GAMBIER, Ohio – Sunday evening at Peirce Hall, the Kenyon Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (KSAAC) hosted its annual Kespy Awards to celebrate team and individual student-athlete accomplishments during the course of the 2023-24 academic year.
The awards banquet started with brief speeches from KSAAC officers, as well as from Jill McCartney, Director of Athletics, Fitness, and Recreation. The speeches preceded a highlight video that encompassed all Kenyon sports and closed with a tribute to the Owls team and individual accomplishments. KSAAC officers then announced winners of the Athletics Department awards (listed below), as well as their own unique awards.
| Senior Athletes of the Year |
Given annually to one member of a women's sports team and one member of a men's sports team in the current graduating class, the Senior Athletes of the Year are selected by the Kenyon Awards Committee based on individual athletic achievement and how those achievements impacted team success.
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Israel Zavaleta
diving |
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Caleigh Wukitch
swimming |
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| Falkenstine Award |
This award was established by the Beta Alpha chapter of Beta Theta Pi, in honor of the late Mr. Falkenstine, coach and director of athletics at Kenyon College from 1953 to 1964. It is awarded to outstanding scholar-athletes who best display the distinguished characteristics of both leadership and integrity.
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Sophie Schmitz
swimming |
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Israel Zavaleta
diving |
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| NCAA Sportsmanship Award -- Nominees |
The NCAA Sportsmanship Award honors a student-athlete who, through actions in the competitive arena of intercollegiate athletics, has demonstrated one or more of the ideals of sportsmanship, including fairness, civility, honesty, unselfishness, respect and responsibility.
The Kenyon Athletics Awards Committee selects two winners each year, one from a men's teams and one from a women's teams. The committee forwards Kenyon's winners on to the NCAC, which, in turn, advances two nominees, from all conference submissions, to the NCAA for consideration at the national level.
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Malcolm Gaynor
baseball |
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Lucy Scott
field hockey |
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| NCAC Scholar-Athlete Award |
The North Coast Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete Award is given annually to one student-athlete from men's teams and one student-athlete from women's teams from each NCAC member school. Instituted in the 1990-91 season, the award honors outstanding academic and athletic achievement.
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Malcolm Gaynor
baseball |
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Maddie Garner
lacrosse |
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| NCAC Pam Smith Woman of the Year -- Nominee |
A North Coast Athletic Conference award that honors senior student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership. The NCAC selects the winner of the award from a pool consisting of one female nominee per school. The winner is then moved forward as the conference's nominee for NCAA Woman of the Year consideration.
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NCAC Don Hunsinger Man of the Year -- Nominee
A North Coast Athletic Conference award that honors senior student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership. The NCAC selects the winner of the award from a pool consisting of one male nominee per school.
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| William Long Award |
Created by friends of the late Mr. Long, former director of public relations at Kenyon, in memory of his interest in all aspects of collegiate athletics; awarded to the member of the community who, in the opinion of the Kenyon Athletics Awards Committee, has made an outstanding contribution to developing and clarifying the role of athletic play and competition in the life of the College.
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