June 3, 2007

Photo Gallery (Tim Zechar)

At its annual Academic and Athletic Recognition Banquet at the Hope Hotel Sunday, Wright State University honored student-athletes and staff with various awards of recognition.

The Don Mohr Male Athlete of the Year was given to basketball player DaShaun Wood, who was the Horizon League Player of the Year, Tournament MVP and Honorable Mention All-American as he led his team to the NCAA Tournament. The Peg Wynkoop Female Athlete of the Year was given to Steph Comisar as she was named Second Team All-Horizon League and Third Team All-Great Lakes Region as a goalkeeper for the soccer team and averaged 8.4 points per game for the basketball team. Don Mohr was the school's first athletic director and Peg Wynkoop was the school's first senior woman administrator.

For the first time in school history, The Dr. Carl Benner Male and Female Scholar-Athlete Awards went to more than three student-athletes in a year as five received the honor in Alex Gutman, Audra Beckett, Tara Geegan, Whitney Lewis and Jessica Weidert, all with perfect 4.0 grade point averages.

Gutman, a senior runner, competed in all eight competitions in the fall and is majoring in Mathematics while Beckett, also a senior, teamed with Tiffani Foster for six doubles wins for the tennis team and is majoring in Political Science. Geegan, a junior middle blocker, recorded 310 kills and 129 blocks for the volleyball team and is majoring in Early Childhood Education while Lewis, also a junior, averaged 11.4 points per game as a forward on the basketball team and is majoring in Psychology. Weidert, a junior swimmer, finished third in the 200 individual medley, fourth in the 200 breaststroke and fifth in the 100 breaststroke at the Horizon League meet and is majoring in Modern Languages.

This award has been named after Dr. Carl Benner, who was chair of the Athletic Council and long-time official scorer for the basketball team.

The Terry Hall WSU Coach of the Year award was presented to men's basketball coach Brad Brownell, who led the Raiders to their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1993. He was also named the District 10 Coach of the Year by the NABC as Wright State finished 23-10 and won the Horizon League title. The award is named in honor of former women's basketball coach Terry Hall, who passed away in 1997.

The department's Angelo "Tony" Tononi Raider Award, given to someone who has contributed above and beyond, was presented to Mike Zink who has served as Wright State's Equipment & Facilities Supervisor for many years and has been involved with the university and athletic department since its inception. This award has been named after Tony Tononi, a friend and booster who passed away five years ago.

Other awards included the department's Life SKILLS Award for community service, which was presented to Whitney Lewis of the women's basketball team.

MVP and Raider Awards

Team	MVP	Hometown	Raider Award	Hometown
Baseball	Ross Oeder	Sandusky, OH	Kyle Kearcher	Mattawan, MI
Men's Basketball	DaShaun Wood	Detroit, MI	Drew Burleson	Wheelersburg, OH
Women's Basketball	Brittney Whiteside	Columbus, OH	Whitney Lewis	Lynchburg, OH
Cheerleaders	Matthew Couch	Tipp City, OH	Sam Blaine	Phillipsburg, OH
			Allison Lawson	Franklin, OH
Men's Cross Country	None		Kyle Fetters	West Milton, OH
			Carlos Zamora	West Milton, OH
Women's Cross Country	Marie McVetta	Grafton, OH	Stephanie Supan	Medina, OH
Emerald Jazz	Kalee Maloy	Waverly, OH	Tiffany Dykstra	Vandalia, OH
			Kristina Lawrence	Waterville, OH
Golf	Brandon Knutson	South Bend, IN	Brandon Knutson	South Bend, IN
Men's Soccer	Jonah Baskin	Clayton, OH	Kyle Bryan	Jamestown, OH
Women's Soccer	Jess Rooma	Westfield Center, OH	Steph Comisar	West Chester, OH
Softball	Jherica Williams	Piqua, OH	Patti Scherer	Monroeville, IN
Men's Swimming & Diving	Will Ehresman	Lafayette, IN	Matt Bachelder	Fremont, OH
Women's Swimming & Diving	Catalina Martinez	Cali, Colombia	Stephanie Cox	Centerville, OH
Men's Tennis	Lance Koetter	Cincinnati, OH	Nick Camilleri	Melbourne, Australia
Women's Tennis	Christa Ames	Springfield, OH	Monica Capozziello	Erie, PA
Indoor Track	Tiffany Brigham	Springfield, OH	Jill Britton	Newark, OH
Outdoor Track	None		Cortney Mann	Hilliard, OH
Volleyball	Jenny Schultz	Mora, MN	Sarah Poling	St. Henry, OH

Departmental Awards

Award	Recipient	Hometown
Terry Hall Coach of the Year	Brad Brownell, Men's Basketball
Dr. Carl Benner Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year	Alex Gutman, Sr., Cross Country	Botkins, OH
Dr. Carl Benner Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year	Audra Beckett, Sr., Tennis	Hamilton, OH
	Tara Geegan, Jr., Volleyball	Algonquin, IL
	Whitney Lewis, Jr., Basketball	Lynchburg, OH
	Jessica Weidert, Jr., Swimming & Diving	Spokane, WA
Peg Wynkoop Female Athlete of the Year	Steph Comisar, Sr., Soccer & Basketball	West Chester, OH
Don Mohr Male Athlete of the Year	DaShaun Wood, Sr., Basketball	Detroit, MI
Tony Tononi Raider Award	Mike Zink, Equipment & Facilities Supervisor
Raider SKILLS Award	Whitney Lewis, Jr., Women's Basketball	Lynchburg, OH