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ORANGEBURG,SC— South Carolina State University recognized student-athletes in 14 sports, sports medicine, equipment managers and marketing interns at its annual Athletic Banquet at Smith-Hammond-Middleton Memorial Center on Tuesday evening.

Basketball players Kourtney Williams and Edward Stephens were named the Male and Female Student-Athletes of the Year. Williams, a two-time All-MEAC second-team performer, scored 1,116 points in her four-year career, while Stephens was the Bulldogs' leading scorer, a six-time MEAC Rookie of the Week and maintained over more than a 3.0 GPA.

Rising senior defensive end Javon Hargrave was presented with the Box-to-Row National Defensive Player of the Year by Donal Ware. Hargrave, the MEAC Defensive Player of the Year, was third in the nation in sacks in 2014 and broke a school record with six sacks in a win over Bethune-Cookman.

The highlight of the night was a special presentation by Director of Athletics Paul A. Bryant to rising senior linebacker Reggie Owens for his heroic act in saving the lives of three children, involved in a motor vehicle accident near Savannah, Georgia while traveling home during Easter break.

The banquet normally closes out the athletic year for all athletic teams, but this year the softball team, and men's and women's tennis will be completely over the next few weeks.

Complete listing of award winners:
WOMEN'S SOCCER (3)
Team Most Valuable Player: Haley Austin
Offensive MVP: Dominique Brown
Defensive MVP: Amelia Green
 
VOLLEYBALL (3)
Most Outstanding Blocker: Kirby Anderson
Season Kill Leader: Marissa Lawrence
Most Improved: Erica Pritchett
 
WBB (4)
Most Valuable Player: Kourtney Williams
Unsung Hero: Jasmine Coleman
Courage Award: Jasmine Johnson
Bulldog Award: Amber Howard
 
MBB (4)
Most Valuable Player: Ed Stephens
Defensive MVP: Darryl Palmer
Newcomer of the Year: Ed Stephens
Tenacious Bulldog: Akron Wright

Men's Track (4)
MVP Cross Country:  Elijah Case
Most Valuable Runner Indoor: Derek Kemp
Most Valuable Field Indoor: Brandon Perry
Most Improved Indoor: Dwight Rogers
 
Women's Track (4)
MVP Cross Country:  Marketa Marcanikova 
Most Valuable Runner Indoor: Antavia Owens
Most Improved Indoor Track: Nikkia Jefferson
 
Men's Tennis (4)
Most Valuable Player: Rodney Carey
Rookie of the Year: Jakub Vitek
Bulldog Award: Soufianne Mouline
Bulldog Award: Stanislav Baco
 
Women's Tennis (3)
Most Valuable Player: Intissar Rassif
Rookie of the Year: Smaranda Petreanv
Bulldog Award: Marketa Marcanikova
 
 Sports Medicine (2)
Bulldog Award:  Brittany Montgomery
Best Newcomer: Sharon Wilson
 
Equipment (2)
Most Outstanding: James Darby
Newcomer of the Year: Tiara Grier

Athletic Marketing Interns (18)
Money Team Members (9)
President Jazmine Diggs
Vice President Jerel Palmer
Co-Directors of Video and Photography Rashaasd Lemon Eric Smith
Creative Director Wymark Barton
Secretary Toi Lathan
Marissa Lawrence
Rachel Pearce
Deleah Morgan
 
Street Team Members (4)
Erica Jenkins
Larell Mackey
Ilisha Skinner
Xaiver Shuler
 
Social Media Team (5)
Tobias Copeland
DeAndrya Gadsden
Perrion Manns
Brianna Mobley
Shalysa Whitt


 
   
Male & Female Student-Athletes of the Year


   
Reggie Owens is awarded the Bulldog Courage Award



Javon Hargrave is presented Box-To-Row
National Defense Player of the Year Award