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Cougar Choice Awards Set for Monday
4/26/2022 7:07:00 AM | Baseball, Football, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Softball, Track and Field, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Soccer, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Volleyball, Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
Year-end award show celebrates historic 2021-22 year
HOUSTON – The University of Houston Athletics Department will celebrate its historic 2021-22 calendar year with the Cougar Choice Awards, set for Monday at 7 p.m. from the Fertitta Center.
The annual award show celebration includes 15 categories. This year's categories and award nominees include:
Champion for Life:
Female Cougar of the Year
Male Cougar of the Year
Female Rookie of the Year
Male Rookie of the Year
Team of the Year
Female Academic Cougar of the Year
Male Academic Cougar of the Year
Play of the Year
Game of the Year
Spirit Award
Head Coach of the Year
D.J. Hayden Award
Ken Baxter Award
Staff Member of the Year Award
The annual award show celebration includes 15 categories. This year's categories and award nominees include:
Champion for Life:
- Jordan Booker – Men's Track and Field
- Zionah Browne – Soccer
- Ian McMillan – Baseball
- Donavan Mutin – Football
- Kathryn Power – Swim & Dive
Female Cougar of the Year
- Chase Farris – Swim & Dive
- Kate Georgiades – Volleyball
- Laila Blair – Women's Basketball
- Becca Schulte – Softball
Male Cougar of the Year
- Marcus Jones – Football
- Shaun Maswanganyi -- Men's Track and Field
- Christyan Sampy – Men's Track and Field
- Fabian White Jr. -- Men's Basketball
Female Rookie of the Year
- Maria Dzemeshkevich – Tennis
- Henrietta Fangli – Swimming and Diving
- Samantha Wiehe – Soccer
Male Rookie of the Year
- Jacob Borow – Men's Golf
- Shaun Maswanganyi – Men's Track & Field
- Alton McCaskill IV – Football
Team of the Year
- Swimming & Diving
- Men's Basketball
- Men's Track and Field
Female Academic Cougar of the Year
- Emma Clarke – Soccer; Civil Engineering
- Sophie Gerits – Tennis; Chemical Engineering
- Elizabeth Richardson – Swim & Dive; Industrial Engineering
Male Academic Cougar of the Year
- Ryan Elvin – Men's Basketball; Sports Administration
- Dylan Post – Baseball; Technology, Leadership and Innovation Management
- Kyle Ramsey – Football; Electrical Engineering
Play of the Year
- Football – Marcus Jones' 100-yard kickoff return touchdown vs. SMU inside one minute left in the game to defeat the Mustangs, 44-37, at TDECU Stadium.
- Men's Basketball – With less than 6 seconds remaining in double overtime and the game tied on the road, sophomore point guard Jamal Shead raced up the court and fed sophomore forward J'Wan Roberts for the game-winning dunk with just over a second left to lift the Cougars to a 76-74 win in double overtime in Wichita, Kan.
- Swim & Dive – Abby Jackson - 200-yard butterfly hundredths of a second win after coming from behind in the last few seconds of the race at AAC Championships to secure a 6.5 lead going into the last relay at conference
Game of the Year
- Men's Basketball – March 24 – Houston 72, #2/2 Arizona 60 – Cougars advance to NCAA Elite Eight for second straight season with win over No. 1 seed (South Region) Wildcats
- Men's Golf – Feb. 15 – Cougars capture Border Olympics team championship with score of 12-under 852 at Laredo Country Club in Laredo, Texas ... Senior Alexander Frances earns first collegiate individual title of his career.
- Swim & Dive – Feb. 19 – Program clinches sixth consecutive American Athletic Conference championship
Spirit Award
- Winter Bogan – Women's Track and Field
- Jordan Booker – Men's Track and Field
- Anna Economon – Women's Golf
Head Coach of the Year
- Diego Bocanegra – Soccer
- Leroy Burrell – Track and Field
- Kelvin Sampson – Men's Basketball
D.J. Hayden Award
- Announced at event
Ken Baxter Award
- Announced at event
Staff Member of the Year Award
- Announced at event
Players Mentioned
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/ Women's Basketball
Sprints
/ Track and Field
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/ Men's Basketball
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/ Volleyball
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/ Football
Sprints/Jumps
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