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WWU Announces 2015-16 Athletics Awards Winners

June 2, 2016

BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Western Washington University Director of Athletics Steve Card announced the Athletic Award Winners for the 2015-16 season Wednesday afternoon at the annual Dub-Dub-Blue Awards Ceremony held on the WWU campus.

Male Athlete of the Year - Alex Donigian (Track & Field)
Female Athletes of the Year - Delanee Nilles (Soccer), Bethany Drake (Track & Field), Katie Reichert (Track & Field)
Female Scholar Athletes of the Year - Karisa Stapp (Rowing), Taylor Guenther (Cross Country and Track & Field)
Male Scholar Athlete of the Year - Mark Seely (Track & Field)

The Male and Female Athletes of the Year will have their names added to the G Robert Ross Memorial Trophy honoring the top athletes that have participated for WWU.

Donigian (Mission Viejo, CA/Trabuco Hills/Saddleback JC/Northern Colorado) earned the honor of being named WWU's Male Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive season. In his senior season Donigian repeated as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference champion in the 100m and 200m, capping his career with nine individual GNAC titles (4 outdoor, 5 indoor). He placed 10th in both the 100m and 200m at the 2016 NCAA II Outdoor Track & Field Championships to earn second-team USTFCCCA All-America honors. He leaves WWU as the program record holder in the 100m and 200m during the outdoor season and the 60m and 200m during the indoor season.

Nilles (Poulsbo, WA/North Kitsap) helped lead the WWU women's soccer team to the NCAA II Final Four and became just the second first-team All-American in program history. She was also named first-team All-GNAC and was voted as the GNAC Defender of the Year. During her four seasons with the Vikings Nilles appeared in 87 career games and helped lead WWU to a 76-9-6 record.

Drake (Sandy, OR) earned her second WWU Female Athlete of the Year award after earning the distinction in 2014. The junior placed 2nd in the NCAA II Championships in the Javelin with a school and GNAC record throw of 54.18m/177-9. She also earned GNAC All-Star honors placing 2nd in the conference championships and was a GNAC and CoSIDA Academic District VIII selection. Drake will compete in the US Olympic Trials July 1-10 in Eugene, Oregon.

Reichert (Longview, WA/Kelso) placed 3rd in the NCAA II Championships in the Javelin right behind Drake, recording a personal-best throw of 54.03m/177-3. She earned first-team USTFCCA All-America honors for the third time in her career and was also the GNAC champion. She will join Drake at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene after passing the 54.00m standard in her final throw at the NCAA Championship.

Stapp (Bellingham, WA/Mt. Baker) has maintained a 3.86 GPA as an accounting major and is one of the leading forces on the WWU Rowing Varsity 8 that placed third in the nation during the NCAA II Rowing Championships last week in Gold River, California. Stapp was named a College Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) scholar athlete.

Guenther (Vancouver, WA/Prairie) carries a 3.90 GPA as a communications sciences major while also earning All-America status during the cross country season. As a senior she placed 26th at the NCAA II Cross Country Championships to earn first-team All-America honors and was one of WWU's top distance runners during the indoor and outdoor Track & Field seasons.

Seely (Spokane, WA/Central Valley) will graduate next week carrying a GPA of 3.60 as a plastics and composite engineering major. He was the GNAC Champion during the outdoor championship in the Triple Jump and placed 2nd during the indoor season. He leaves WWU as the indoor record holder in the Triple Jump (14.41m/47-3.5) and 2nd in outdoor (14.65m/48-0.75). He is also a two-time selection to the GNAC Track & Field Academic team.

WWU ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
1954	Ken Swalwell - Football, Men's Track & Field, Baseball
1955	Bruce Randall - Football, Men's Basketball
1956	Ted Whan - Men's Track & Field
1957	Bruce Randall - Football, Baseball
1958	Fred Emerson - Football, Baseball
1959	Sam Martin - Football
1960	Jerry Joyce - Men's Track & Field
1961	Don Trethewey - Men's Track & Field
1962	Mike Kirk - Men's Basketball
1963	Jim Adams - Men's Basketball
1964	Bob Thomas - Men's Basketball
1965	Keith Shugarts - Football, Men's Basketball
1966	Jack Nighbert - Men's Basketball, Baseball
1967	Steve Richardson - Football, Baseball
1968	Dave Weedman - Football
1969	Gary Reiersgard - Men's Basketball
1970	Mike Clayton - Men's Basketball
1971	Gary White - Men's Basketball
1972	Lee Andersen - Wrestling
1973	Mike Franza - Men's Basketball
1974	Mike Vorce - Men's Track & Field
1975	Chuck Price - Men's Basketball
1976	Charmon Odle - Women's Basketball
1977	Pat Locker - Football
1978	Bruce Manclark - Men's Track & Field and Cross Country
1979	Rohn McCoy - Men's Basketball
1981	Jo Metzger - Women's Basketball
1982	Marilyn Thibodeau - Women's Cross Country and Women's Track & Field
1983	Wendy Malich - Women's Track & Field
1984	Joan Williamson - Women's Track & Field
1985	Dave Peterson - Football
	Genevie Pfueller - Women's Cross Country and Track & Field
1986	Carmen Dolfo - Women's Basketball
	Allen James - Men's Track & Field
1987	Kim Nix - Men's Track & Field and Football
	Hollie Watson - Women's Track & Field
1988	James Johnson - Men's Basketball
	Shelly Borovich - Women's Volleyball and Track & Field
1989	Peter LaBarge - Football
	Anna Rabel - Women's Basketball
1990	Peter LaBarge - Men's Soccer
	Lorrie Post - Women's Volleyball
1991	Peter LaBarge - Men's Soccer
	Scott Lohr - Football
	Lorrie Post - Women's Volleyball
1992	Jeff Van Kleeck - Men's Cross Country & Track
	Joanie Armstrong - Women's Crew
1993	Shane Volkmann - Football
	Lynton Hyde - Football
	Kris Maraveller - Women's Cross Country & Track
1994	Dwayne Kirkley - Men's Basketball
	Brandi Stevenson - Women's Track
1995	Bill Christensen - Football
	Gina Sampson - Women's Basketball
1996	Orlondo Steinauer - Football
	Gina Sampson - Women's Basketball
1997	Chris Nicholl - Football
	Amy Cameron - Women's Track
1998	Mark Spencer - Football
	Cathy Johnson - Fastpitch
1999	Joel Skarbo - Men's Golf
	Devin Kemper - Men's Track
	Celeste Hill - Women's Basketball
2000	Ben Clampitt - Football
	Celeste Hill, Women's Basketball
	Craig Welty - Men's Golf
2001	Erik Totten - Football
	Michelle Parker - Volleyball
2002	Scott Mitchell - Football
	Shannon Rowland - Volleyball
2003	Mike Palm - Men's Basketball
	Liz Bishop - Volleyball
	Ashlee Vincent - Women's Cross Country and Track
2004	Nicola Parker - Volleyball
	Kurt Hartmaier - Men's Cross Country and Track
	Josh Griesse - Men's Crew
2005	Michael Koenen - Football
	Tim Feenstra - Men's Golf
	Julia Gamache - Women's Rowing
2006	Grant Dykstra - Men's Basketball
	Katja Trygg - Women's Golf
2007	Anthony Tomsich - Men's Track and Cross Country
	Courtney Schneider - Volleyball
	Lindsay Mann-King - Women's Rowing
2008	Courtney Schneider - Volleyball
	Sean Packer - Men's Golf
2009	Ira Graham - Men's Basketball
	Jake Koppenberg - Men's Golf
	Sarah Porter - Women's Cross Country and Track
	Audrey Coon - Women's Rowing
2010	Sarah Porter - Women's Cross Country and Track
	Ryan Brown - Men's Track
2011	Sarah Porter - Women's Cross Country and Track
	Ryan Brown - Men's Track
2012	Rory Blanche - Men's Basketball
	Emily Warman - Women's Track & Field and Soccer
2013	John Allen - Men's Basketball
	Jake Webb - Men's Golf
	Marlayna Geary - Volleyball
	Jamie Arthurs - Women's Soccer
2014	Frank Catelli - Men's Track & Field
	Bethany Drake - Women's Track & Field
2015	Alex Donigian - Men's Track & Field
	Katelyn Steen - Women's Track & Field
2016	Alex Donigian - Men's Track & Field
	Delanee Nilles - Women's Soccer
	Bethany Drake - Women's Track & Field
	Katie Reichert - Women's Track & Field

WWU SCHOLAR ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
MALE
1999	Erik Meyer, Track & Field
2000	Marty Juergens, Football
2001	Erik Totten, Football
2002	Erik Totten, Football
2003	Greg Dykstra, Football
2004	Rob White, Football
2005	Rob White, Football
2006	Scott Romney, Track & Field
2007	Keith Lemay, Track & Field
2008	Keith Lemay, Track & Field and Cross Country
2009	Anthony Zackery, Football
2010	Alex Harrison, Track & Field
2011	Xavier Dailly, Golf
2012	Alex Harrison, Track & Field
2013	Chris Mitchell, Basketball
2014	Andrew Weishaar, Soccer
2015	Nathan Richards, Track & Field and Cross Country
2016	Mark Seely, Track & Field
FEMALE
1999	Sarah Hiss, Track & Field
2000	Sarah Hiss, Track & Field
2001	Kelsi Griswald, Rowing
2002	Liz Bishop, Volleyball
2003	Liz Bishop, Volleyball
2004	Liz Bishop, Volleyball
2005	Jodi Gerald, Basketball
	Meghan Evoy, Volleyball
2006	Jessica Telleria, Track & Field
2007	Audrey Coon, Rowing
2008	Audrey Coon, Rowing
2009	Audrey Coon, Rowing
2010	Casey Mapes, Rowing
2011	Katie Sharpe, Golf
2012	Megan Northey, Rowing
2013	Kristin Maris, Soccer
2014	Kristin Maris, Soccer
2015	Catherine Miles, Soccer
2016	Taylor Guenther, Track & Field and Cross Country
	Karisa Stapp, Rowing

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