2021-22 The Billy's – Award Recipients
Female Rookie of the Year: Norah Sis, Volleyball
Male Rookie of the Year: Ryan Nembhard, Men's Basketball
Female Comeback Kid: Tatum Rembao, Women's Basketball
Male Comeback Kid: Luke Fitzgerald, Baseball
Female Muscle & Hustle Award: Gretchen Strobbe, Rowing
Male Muscle & Hustle Award: Alan Roden, Baseball
Female Team Academic Award: Golf (3.84 GPA)
Male Team Academic Award: Golf (3.76 GPA)
Team of the Year Award: Women's Basketball
Female Athlete of the Year Award: Norah Sis, Volleyball
Male Athlete of the Year Award: Diego Gutierrez, Men's Soccer
2020-21 Carl M. Reinert, S.J., Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Temi Carda, Women's Basketball
2020-21 Carl M. Reinert, S.J., Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Paul Kruse, Men's Soccer
2021-22 Carl M. Reinert, S.J., Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Jaela Zimmerman, Volleyball
2021-22 Carl M. Reinert, S.J., Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Stratton Brown, Men's Tennis
Play the Year: Lauren Jensen (Women's Basketball) game-winning basket to beat Iowa
True Blue Awards
Baseball: Jack Grace
Men's Basketball: Ryan Hawkins
Women's Basketball: Tatum Rembao
Men's Cross Country: Jackson Stamper
Women's Cross Country: Marguerite Hendrickson
Men's Golf: Nate Vontz
Women's Golf: Katie Allen
Rowing: Gretchen Strobbe
Men's Soccer: Duncan McGuire
Women's Soccer: Peighton Steffen
Softball: Kate Mullally
Men's Tennis: Casey Ross
Women's Tennis: Kate Krueger
Volleyball: Jaela Zimmerman
Boston Small and Bryce Shirley
Photo by: Catherine Grosdidier
Creighton Athletics Hosts Fourth Edition of The Billy's
5/2/2022 7:50:00 PM | General
Awards Program PhotosSilver Carpet PhotosBaseball PhotosMen's Basketball PhotosMen's Cross Country PhotosMen's Golf PhotosMen's Soccer PhotosMen's Tennis PhotosRowing PhotosSoftball PhotosVolleyball PhotosWomen's Basketball PhotosWomen's Cross Country PhotosWomen's Golf PhotosWomen's Soccer PhotosWomen's Tennis Photos
Awards show recognizes some of top performances and moments over the previous 12 months
OMAHA, Neb. – Creighton Athletics celebrated its top individual and team accomplishments from the past year on Monday night with the return of The Billy's. It was the fourth edition of The Billy's, which were held in person for the first time since 2019 after the 2020 event was held virtually due to COVID-19. The event was not held last spring.
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.
The award ceremony was hosted by Paul Kruse, Rachael Saunders, Callum Watson and Jaela Zimmerman as emcees, with Ana Bellinghausen conducting interviews on the "blue" carpet leading up to the event. All four emcees are current student-athletes at Creighton.
CU also recognized the Female and Male Rookie of the Year (Volleyball's Norah Sis and Men's Basketball's Ryan Nembhard), Female and Male Comeback Kid (Women's Basketball's Tatum Rembao and Baseball's Luke Fitzgerald) and Female and Male Muscle & Hustle Award (Rowing's Gretchen Strobbe and Baseball's Alan Roden).
Norah Sis (Volleyball) was named Female Athlete of the Year and Diego Gutierrez (Men's Soccer) brought home Male Athlete of the Year accolades.
The Carl M. Reinert, S.J., Female and Male Scholar-Athletes of the Year were recognized for both 2021 and 2022. Temi Carda (Women's Basketball) and Paul Kruse (Men's Soccer) were named the 2021 recipients, while Jaela Zimmerman (Volleyball) and Stratton Brown (Tennis) brought home the 2022 recognition.
The Billy's also saw three team awards get handed out. The top team GPA's on both the men's (Golf) and women's (Golf) side earned the Team Academic Awards. The women's basketball program was recognized as Team of the Year.
The Play of the Year, voted on by the student-athletes themselves, went to Lauren Jensen from women's basketball for her game-winning three-pointer to win at No. 8 Iowa and help the Bluejays reach their first Sweet 16.
The Billy's honor the accomplishments of Creighton's 2020-21 teams in baseball, golf, rowing, softball and tennis, in addition to the 2021-22 accomplishments for basketball, cross country, soccer and volleyball.
Each program also had a winner of the True Blue Award, with winners listed below.
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.
The award ceremony was hosted by Paul Kruse, Rachael Saunders, Callum Watson and Jaela Zimmerman as emcees, with Ana Bellinghausen conducting interviews on the "blue" carpet leading up to the event. All four emcees are current student-athletes at Creighton.
CU also recognized the Female and Male Rookie of the Year (Volleyball's Norah Sis and Men's Basketball's Ryan Nembhard), Female and Male Comeback Kid (Women's Basketball's Tatum Rembao and Baseball's Luke Fitzgerald) and Female and Male Muscle & Hustle Award (Rowing's Gretchen Strobbe and Baseball's Alan Roden).
Norah Sis (Volleyball) was named Female Athlete of the Year and Diego Gutierrez (Men's Soccer) brought home Male Athlete of the Year accolades.
The Carl M. Reinert, S.J., Female and Male Scholar-Athletes of the Year were recognized for both 2021 and 2022. Temi Carda (Women's Basketball) and Paul Kruse (Men's Soccer) were named the 2021 recipients, while Jaela Zimmerman (Volleyball) and Stratton Brown (Tennis) brought home the 2022 recognition.
The Billy's also saw three team awards get handed out. The top team GPA's on both the men's (Golf) and women's (Golf) side earned the Team Academic Awards. The women's basketball program was recognized as Team of the Year.
The Play of the Year, voted on by the student-athletes themselves, went to Lauren Jensen from women's basketball for her game-winning three-pointer to win at No. 8 Iowa and help the Bluejays reach their first Sweet 16.
The Billy's honor the accomplishments of Creighton's 2020-21 teams in baseball, golf, rowing, softball and tennis, in addition to the 2021-22 accomplishments for basketball, cross country, soccer and volleyball.
Each program also had a winner of the True Blue Award, with winners listed below.
#18 Creighton Volleyball vs. #1 Nebraska Highlights - 9/16/25
Wednesday, September 17
Creighton Volleyball vs. Nebraska Press Conference - 9/16/25
Monday, September 15
Creighton Volleyball Highlights vs. UNI - 9/14/25
Sunday, September 14
Creighton Volleyball Press Conference vs. UNI - 9/14/25
Sunday, September 14
