SHERMAN, Texas — The Austin College coaches and team members honored more than 50 student-athletes, including the Austin College male and female athletes of the year, in its annual Athletics Convocation on Thursday night in Sid Richardson Gymnasium on the Austin College campus.

By virtue of head coaches' selections, senior soccer player Thomas Quick of Austin and junior basketball player Bryce Frank of Granbury were selected as the Pete Cawthon Male Athlete and Gene Day Female Athlete of the Year, respectively. This is the second consecutive year that Frank has been named the Gene Day recipient.

Women's tennis player Melody Duong of League City and men's basketball player Justice Mercadel of Little Elm were named the female and male Tim Jubela Award winners as the most outstanding freshmen student-athletes. Duong was the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year, while Mercadel was an All-Conference selection and ranked among the SCAC leaders in scoring and steals.

Quick was an All-West Region selection and the runner-up for SCAC Offensive Player of the Year, in addition to being named first team All-Conference. The forward finished second in the conference with 11 goals scored, and added five assists on the year.

Frank was named the SCAC Player of the Year, in addition to being named an All-America selection by both the WBCA and D3Hoops.com. She finished second in the conference in scoring and paced the SCAC in rebounding and field goal percentage while leading the 'Roos to their second conference regular season championship in the last three years.

All four student-athletes were selected by their teammates as the most valuable players on their respective teams.

List of Award Winners:

Team Awards (selected by team members) 

• Baseball – Cecil Grigg Award (most outstanding baseball player) – Brett Taff
• Baseball – Newcomer of the Year – Ryan Culp
• Men's Basketball – Hustle Award – Kameron Hill
• Men's Basketball – Pat E. Hooks Award (most outstanding basketball player) – Justice Mercadel
• Women's Basketball – Brittany Simpson Award – Ann Savage
• Women's Basketball – Pat E. Hooks Award (most outstanding basketball player) – Bryce Frank
• Men's Cross Country – Ron Munden Award (most outstanding runner) – Johnny Biffar
• Men's Cross Country – Most Improved – Burhan Biviji
• Men's Distance Track – Ron Munden Award (most outstanding runner) – Chris Biffar
• Men's Distance Track – Most Improved – Burhan Biviji
• Women's Cross Country – Ron Munden Award (most outstanding runner) – Eden Llamas
• Women's Cross Country – Most Improved – Hannah Richards
• Women's Distance Track – Ron Munden Award (most outstanding runner) – Hannah Richards
• Women's Distance Track – Most Improved – Alex Quinn
• Football – William B. Traylor Award (for hard work and dedication) – Shane Brooks
• Football – Gene "Duke" Babb Award (most outstanding football player) – Kyle Mucerino
• Men's Soccer – Clayton Hustle Award – Ben Sloan
• Men's Soccer – Most Outstanding Player – Thomas Quick
• Women's Soccer – Carole Lomangino Award – Erin Eckart
• Women's Soccer – Hustle Award – Kyli Scott
• Men's Swimming – Hannah Award (most outstanding swimmer) – Chris Brown
• Men's Swimming – Most Improved – Jason Chen
• Women's Swimming – Hannah Award (most outstanding swimmer) – Sophie Garriga
• Women's Swimming – Most Improved – Matea Stanisic
• Men's Tennis – Carroll Pickett Award (most outstanding tennis player) – Erik Meendsen
• Men's Tennis – Newcomer of the Year – Andres Padilla
• Women's Tennis – Carroll Pickett Award (most outstanding tennis player) – Grace Ortiz
• Women's Tennis – Newcomer of the Year – Diana Carvajalino
• Volleyball – Most Outstanding Player – Rebekah Bowden
• Volleyball – Team Impact – Madi McVay
• Athletic Training – Most Improved – Ricardo Garza
• Athletic Training – Most Outstanding – Jajah Nichols-Trench
• Cheerleading – Most Outstanding – D'ara Starkes 

Departmental Awards (selected by head coaches)

• Gene Day Award – Most outstanding female athlete – Bryce Frank, basketball
• Pete Cawthon – Most outstanding male athlete – Thomas Quick, soccer
• Tim Jubela – Most outstanding female freshman athlete – Melody Duong, tennis
• Tim Jubela – Most outstanding male freshman athlete – Justice Mercadel, basketball
• Robert T. Mason – Sportsmanship Award – Josh Garrett, basketball
• Robert T. Mason – Sportsmanship Award – Eden Llamas, cross country/distance track
• Slats McCord – Senior Perseverance and Improvement – Drew Bicknell, football
• Slats McCord – Senior Perseverance and Improvement – Meghan Lewis, basketball
• Bo Miller – Outstanding Achievement in Academics and Athletics – Cesar Ruiz, football
• Bo Miller - Outstanding Achievement in Academics and Athletics – Alex Quinn, cross country/distance track
• Sig Lawson – Dedication and Commitment to Austin College Athletics – Drew Bicknell, football; Josh Quinn, basketball; Josh Jones, soccer; Chase Almaguer, baseball; Eric Brown, swimming; Josh Granberry, tennis; Jimmy Ding, cross country; Johnny Biffar, distance track
• Sig Lawson – Dedication and Commitment to Austin College Athletics – Katie Ingle, volleyball; Lauren Mara and Beth Massey, softball; Reagan Chiaverini, basketball; Hassie Wortham, soccer; Mandi Sarembock, swimming; Alex Quinn, cross country; Tori Dodd, distance track; Brenna McCown, tennis
• T. Ellis Lockhart Spirit – Most Supportive Faculty/Staff Member – Dr. Huy Nguyen
• Dr. Jack Pierce Academic Excellence Award – Highest Team GPA – Women's Tennis