Baseball | April 25, 2023

AIKEN, S.C. – The University of South Carolina Aiken Department of Athletics held an end-of-year banquet Tuesday morning.

It marked the first in-person banquet since the 2019 campaign.

Click on the photo gallery link on the right to see pictures from the banquet.

SAAC Superlatives – all voted on by SAAC:
Best Nickname: Tyler "Caveman" Hughes

Best Dressed: Devin Evans

Best Action Shot: Tie between Holly Daum's great catch and Shiloh Pirro, Allison Mann and Karis Coleman

Most Clumsiest: Samba Ndiaye

Most Team Spirit: Melvin Archie

Most Likely To Be On The Cover Of Sports Illustrated: Tehree Horn

Athletic Staff Member of the Year: Zach Gilmer

University Staff Member of the Year: Rebeca Barnwell

Team MVP's
Women's Cross Country – Olivia Robertson

Men's Cross Country – Julian Mendoza

Women's Soccer – Megan Gettys

Men's Soccer – Wynston Johnson

Volleyball – Kari Mercer

Women's Basketball – Emily Trushel

Men's Basketball – Tehree Horn

Spirit Squad – Christian Reagin

Golf – Leonardo Bono

Softball – Emily Ayers

Baseball – Jackson Hannon

Strength & Conditioning "Fire In The Gut" Award

Female – Sadie McKay

Male – Christopher Brown

Comeback Player of the Year Award

Abbey Schad

Jessica Stanley

Brooke Wroten

Randy Warrick Leadership Award

Skylar Morley

Student Employee Of The Year Award

Julianna Mills

Female Sportsmanship Award

Sadie McKay

Male Sportsmanship Award

Tyler Littlefield

Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award

Kari Mercer

Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award

Leonardo Bono

Female Freshman of the Year Award

Megan Gettys

Male Freshman of the Year Award

Jameel Rideout

Co-Female Athlete of the Year

Kari Mercer
Emily Trushel

Male Athlete of the Year

Tehree Horn

Fast forward to the 1:00.00 mark to watch the awards ceremony.