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Baseball’s Ryan Ellis<\/a> is recipient of Sacramento State’s Male Individual Performance of the Year\u2026a Western Athletic Conference all-tournament selection after batting .632 (12-for-19) with nine runs, eight doubles, a triple, home run, eight RBIs and 1.316 slugging percentage during the postseason tournament\u2026set the Hornet conference tournament records in runs, batting average and doubles, while tying the mark for hits in a game (4-for-4 in the championship game against Tarleton State)\u2026tied a school single-game record with three doubles twice in the tournament against Abilene Christian and California Baptist.<\/p>\n ———<\/p>\n OTHER NOMINEES<\/p>\n Jai Bahl (Golf) – Behind an eagle and nine birdies, Bahl shot an 11-under par 61 during the second round of the Big Sky Championship\u2026the score set the school and Big Sky Championship single-round records, and also tied the course record\u2026Bahl had three birdies over the first five holes and made the turn at 7-under with the help of an eagle on No. 8\u2026after one birdie and five pars to start the back nine, Bahl ended the round with three consecutive birdies\u2026the previous school record of 62 had stood since 2005.<\/p>\n Prophet Johnson (Basketball) – Named College Insider National Player of the Week on Feb. 2 after leading the Hornets to a pair of home victories over Montana State and Montana\u2026over those two wins, he averaged 26.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 3.5 steals and 37.2 minutes per game while shooting 61% (22-36) from the field and 70% (7-10) from the 3-point line\u2026that included 27 points vs. Montana State, and two days later, 26 points vs. Montana.<\/p>\n Gabriel Smith (Golf) – Smith won the individual title at the Big Sky Championship after shooting 68-68-71-207 to finish at 9-under par\u2026Smith birdied the 18th hole to force a playoff and won the tournament with a birdie on the first playoff hole\u2026he became the fourth Hornet to win the individual title at the Big Sky Men’s Golf Championship\u2026his 54-hole total of 207 was his best mark of the season\u2026ended his career ranked 13th in school history with a scoring average of 73.80.<\/p>\n Carson Timothy<\/a> (Baseball) – There aren’t many pitchers who can boast that they’ve defeated both the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the nation in the same season, but Timothy is now among that group\u2026he held top-ranked UCLA to just three runs and six hits over five innings while striking out five as the Hornets beat the Bruins\u2026earlier in the year, Timothy helped the Hornets take the series against second-ranked LSU, going 6.2 innings and allowing just one unearned run, five hits and striking out four in a 6-1 victory.<\/p>\n 4×400 Track & Field Relay team – The 4×400 relay team took down one of the longest standing records in school history as the combo of Curtis Reagor, Nathan Rider, Ife Orekoya and Tim Edwards, Jr. ran 3:09.04 at the Jim Bush Legends Meet at UCLA\u2026that time bettered the previous record of 3:09.51 which was set in 1986 and stood for 40 years\u2026three weeks after setting the record, Reagor, Rider, Orekoya and Logan Borg bettered the mark with a 3:08.62 at the Mt. SAC Relays.<\/p>\n ———<\/p>\n AWARD TIMELINE<\/p>\n June 12 – Male Freshman of the Year – Jamar Andrews, Jr.\u00a0(t&f)<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\nJune 13 – Female Freshman of the Year – Keonahi’ilani Solaita\u00a0(vb)<\/a>
\nJune 14 – Male Newcomer of the Year – Gianni Miles (t&f)<\/a>
\nJune 15 – Female Newcomer of the Year – Victoria Marthaler (vb)<\/a>
\nJune 16 – Male Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Nathan Rider (t&f)<\/a>
\nJune 17 – Female Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year – Jamisen Rasmussen (row)<\/a>
\nJune 18 – Male Individual Performance of the Year
\nJune 19 – Female Individual Performance of the Year
\nJune 20 – Men’s Academic Team of the Year
\nJune 21 – Women’s Academic Team of the Year
\nJune 22 – SAAC Award
\nJune 23 – Male Team Performance of the Year
\nJune 24 – Female Team Performance of the Year
\nJune 25 – Team of the Year
\nJune 26 – Coach of the Year
\nJune 27 – Male Hornet Award
\nJune 28 – Female Hornet Award
\nJune 29 – Male Student-Athlete of the Year
\nJune 30 – Female Student-Athlete of the Year<\/p>\n