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National Awards

Softball standout Stacey Mays was named Division III Player of the Year in 1993
Softball standout Stacey Mays was named Division III Player of the Year in 1993

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

BASEBALL (1972, 1995)

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL (1981, 1982, 2001)

MEN’S VOLLEYBALL (1999)

 

INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

MEN’S TRACK & FIELD

1987: Kirk Dean (Long Jump)

1996: Jason Neal, Anthony Hayes, Anthony Rice, Liron Wilson (4 x 100 Meter Relay)

2003: Brandon Tedrow (Javelin)

2011: Paul Turner (Long Jump)

2014: Nick Gonsalves, James Francis, Robert Oshodin, Chancise Watkins (4 x 100 Meter Relay)

WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD

1990: Tricia Wright (Javelin)

1997: Stacey Williams (Long Jump)

2014: Lenore Moreno (5,000m - Indoor)

2014: Lenore Moreno (10,000m)

MEN'S GOLF

 2015: Kelby Scharmann

 

NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS

1969: Steve Barber – NAIA Tournament Most Valuable Player (Baseball)

1972: Ben Ochoa – NAIA Tournament Most Valuable Player (Baseball)

1993: Stacey Mays - NCAA Division III Player of the Year (Softball)

1995: Jeff Polinsky – NCAA Division III Tournament Most Valuable Player (Baseball)

1999: Alex Lienert – Molten Division III Player of the Year (Men’s Volleyball)

2000: Kenny Clemens – CWPA Division III Player of the Year (Men’s Water Polo)

2001: Ryan Winn – Volleyball Magazine Division III Player of the Year (Women’s Volleyball)

2002: Robert Casillas – CWPA Division III Player of the Year (Men’s Water Polo)

2003: Amy Smith – AVCA Division III Player of the Year (Women’s Volleyball)

2009: Mitch Fedorka - Nicklaus Award - Division III Player of the Year (Men's Golf)

2015: Kelby Scharmann - Arnold Palmer Award - Division III Individual National Champion (Men's Golf)

 

NATIONAL COACHING AWARD WINNERS

1977: Ben Hines – National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Coach of the Year (Baseball)

1982: Jimmy Paschal – College Volleyball Coaches Association Division III Coach of the Year (Women’s Volleyball)

2000: Tim Hugar – Collegiate Water Polo Assocation Division III Coach of the Year (Men’s Water Polo)

2001: Don Flora – American Volleyball Coaches Association Division III Coach of the Year (Women’s Volleyball)

2001: Don Flora – Volleyball Magazine Division III Coach of the Year (Women’s Volleyball)

2014: Yolanda Duron - Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III Coach of the Year (Women's Tennis)