2022 'Cuse Awards Will Honor the Orange

Syracuse Athletics' annual celebration of the academic and athletic accomplishments of its student-athletes takes place Thursday, May 5th with the 16th annual 'Cuse Awards! The awards show will be in the Goldstein Auditorium at the Schine Student Center and will be streamed live and free of charge on Cuse.tv 6:30 p.m. The awards include men's and women's Team of the Year, men's and women's Coach of the Year, male and female Athlete of the Year, and the Soladay Awards.

2022 'Cuse Awards Nominees

Female Rookie of the Year
Brooke Borzymowski (field hockey), Sarah Marchand (ice hockey), Olivia Adamson (lacrosse), Zoe Acosta (rowing), Pauline Machten (soccer), Kelly Breen (softball), Miyka Kimoto (tennis), Kahniya James (track & field); Diana Akapova (volleyball).

Male Rookie of the Year
Duce Chestnut (football), Carter Rice (lacrosse), Lachian Doust (rowing), Curt Calov (soccer) and Trei Thorogood (track & field),

Game of the Year
Field hockey vs. #4 Penn State (NCAA Tournament)
Football vs. Liberty
Ice hockey vs. Mercyhurst (CHA Championship)
Men's basketball vs. Indiana
Women's basketball vs. #18 Ohio State
Men's lacrosse vs. #10 Duke
Women's lacrosse vs. #7 Duke
Men's soccer vs. #6 Clemson

Play of the Year
Field hockey (Pleun Lammer's goal vs. UNC); Football (Shrader to Alford for the win at Virginia Tech); Ice hockey (Sarah Thompson's game-winning goal for the CHA Championship); Men's basketball (Joseph Girard's buzzer-beating three-point field goal against Duke in the ACC Tournament; Men's lacrosse (Tucker Dordevic scored a twisting between the legs shot in transition to give Syracuse a 12-10 fourth quarter lead against Duke. It was SportsCenter's No 1 play); Men's soccer (Deandre Kerr's goal against Clemson); Volleyball (Syracuse scored a point after a point that took nearly 30 seconds to settle, which Syracuse won on a kill by Abby Casiano); Women's lacrosse (Megan Carney scores a behind-the-back goal against Binghamton that was No. 3 on ESPN's top 10); Women's soccer (Meghan Root stole a clear attempt by Virginia Tech's goalkeeper and scored).

Female Performance of the Year
Quiring Comans (field hockey, game-winning goal vs. #12 Connecticut), Emily Hawryschuk (lacrosse, tallied 11 points at Cornell), Teisha Hyman (basketball, triple double vs. Central Connecticut), Angel Jasso (hit for the cycle against Southern), Marina Markova (volleyball, 16 kills on 24 attacks (.667 hitting percentage) vs. Ball State), Abby Moloughney (ice hockey, hat trick vs. RIT in CHA tournament semifinal), Lysianne Proulx (soccer, 15 saves vs. #4 Duke), rowing team (15th-ranked Syracuse won the Lake Wheeler Invitational, beating 15 other teams including #9 Penn and #11 Duke), Abigail Spiers (track & field, scored in both the DMR and the 5,000-meter run in three days at the ACC Championships), Amanda Vestri (cross country, won the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship).

Male Performance of the Year
Tucker Dordevic (lacrosse, scored five goals, two assists and contributed (goal or assist) on every single second half goal against Duke), Joe Dragon (cross country, Syracuse's top finisher at ACC Championship, leading Syracuse to second place finish), Jaheem Hayles (track & field, posted one of the top times nationally in the hurdles at multiple meets, including the Penn Relays), Cole Swider (basketball, 36 points at North Carolina), rowing team (#6 Syracuse won the 65th racing of the Goes Trophy over #11 Navy and #14 Cornell), Sean Tucker (football, ran for 207 yards on 26 carries, the ninth-most yards in a game in program history, against Boston College).

Female Athlete of the Year
Arielle DeSmet (ice hockey), Neli Casares-Maher (softball), Teisha Hyman (basketball), Kahniya James (track & field), Polina Kozyreva (tennis), Marina Markova (volleyball), Hanna Murphy (rowing), Meghan Root (soccer), Meaghan Tyrell (lacrosse), Eefke van den Nieuwenhof (field hockey), Amanda Vestri (cross country),

Male Athlete of the Year
Buddy Boeheim (basketball), Arnaud Buard (rowing), Tucker Dordevic (lacrosse), Joe Dragon (cross country), Jaheem Hayles (track & field), Deandre Kerr (soccer), Sean Tucker (football).

Soladay Award
Najé Murray (basketball), Amanda Vestri (cross country), Claire Cooke (field hockey), Abby Moloughney (ice hockey), Emily Hawryschuk (lacrosse), Emma Gossman (rowing), Meghan Root (soccer), Neli Casares-Maher (softball), Sofya Treshcheva (tennis), Annie Boos (track & field).

Jimmy Boeheim (basketball), Joseph Dragon (cross country), Kingsley Jonathan (football), Brendan Curry (lacrosse), Max Kent (soccer), Maduakolam Onyewu (spirit), JP Trojan (track & field).

Other Awards
ACC Scholar-Athletes of the Year
ACC Top 6 for Service
Cuse Cup
'Cuse Scholars
Syracuse 8 Courage Award
Team Cuse Awards
Team GPA Award
Team Scholars

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