2023-24 The Billy's – Award Recipients
Female Team Academic Award: Women's Golf
Male Team Academic Award: Men's Cross Country
Female Rookie of the Year: Lily West, Softball (2023)
Male Rookie of the Year: Evan Kraus, Men's Cross Country
Female Comeback Kid: Morgan Koca, Women's Cross Country
Male Comeback Kid: Kyle Hess, Baseball
Female Muscle & Hustle Award: Molly Mogensen, Women's Basketball
Male Muscle & Hustle Award: Jack Grace, Baseball
Best Dressed Team Award: Volleyball
Female Team of the Year Award: Volleyball
Male Team of the Year Award: Men's Tennis (2022-23)
Female Athlete of the Year Award: Kendra Wait, Volleyball
Male Athlete of the Year Award: Baylor Scheierman, Men's Basketball
2023-24 Carl M. Reinert, S.J., Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Malvika Shukla, Women's Tennis
2023-24 Carl M. Reinert, S.J., Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Matthew Lanahan, Men's Tennis
True Blue Awards
Baseball: Jack Grace
Men's Basketball: Francisco Farabello
Women's Basketball: Molly Mogensen
Men's Cross Country: Henry Slagle
Women's Cross Country: Saige Christen
Men's Golf: Shaun Campbell
Women's Golf: Eleanor Hudepohl
Rowing: Isabella Fier
Men's Soccer: Pablo Andrade
Women's Soccer: Savanna Solomon
Softball: Elliot Smith
Men's Tennis: Matthew Lanahan
Women's Tennis: Ana Paula Martinez
Volleyball: Kendra Wait
Blue Carpet Interviews
Matthew Lanahan (Men's Tennis) - https://twitter.com/gocreighton/status/1785800947811172757
Malvika Shukla (Women's Tennis) - https://twitter.com/gocreighton/status/1785801488544981399
Tommy Murray & Evan Kraus (Men's Cross Country) - https://twitter.com/gocreighton/status/1785805862897897937
Norah Sis (Volleyball) - https://twitter.com/gocreighton/status/1785804831048773735
Kendra Wait (Volleyball) - https://twitter.com/gocreighton/status/1785805084246348243
Miguel Arilla (Men's Soccer) - https://twitter.com/gocreighton/status/1785811118067200049
Maddie Radke (Women's Soccer) - https://twitter.com/gocreighton/status/1785808000067801163
Morgan Koca (Women's Cross Country) - https://twitter.com/gocreighton/status/1785806372891668824
Saige Christen (Women's Cross Country) - https://twitter.com/gocreighton/status/1785806943447052384
Taylor Rorick (Women's Cross Country) - https://twitter.com/gocreighton/status/1785807294376124452
Grant Feldman (Men's Golf) - https://twitter.com/gocreighton/status/1785811249550266493
Shaun Campbell (Men's Golf) - https://twitter.com/gocreighton/status/1785804451560714720
Lauren Jensen (Women's Basketball) - https://twitter.com/gocreighton/status/1785809552748712395
Jasen Green (Men's Basketball) - https://twitter.com/gocreighton/status/1785810081872802055
Lily West (Softball) - https://twitter.com/gocreighton/status/1785809148480786826
Kyle Hess and Connor Capece (Baseball) - https://twitter.com/gocreighton/status/1785808689972064643
Emma Johnson (Rowing) - https://twitter.com/gocreighton/status/1785803530608972247
Matthew Lanahan
Photo by: Creighton Athletics
Creighton Athletics Hosts Sixth Edition of The Billy's
5/1/2024 8:05:00 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
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 Wednesday night with the sixth edition of The Billy's.
The event featured 29 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.
CU also recognized the Female and Male Rookie of the Year (Softball's Lily West and Men's Cross Country's Evan Kraus), Female and Male Comeback Kid (Women's Cross Country's Morgan Koca and Baseball's Kyle Hess) and Female and Male Muscle & Hustle Award (Women's Basketball's Molly Mogensen and Baseball's Jack Grace).
Kendra Wait (Volleyball) was named Female Athlete of the Year and Baylor Scheierman (Men's Basketball) brought home Male Athlete of the Year accolades.
The Carl M. Reinert, S.J., Female and Male Scholar-Athletes of the Year were recognized, as well, with those awards going to Malvika Shukla (Women's Tennis) and Matthew Lanahan (Men's Tennis).
The Billy's also saw five team awards get handed out. The top team GPA's on both the men's and women's sides earned the Team Academic Awards, with the Women's Golf team taking home the Female Team Academic Award and the Men's Cross Country team earning the Male Team Academic Award. The Men's Tennis program was recognized as Male Team of the Year for its 2022-23 season, and the Volleyball squad took home Female Team of the Year plaudits. Additionally, bragging rights went to the Volleyball program with the new Best Dressed Award.
Awards for The Billy's are based on the past 12 months. The Billy's honor the accomplishments of Creighton's 2023 teams in baseball, golf, rowing, softball, tennis and track, in addition to the 2023-24 accomplishments for basketball, cross country, soccer and volleyball.
Each program also had a winner of the True Blue Award, with winners listed below.
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The event featured 29 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.
CU also recognized the Female and Male Rookie of the Year (Softball's Lily West and Men's Cross Country's Evan Kraus), Female and Male Comeback Kid (Women's Cross Country's Morgan Koca and Baseball's Kyle Hess) and Female and Male Muscle & Hustle Award (Women's Basketball's Molly Mogensen and Baseball's Jack Grace).
Kendra Wait (Volleyball) was named Female Athlete of the Year and Baylor Scheierman (Men's Basketball) brought home Male Athlete of the Year accolades.
The Carl M. Reinert, S.J., Female and Male Scholar-Athletes of the Year were recognized, as well, with those awards going to Malvika Shukla (Women's Tennis) and Matthew Lanahan (Men's Tennis).
The Billy's also saw five team awards get handed out. The top team GPA's on both the men's and women's sides earned the Team Academic Awards, with the Women's Golf team taking home the Female Team Academic Award and the Men's Cross Country team earning the Male Team Academic Award. The Men's Tennis program was recognized as Male Team of the Year for its 2022-23 season, and the Volleyball squad took home Female Team of the Year plaudits. Additionally, bragging rights went to the Volleyball program with the new Best Dressed Award.
Awards for The Billy's are based on the past 12 months. The Billy's honor the accomplishments of Creighton's 2023 teams in baseball, golf, rowing, softball, tennis and track, in addition to the 2023-24 accomplishments for basketball, cross country, soccer and volleyball.
Each program also had a winner of the True Blue Award, with winners listed below.
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Players Mentioned
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/ Men's Soccer
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/ Men's Soccer
/ Men's Golf
C/RHP
/ Baseball
/ Women's Cross Country / Track
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/ Men's Basketball
/ Men's Golf
/ Rowing
OF
/ Baseball
F
/ Men's Basketball
/ Women's Golf
G
/ Women's Basketball
/ Rowing
/ Women's Cross Country / Track
/ Men's Cross Country / Track
/ Men's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
G
/ Women's Basketball
/ Men's Cross Country / Track
D
/ Women's Soccer
/ Women's Cross Country / Track
G
/ Men's Basketball
/ Women's Tennis
/ Men's Cross Country / Track
OF
/ Softball
M
/ Women's Soccer
S
/ Volleyball
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Creighton Women's Soccer Highlights vs. #13 Arkansas, 9/5/25
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