Cougar Choice Awards Set for Monday

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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:

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