SHAWNEE – The second annual Bison Sports Awards will take place Monday, May 2, inside Raley Chapel on the OBU campus.
After a hugely successful debut last year, the 2016 BSAs are expected to be bigger and better with the introduction of several new award categories, including the Jonathan Award of Encouragement, BSA Icon Award and the Dav Cup.
Developed by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, the Dav Cup will be presented annually to the Bison or Lady Bison team that best exhibits program spirit and investment in their fellow student-athletes by attending other teams' athletics events on campus.
Back for his second year as emcee is Bison track and field pole vault standout Blaine Kilinc, who will have a difficult time topping his hosting debut which included a proposal to girlfriend, and Lady Bison basketball player, Charity Fowler. Kilinc's OBU track teammate Kysha Miller joins him as co-host for this year's event.
OBU students, as well as parents, family, alumni, supporters and friends can purchase tickets to the 2016 BSAs for just $5 through the end of the day Friday. Tickets can also be purchased the day of the event for $10.
Visit OBUBison.com for a complete recap of the evening, including a list of award winners on Tuesday. Winners will be posted live on Twitter as they are announced during Monday's ceremony. Guests are also encouraged to post photos from the show on Instagram and Twitter using #2016BSAs.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Monday with live music until the awards presentation begins at 7 p.m.
2016 BISON SPORTS AWARDS CATEGORIES
Community Service Award
Nominees: Tennis, Softball, Volleyball, Football Women's Soccer
Team GPA Award
Biggest Team Upset
Nominees: Women's Tennis, Softball, Volleyball, Men's Tennis, Men's Basketball
Team Comeback of the Year
Nominees: Volleyball, Softball, Lacrosse, Baseball, Football, Swimming
Individual Comeback of the Year
Nominees: Madeleine Boepple (Women's Tennis), Kelsey Doty (Women's Track), Jordan Patterson (Men's Track)
Assistant Coach of the Year
Coach of the Year
Newcomer of the Year
Female nominees: Alex Bowers (Women's Tennis), Madison Vaughan (Softball), Miriam Avila (Women's Swimming), Savannah Tompkins (Lacrosse), Sydney Lawrence (Women's Cross Country), Kynnedy Myers (Volleyball), Shannen Stewart (Women's Golf), Leah Molter (Women's Track), Kerregan Edwards (Women's Soccer)
Male nominees: Steven Green (Men's Basketball), Brandon Cuddy (Baseball), Ryan Womack (Men's Track), Lucas Castelo Branco (Men's Tennis), Jonathan Stewart (Men's Swimming), Cagney Roberson (Football)
Breakout Athlete of the Year
Female nominees: Kateryna Shkot (Women's Tennis), Kysha Miller (Women's Track), Tasha Edge (Women's Basketball), Nicole Fleitman (Volleyball), Corbi Parasich (Softball), Alexis Martin (Lacrosse)
Male nominees: Chad Bennett (Baseball), Chandler Rickey (Men's Basketball), Blake Bartlett (Men's Track), Jacob Ellis (Football), Ryan Walker (Men's Swimming)
Level Up Award
Female nominees: Olivia Charvat (Women's Tennis), Miranda Dent (Women's Track), Arielle Cooper (Women's Basketball), Bailee Saye (Softball), Maddie Windham (Women's Soccer), Haley Ballard (Lacrosse), Kaylee Large (Women's Cross Country), Kaitlyn Lucy (Volleyball), Taylor Hildebrand (Women's Golf)
Male nominees: JyWayne Allen (Men's Track), Daniel Aguilera (Men's Tennis), Kyle Perdew (Men's Golf)
Individual Performance of the Year
Nominees: Anastaysia Baranova (Women's Tennis), Abby Hoover (Women's Cross Country), Abby Hoover (Women's Track), Drew Posada (Men's Golf), Clay Shepperson (Men's Track), Vitor da France (Men's Swimming)
Team Performance of the Year
Nominees: Volleyball, Baseball, Track
Jonathan Award of Encouragement
Female nominees: Carey Strong (Volleyball), Alex Gabriel (Softball), Kylie Williams (Women's Soccer), Briana Gray (Lacrosse), Paige Neidy (Women's Golf), Kathryn Sild (Women's Basketball), Zoya Timoshenko (Women's Track)
Male nominees: Eddie Martinez (Men's Track), Landon Harper (Baseball), Cooper Koons (Football)
BSA Icon Award
Female nominees: Ashton Gores (Women's Golf), Emily Montgomery (Women's Track), Shalee Cordell (Softball), Raquel Dudzevich (Women's Basketball), Sabrina Attaway (Lacrosse), Cat Roth (Volleyball)
Male nominees: Drew Posada (Men's Golf), Brandon Cuddy (Baseball), Andrew Halliburton (Men's Swimming), Kimes Gilbert (Football)
Make-A-Wish Achievement Awards
The Dav Cup
Male and Female Athlete of the Year
