We had three winners at the All-Sports Awards Ceremony on Monday evening.
The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) chooses the Sportspersons of the Year factoring in athletic contributions along with leadership, community service and academics. Men's basketball player Melvin Crowder earned the Sportsman of the Year while cross country and track standout Kali Burt was named the Sportswoman of the Year.Burt has garnered All-Big South honors in cross country all four years. She has earned Millis Scholar Athlete honors and a spot on the Big South Presidential Honor Roll every year. Burt has been involved in several community service activities including the Amani Service Project and she volunteers as a weekly lunch buddy at a local elementary school.
HPU cross country and track runner Shauna Marsh is this year's recipient of the Tobias Award. Marsh, a four-year athlete, earned Millis Scholar-Athlete and Big South Presidential Honor Roll distinction every year of her career. She was a member of the 2009 Big South Indoor Champion distance medley relay team and was a runner up in the mile event. Recently, Marsh won the Big South title in the 1,500-meter event at the League's outdoor championships. Marsh has been active off the track as well, attending the NCAA Leadership Conference and working with the Amani Service Project. With a 3.978 GPA, Marsh will graduate in May with a degree in biology.
Jesse Cherry is the 2008-2009 Athlete of the Year. Cherry has won three Big South titles this past year including the indoor 3,000 and 5,000-meter events as well as the outdoor 10,000-meter. He has garnered All-Conference honors seven times as a Panther with five of those honors coming this season. In the fall, he was named to the NCAA All-South East Regional team. Cherry has already provisionally qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 10,000-meter, an event in which he is currently ranked 16th in the nation.
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