2020-21 Conference Carolinas Award Winners
2020-21 The Body, Mind & Soul Dr. Alan Patterson Cup Winner
In just its third year, The Body, Mind & Soul Dr. Alan Patterson Cup is the ultimate comprehensive conference award. The award recognizes the member with the best average ranking when combining the Hawn Cup, the Allan Sharp Award and the Messick Award.
The Body, Mind & Soul Dr. Alan Patterson Cup is named after the former Conference Carolinas Commissioner. Patterson served for 32 years as the Commissioner of Conference Carolinas before retiring after the 2018-19 academic year. As Commissioner of Conference Carolinas, Patterson championed that classroom success and sportsmanship should be valued equally with competitive success.
The Body, Mind & Soul Dr. Alan Patterson Cup Winner
Southern Wesleyan
Story (LINK)
2020-21 Hawn Cup Standings
The Joby Hawn Cup is the annual all-sports award for Conference Carolinas. Hawn Cup points are awarded in each sport based on the order of regular season finish and the number of participating teams in each sport. The institution that finishes in first place is awarded points equal to the number of institutions that sponsor the sport. The institution that finishes in second place is awarded one less point than first place, the institution that finishes in third place is awarded one less point than second place and the process continues until the institution that finished in last place is awarded one point.
In addition, bonus points are awarded to the tournament champion (two bonus points) and runner-up finisher (one bonus point). The total points earned from all sports for each institution is divided by the total possible points (excluding bonus points) for each institution based on sports sponsorship for each participating sport. Institutions are ranked by the resulting ratio of points earned to possible points.
The Joby Hawn Cup is named after H.C. "Joby" Hawn, who in 1962 became the first full-time Commissioner of what was then known as the Carolinas Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAC) and now Conference Carolinas. Following his retirement from the league in 1976, Conference Carolinas began awarding the Hawn Cup annually in his honor.
2020-21 Conference Carolinas Joby Hawn Cup Winners
Overall: University of Mount Olive
Men's: University of Mount Olive
Women's: University of Mount Olive
Story (LINK)
2020-21 Herff Jones Conference Carolinas Athletes of the Year
The Athlete of the Year Award (one male and one female each year) is the most outstanding student-athlete for the year in the league. Per Directors of Athletics vote, nominations will be accepted from member institutions to only include conference-sponsored sports and all nomination information, statistics and accomplishments are solely based on athletically-related criteria.
2020-1 Herff Jones Conference Carolinas Female Athlete of the Year
Jharna Alston, Emmanuel
Story (LINK)
2020-21 Herff Jones Conference Carolinas Male Athlete of the Year
John Michael Faile, North Greenville
Story (LINK)
2020-21 Messick Sportsmanship Award Winners
Overall: Southern Wesleyan
Men's: Southern Wesleyan
Women's: Southern Wesleyan
Story (LINK)
2020-21 Team Messick Sportsmanship Award Winners
The Conference Carolinas Directors of Athletics implemented the process by which the Conference Carolinas Messick Sportsmanship Awards are determined. A student-athlete and coach from each institution vote separately upon the sportsmanship of all conference competitors. Each institution then submits those votes to the conference office where the averages are then calculated to decide the winner for each conference-sponsored sport.
The Team Messick Sportsmanship Awards are named after John D. Messick, who was the President of former conference member East Carolina from 1947-59. Messick truly championed sportsmanship and even wrote a book entitled, "Personality and Character Development."
2020-21 Conference Carolinas Winter Team Messick Award Winners
Men's Cross Country: Belmont Abbey
Women's Cross Country: Belmont Abbey
Men's Indoor Track and Field: Barton and Belmont Abbey
Women's Indoor Track and Field: Southern Wesleyan
Women's Swimming and Diving: King
Men's Swimming and Diving: Chowan, King and Lees-McRae
Men's Basketball: Emmanuel
Women's Basketball: Southern Wesleyan
Story (LINK)
2020-21 Conference Carolinas Spring Team Messick Award Winners
Acrobatics & Tumbling: Belmont Abbey
Women's Golf: Southern Wesleyan and North Greenville
Men's Golf: North Greenville
Men's Volleyball: Belmont Abbey
Women's Volleyball: Southern Wesleyan
Men's Outdoor Track & Field: Southern Wesleyan
Women's Outdoor Track & Field: Southern Wesleyan
Men's Tennis: Lees-McRae
Women's Tennis: North Greenville
Men's Lacrosse: Chowan and Lees-McRae
Women's Lacrosse: North Greenville
Softball: Southern Wesleyan
Baseball: Barton
Men's Soccer: Lees-McRae
Women's Soccer: Converse
Story (LINK)
2020-21 Allan Sharp Award
The Allan Sharp Award is presented annually to the Conference Carolinas member institution having the highest graduation rate of student-athletes as determined by the faculty athletics representatives. The late Allan Sharp served for over 20 years as the Atlantic Christian/Barton Faculty Athletics Representative. Dr. Sharp championed the role of athletics as an educational activity and the importance of each student-athlete performing at the same level of excellence in the classroom.
2020-21 Allan Sharp Award Winner
Southern Wesleyan
Story (LINK)
2020-21 Murphy Osborne Scholar-Athlete Award
This is Conference Carolinas' Outstanding Senior Student-Athlete Award. Student-Athletes are nominated by their institutions based on their academic, athletic, and service accomplishments. The Faculty Athletic Representatives (FARs) from all Conference Carolinas institutions submit institutional nominations, and votes are cast by the FARs. To be eligible for the award, the student-athlete must be a December or May graduating senior or a first-year graduate student completing athletic eligibility at the same institution as undergraduate matriculation. The student-athlete must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.25, a full-time student at the time of nomination and for at least two years at the member school, and must be a starter or important substitute in a conference sport.
2020-21 Conference Carolinas Murphy Osborne Award Winner
Maria Kuhlman, Belmont Abbey
2020-21 Conference Carolinas Murphy Osborne Award Finalists
Grace Arredondo, Chowan
Morgan Buchanan, King
Callie Burnette, Barton
Anna Daly, Erskine
Alexis Forbes, Converse
Hope Forrester, Emmanuel
Olivia Johnson, Southern Wesleyan
Millie Klafsaas, North Greenville
Maria Kuhlman, Belmont Abbey
Candise Lockett, Mount Olive
Amanda Lubkemann, Lees-McRae
Story (LINK)
2020-21 Scholar-Athletes of the Year
The Scholar-Athlete awards are presented annually to one individual in each Conference Carolinas sponsored sport. The Scholar-Athlete of the Year winners are chosen by the Conference Carolinas Student-Athlete Affairs Committee. To be considered, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.25 or higher. In addition, the nominees for the award must have been named all-conference in their sport and also chosen academic all-conference.
2020-21 Conference Carolinas Winter Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Women's Cross Country: Alex Quarles, Emmanuel
Men's Cross Country: Ethan Hargrove, Emmanuel
Women's Indoor Track & Field: Haley McLaughlin, Southern Wesleyan
Men's Indoor Track & Field: Jon Wojcuich, Mount Olive
Women's Swimming: Molly Layde, Lees-McRae
Men's Swimming: Igor Bretas Dantas, Emmanuel
Women's Basketball: Maria Kuhlman, Belmont Abbey
Men's Basketball: Tyonn Stuckey, Emmanuel
Winter Scholar-Athletes Story (LINK)
2020-21 Conference Carolinas Spring Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Acrobatics & Tumbling: Alexis Forbes, Converse
Men's Volleyball: Tobi Azeez, Mount Olive
Women's Volleyball: Brittney Ramsey, King
Women's Tennis: Sandy Allen, Lees-McRae
Men's Tennis: Armando Ferreira, Mount Olive
Women's Lacrosse: Kylie Eastman, Belmont Abbey
Men's Lacrosse: Jacob Williams, Mount Olive
Women's Golf: Johanna Andersson, Mount Olive
Men's Golf: Austin Duncan, North Greenville
Women's Outdoor Track & Field: Candise Lockett, Mount Olive
Men's Outdoor Track & Field: Jon Wojcuich, Mount Olive
Baseball: Reed Parris, Mount Olive
Softball: Lydia Clanton, Southern Wesleyan
Men's Soccer: Dalton Gammon, King
Women's Soccer: Sydney Henderson, Chowan
Spring Scholar-Athletes Story (LINK)
2020-21 All-Conference Academic Team Award Presented by Barnes & Noble College
The Conference Carolinas Academic All-Conference Teams Presented by Barnes & Noble College consist of junior and senior student-athletes in the conference who have competed in a conference-sponsored sport and maintained a cumulative grade-point average of 3.25 or higher on a 4.0 scale in all work completed at their member institution. The GPA is calculated based on the cumulative averages of the student-athletes through the previous semester and each student-athlete must have attended their member institution for at least one academic year.
Story (LINK)
2020-21 Presidential Honor Roll Presented by Southern Recognition LLC
The Presidential Honor Roll Presented by Southern Recognition LLC, compiled at the end of the fall and spring semesters, recognizes student-athletes who have earned a 3.20 grade-point average on a 4.00 scale. All student-athletes - including underclassmen, transfers and those who play non-conference sponsored sports - are eligible for the recognition as long as they participated during the past semester.
Fall 2020 Story (LINK)
Spring 2021 Story (LINK)
2020-21 Elite 23 Awards
The Elite 23 Award honors Conference Carolinas student-athletes with the highest cumulative grade-point average at their respective championship site. The award is modeled after the NCAA's Elite 90 Award and it allows all student-athletes at the final championship site to win the award. In wrestling, due to the collaboration with the South Atlantic Conference, the award is named the South Atlantic Conference Carolinas Wrestling Academic Excellence Award.
2020-21 Conference Carolinas Elite 23 Award Winners
Men's Cross Country Elite 23
Ethan Hargrove, Emmanuel
Women's Cross Country Elite 23
Jadyn Slaughter, North Greenville
Women's Indoor Track & Field Elite 23
Anna Bulsa, North Greenville
Men's Indoor Track & Field Elite 23
Jon Wojcuich, Mount Olive
Men's Swimming Elite 23
Austin Kephart, Salem
Women's Swimming Elite 23
Gwen Haag, King
South Atlantic Conference Carolinas Wrestling Academic Excellence Award
Anthony Cruz, Emmanuel
Women's Basketball Elite 23
Sarah Cline, North Greenville
Men's Basketball Elite 23
Jamal Thomas, Chowan
2021 Conference Carolinas Spring Elite 23 Award Winners
Men's Golf Elite 23
Logan Reese, Emmanuel
Women's Golf Elite 23
Allison Avery, North Greenville
Men's Tennis Elite 23
Alessandro Gerbino, Barton
Women's Tennis Elite 23
Maria Vendrell, Converse
Softball Elite 23
Dani Fairey, Emmanuel
Men's Lacrosse Elite 23
Chance Urban, Mount Olive
Women's Lacrosse Elite 23
Kaitlin O'Brien, North Greenville
Men's Volleyball Elite 23
Mason McCrury, King
Men's Outdoor Track & Field Elite 23
Milton Chandler, Barton
Women's Outdoor Track & Field Elite 23
Katy Neubert, King
Acrobatics & Tumbling Elite 23
Marita Musser, Limestone
Women's Volleyball Elite 23
Whitley Kahler, North Greenville
Men's Soccer Elite 23
Denning Hudson, Barton
Women's Soccer Elite 23
Erica Boswell, Mount Olive
Baseball Elite 23
Jake Gerardi, North Greenville
South Atlantic Conference Carolinas Field Hockey Academic Excellence Award
Abigail Smith, Limestone
Winter Elite 23 Story (LINK)
Spring Elite 23 Story (LINK)
2020-21 All-Conference Student Support Team Presented by SCS by Floor Action, Inc.
The All-Conference Student Support Team Presented by SCS by Floor Action, Inc. was created to recognize nominated students from Conference Carolinas member institutions who support an athletics team and/or athletics department through service in areas such as team managers, statistical support, video services and game day operations support. Each Conference Carolinas member institution is eligible to nominate one student on their campus for the award annually. To be eligible for the award, the student must be a junior or senior in academic status and own a grade-point average of 2.7 or higher. In addition, the student must have completed at least two full-time semesters at the institution.
Conference Carolinas All-Conference Student Support Team Presented by SCS by Floor Action, Inc.
Barton College Judy Howard Hill Nursing Program Juniors
Weston Haws, Belmont Abbey
Nick Russell, Chowan
Savannah Rodgers, Converse
Taylor Campbell, Emmanuel
Brooke Williams, King
Mariam Shina, Lees-McRae
Lauren Lehmann, Mount Olive
Hope Glover, North Greenville
Russell Lewis, Southern Wesleyan
Story (LINK)
2020-21 Comeback Athlete of the Year Presented by Vernon Graphics & Promotions
The Comeback Athlete of the Year award recognizes a student-athlete who participates in a conference-sponsored sport, suffers a significant injury, and comes back to make significant contributions to their team after recovering. The award is presented annually. The head athletic trainer from each Conference Carolinas member institution submits one nominee each based on the award criteria. The head athletic trainers then select the winner.
2020-21 Conference Carolinas Comeback Athlete of the Year Award Winner
Kiara Burke, Mount Olive
Story (LINK)