ROCKFORD, Ill. - The Rockford University athletic department held its annual awards ceremony, "The Reggies", virtually on Tuesday evening to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of its student-athletes over the past year. During the ceremony, student-athletes were honored for their achievements both academically and athletically. The entire list of awards can be seen below.
2021 Athletic Awards Ceremony Video
Academic Awards:
President's Trophy (Awarded to the team with the highest GPA for the 2020-21 academic year)
Dr. Hans Wolpe Awards (Awarded to the student-athlete with the highest GPA)
- Female Second-Year Letterwinner - Jessica Witkowski
- Female Third-Year Letterwinner - Jessica Kearns
- Female Fourth-Year Letterwinner - Annaka Bartz
- Male Second-Year Letterwinner - Matthew O'Shaughnessy
- Male Third-Year Letterwinner - Pedro Acosta
- Male Fourth-Year Letterwinner - Troy Tucci
Athletic Director's Honor Roll (123 total student-athletes)
Chi Alpha Sigma National Athletics Honor Society (Awarded to juniors and seniors with a 3.4 or higher cumulative GPA)
| Pedro Acosta |
Lorenzo Amador |
McCathran Andrew |
Annaka Bartz |
Jallen Bashford |
| Christopher Connolly |
Nicole Eggers |
Kellie Frerichs |
Zachary Froehlich |
Clay Goodwin |
| Justin Hallberg |
Quentin Hernandez |
Zach Hunter |
LaVar Johnson Jr. |
Jessica Kearns |
| Mariah Martinez |
Garrick McGregor |
David McLevain |
Alexa Millan |
Dayshon Moore |
| Matthew O'Shaughnessy |
Tyler Peake |
Christian Pearcy |
Adam Pedro |
Nick Phillips |
| Caleb Randolph |
Amelia Rehberg |
Alberto Rivera |
Gretchen Schrubbe |
Mikayla Seay |
| Casey Sheetz |
Logan Streit |
Emily Teagardin |
Dylan Torello |
Troy Tucci |
Athletic Awards:
Male Athlete of the Year
- Kevin Diemer - Basketball
Female Athlete of the Year
- Gretchen Schrubbe- Softball
Male Breakout Player of the Year
- De'Marius Bonds - Basketball
Female Breakout Player of the Year
- Breanna Collins - Softball
Male Freshman of the Year
Female Freshman of the Year
- Jocelyn Callahan - Softball
Team MVPs
- Christian Garcia - Baseball
- Kevin Diemer - Men's Basketball
- Naynay Clark - Women's Basketball
- Dominick Welte - Men's Cross Country
- Abigail Wagner - Women's Cross Country
- LaVar Johnson Jr. - Football
- Lorenzo Amador - Men's Soccer
- Gretchen Schrubbe - Softball
- Jett Stewart - Men's Volleyball
- Della Crain - Women's Volleyball
Moment of the Year
- Men's basketball defeating Aurora University 97-91 to win the NACC South Division Tournament and advance to the NACC Tournament Championship Game.
Play of the Year
- Mikayla Seay hitting a walk-off grand slam with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat Dominican University and give Rockford its first NACC Tournament berth.
Game of the Year
- The men's basketball team defeats Benedictine University 73-66 on the road to clinch the NACC South Division Regular Season Championship.
Other Awards:
Margaret and Jack Oshita Awards (Presented to a senior student-athlete with the highest standard of team sportsmanship and spirit)
- Kenneth Lauderdale - Men's Volleyball
- McCathran Andrew - Softball
