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.

2021-22 Conference Carolinas Body, Mind & Soul Winner(s)

North Greenville and Southern Wesleyan

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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.

2021-22 Conference Carolinas Joby Hawn Cup Winners

Overall: Mount Olive
Men’s: UNC Pembroke
Women’s: Mount Olive

Final 2021-22 Standings

Winter 2022 Standings

Fall 2021 Standings

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.

Male: Reece Fields, North Greenville

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Female: Shanika Peterkin, Barton

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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." 

2021-22 Conference Carolinas Messick Award Recipients

Overall: Southern Wesleyan
Men’s: Southern Wesleyan
Women’s: Southern Wesleyan

2021-22 Winners Story

2021-22 Conference Carolinas Spring Team Messick Award Winners

Women's Golf: North Greenville
Men's Golf: North Greenville
Acrobatics & Tumbling: Emmanuel
Men's Volleyball: King
Men's Tennis: Southern Wesleyan
Women's Tennis: North Greenville
Women's Outdoor Track & Field: Belmont Abbey
Men's Outdoor Track & Field: Southern Wesleyan
Men's Lacrosse: Mount Olive
Women's Lacrosse: North Greenville
Softball: Converse
Baseball: Francis Marion

Spring 2022 Story

2021-22 Conference Carolinas Winter Team Messick Award Winners

Women’s Swimming: Converse
Men’s Swimming: Chowan
Men’s Indoor Track & Field: Belmont Abbey and Lees-McRae
Women’s Indoor Track & Field: Belmont Abbey
Women’s Basketball: Belmont Abbey
Men’s Basketball: North Greenville

Winter 2022 Story

2021-22 Conference Carolinas Fall Team Messick Award Winners

Men's Cross Country: Belmont Abbey
Women's Cross Country: Belmont Abbey
Men’s Soccer: Southern Wesleyan 
Women’s Soccer: Belmont Abbey
Women’s Volleyball: Southern Wesleyan

Fall 2021 Story

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.

2021-22 Allan Sharp Award Winner

Southern Wesleyan

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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.

2021-22 Conference Carolinas Murphy Osborne Award Winner

María Belén Vendrell, Converse

2021-22 Winner Story

2021-22 Conference Carolinas Murphy Osborne Award Finalists

Jami Tham, Barton
Lauren Hamilton, Belmont Abbey
Patrick Krack, Chowan
María Belén Vendrell, Converse
Aleah Hylton, Emmanuel
Josh Arrowood, Erskine
Ashtyn Patterson, Francis Marion
Trinity Lee, King
Johannes Oeksnevad, Lees-McRae
Tobi Azeez, Mount Olive
Samantha Badami, UNC Pembroke
Brent Herlong, North Greenville
Emma Collins, Southern Wesleyan

2021-22 Finalists Story

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.

2021-22 Conference Carolinas Fall Scholar-Athletes of the Year Presented by Hudl

Men’s Cross Country: Joshua Chepkesir, UNC Pembroke
Women’s Cross Country: Valary Samoei, UNC Pembroke
Women’s Volleyball: Kayla Arthur, Francis Marion
Men’s Soccer: Harri Lovett, Chowan
Women’s Soccer: Jasmine Pinter, Mount Olive

Fall 2021 Story

2021-22 Conference Carolinas Winter Scholar-Athletes of the Year Presented by Hudl

Women's Swimming: Gillian Manning, UNC Pembroke
Men's Swimming: Ethan Cortel-Fraser, Barton and Jan Kuljak, King
Women's Indoor Track & Field: Katy Neubert, King
Men's Indoor Track & Field: Jon Wojcuich, Mount Olive
Women's Basketball: Jami Tham, Barton
Men's Basketball: Spencer Levi, UNC Pembroke

Winter 2022 Story

2021-22 Conference Carolinas
Spring Scholar-Athletes of the Year Presented by Hudl

Acrobatics & Tumbling: Claire Guittard, King
Baseball: Drew Moore, King
Men's Golf: Brice Ballin, Mount Olive
Women's Golf: Georgia Page, UNC Pembroke
Men's Lacrosse: Jackson Downs, Chowan
Women's Lacrosse: Zoe Dougherty, Mount Olive
Softball: Ashtyn Patterson, Francis Marion
Men's Tennis: Armando Ferreira, Mount Olive
Women's Tennis: Larissa Berger, North Greenville
Men's Outdoor Track & Field: Jon Wojcuich, Mount Olive
Women's Outdoor Track & Field: Jaiden Moody, Mount Olive
Men's Volleyball: Jarrod Ferguson, Mount Olive

Spring 2021 Story

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.

Spring 2022 Story

Winter 2022 Story

Fall 2021 Story

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 2021 Story

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 field hockey and wrestling, due to the collaboration with the South Atlantic Conference, the award is named the South Atlantic Conference Carolinas Academic Excellence Award.

2021-22 Conference Carolinas Spring Elite 23 Award Winners

Women’s Golf
Georgia Page, UNC Pembroke

Men’s Golf
Kobie Morton, North Greenville

Acrobatics & Tumbling
Alexis Wynn, King

Men’s Volleyball
Tobi Azeez, Mount Olive

Women’s Lacrosse
Emery Kennedy, Mount Olive

Men’s Lacrosse
Chance Urban, Mount Olive

Women’s Tennis
María Belén Vendrell, Converse

Men’s Tennis
Elijah Buerkle, Belmont Abbey

Softball
Samantha Helms, King

Baseball
Matthew Kornegay, Mount Olive

Women’s Outdoor Track & Field
Julia Reeves, Southern Wesleyan
 
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field
Jon Wojcuich, Mount Olive

Spring 2022 Story

2021-22 Conference Carolinas Winter Elite 23 Award Winners
 
Men’s Swimming
Austin Kephart, Salem
 
Women’s Swimming
Jenna Morris, Lees-McRae
 
Women’s Indoor Track & Field
Christina Passamonte, King
 
Men’s Indoor Track & Field
Blake Walker, Emmanuel
 
Men’s Basketball
KJ Jones II, Emmanuel
 
Women’s Basketball
Jami Tham, Barton
 
Conference Carolinas/Great Midwest Men's Bowling Academic Excellence Award
Tristan Davis, Emmanuel

Conference Carolinas/Great Midwest Women’s Bowling Academic Excellence Award
Lauren Meagher, Kentucky Wesleyan
 
South Atlantic Conference Carolinas Men's Wrestling Academic Excellence Award
Anthony Cruz, Emmanuel

Winter 2022 Story

2021-22 Conference Carolinas Fall Elite 23 Award Winners
 
Men’s Cross Country Elite 23
Ethan Hargrove, Emmanuel
 
Women’s Cross Country Elite 23
Katy Neubert, King
 
Men’s Soccer Elite 23
Harri Lovett, Chowan
 
Women’s Soccer Elite 23
Erica Boswell, Mount Olive
 
Women’s Volleyball Elite 23
Whitley Kahler, North Greenville
 
South Atlantic Conference Carolinas Field Hockey Academic Excellence Award
Abigail Smith, Limestone

Fall 2021 Story

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.

2021-22 Conference Carolinas All-Conference Student Support Team Presented by SCS by Floor Action, Inc.
 
Barton College Athletics Internship Team
Rashad Hart, Belmont Abbey
Taylor Goldfuss, Converse
Aleiah Winchester, Emmanuel
Caitlin Crawford, King
Samantha Gifford, Lees-McRae
Nickolai Clarke, Mount Olive
UNC Pembroke Braves Marketing Team
Kasie Thomas, North Greenville

2021-22 Recipients Story

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.

2021-22 Comeback Athlete of the Year Presented by Vernon Graphics & Promotions

Ali Davis, Mount Olive

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