GREENVILLE, S.C. – Serenity Harvey of the University of Mount Olive has been selected as the Conference Carolinas Female Athlete of the Year for the 2025-26 academic year.

Harvey, a freshman from Whiteville, North Carolina, had a spectacular rookie campaign that culminated in a national championship at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships. She won the 200 meter dash, finishing in a Conference Carolinas record time of 23.11 seconds. In the prelims she posted a faster time, covering the distance in 23.06 seconds. She also earned All-America honors in the 4x100 meter relay as the Trojans finished second. Harvey also competed in the 400 meter dash at the outdoor championships, finishing 14th.

At the conference level, Harvey garnered freshman of the year honors at both the Conference Carolinas Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships. She also garnered Track Athlete of the Year following the outdoor championship. She earned outdoor conference titles in the 200 and 400 meters, won the 200 meters and finished runner-up in the 400 meters at the indoor championships. At the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships, Harvey finished 10th in the 200 meters.

“This award puts a finishing touch to an amazing freshman campaign,” said Mount Olive head track & field coach Earl Graves. “This year she made an immediate impact on our program helping us to four team championships as well as our first national champion. Serenity is a very hard worker, kind person, and determined to be successful. She is the personification of the conference motto: Champions in body, mind, and soul.”

Harvey was selected Conference Carolinas Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week twice and Conference Carolinas Outdoor Freshman of the Month twice.

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 Conference Carolinas 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.

Conference Carolinas Female Athlete of the Year Winners
2025-26 – Serenity Harvey, Mount Olive
2024-25 – Janara Bryant, Mount Olive
2023-24 – Lauryn Taylor, Francis Marion
2022-23 – Mycherie Onwuzuruike, Southern Wesleyan
2021-22 – Shanika Peterkin, Barton
2020-21 – Jharna Alston, Emmanuel
2019-20 – Shanika Peterkin, Barton
2018-19 – Leah Hanle, Mount Olive
2017-18 – Shannon Sisk, Limestone
2016-17 – Jasmine Kearse, Limestone
2015-16 – Jasmine Kearse, Limestone
2014-15 – Alicia Brookins, Limestone
2013-14 – Nyeshea Willie, Barton
2012-13 – Kay Schellenberg, Belmont Abbey
2011-12 – Ashley Alderin-Fleagle, Limestone
2010-11 – Racquel Prager, Limestone
2009-10 – Tanya Zeferjahn, Queens
2008-09 – Lauryn Wise, Limestone
2007-08 – Samantha Mitchell, Mount Olive
2006-07 – Deidra Langston, Anderson
2005-06 – Keauna Vinson, Barton
2004-05 – LaShonda Chiles, Anderson
2003-04 – Tina Gonsalves, St. Andrews
2002-03 – Jennifer Potts, Longwood
2001-02 – Shemkia Reid, Barton
2000-01 – Jen Calderwood, Lees-McRae
1999-00 – Angela Placona, Belmont Abbey
1998-99 – Missy Paterson, Coker
1997-98 – Missy Paterson, Coker
1996-97 – Missy Paterson, Coker
1995-96 – Staci Albright, Coker