Trey Burnett

The Seward County Community College athletic department hosted its annual student-athlete banquet on Friday evening in The Greenhouse.

Members of the public as well as all student-athletes, coaches, and athletic staff were in attendance and had a meal before the night got underway.

SCCC President Brad Bennett welcomed everyone and was followed by Associate Vice President of Athletic Cody Cole who introduced Darko Cohaderevic. Cohaderevic, a former Saints men’s basketball player and current volunteer assistant coach, was officially inducted into the Saints Hall of Fame and gave an acceptance speech. You can read more about Darko here.

Following that, the Saints dished out department-wide awards. You can view the award winners below.

The Jamie Talbert Award was presented to Destiny Alexander of women’s basketball. The award is presented annually to a women’s basketball student-athlete who exemplifies a positive attitude, strong work ethic, success in the classroom through academics and attendance, and outstanding performance on the court.

The Wade Johnstone Award was presented to Brooks Kappelmann of baseball. The award is presented annually to a baseball student-athlete who exemplifies a positive attitude, strong work ethic, success in the classroom through academics and attendance, and strong performance on the diamond.

Men’s Freshman of the Year

Antonio Williams Jr. – MBB

Women’s Freshman of the Year

Mishel Lobotenko – WTEN

Men’s Sophomore of the Year

Lucas N’Gombo – MBB

Women’s Sophomore of the Year

Avery Marchino – WBB

Men’s Newcomer of the Year

Simone Pitale – MSOC

Women’s Newcomer of the Year

Kimora Fagan – WBB

Men’s Spirit Award

Brooks Powers – MBB

Women’s Spirit Award

Jahlisa Klear – SB

Men’s Coach of the Year

Austin Downing – MBB

Women’s Coach of the Year

Marcela Bueno – WSOC

Most Improved Men’s Athlete

Michael Lujan – BSB

Most Improved Women’s Athlete

Grace Horne – SB

Individual Performance of the Year (Women)

Mariana Silva – VB (25 Kills vs Cloud on Sept. 20th)

Individual Performance of the Year (Men)

Mason Gilbert – BSB (2-3, 7 RBIs, walk-off HR vs. Colby on April 2nd)

Men’s Team of the Year

Men’s Basketball

Women’s Team of the Year

Women’s Basketball

Community Impact Award (Team)

Softball

Upset of the Year

Volleyball Beats No. 9 Ranked Colby 3-1

Game of the Year

Men’s Basketball 88-86 2OT Win over Cloud

Men’s Academic Team of the Year

Men’s Tennis (3.58 GPA)

Women’s Academic Team of the Year

Women’s Tennis (3.43 GPA)