Amy Leasure (Women's Cross Country), Taryn Jakubowski (Women's Soccer), Nikki McNeil (Softball), Ty Medd (Men's Cross Country), Koy Potthoff (Men's Golf), Darby Rosette (Women's Tennis), Ryan Tapani (Baseball)
Women's Team of the Year Award: Volleyball
Men's Team of the Year Award: Basketball
Carl M. Reinert, S.J., Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Jaali Winters, Volleyball
Carl M. Reinert, S.J., Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Michael Emodi, Baseball
Moment of the Year: Women's Basketball Earns At-Large Bid to NCAA Tournament
Play of the Year: Clark Brinkman diving catches vs. McNeese State
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