17th Annual 'Cuse Awards Will Honor the Orange
5/1/2023 9:04:00 PM | Cuse Awards
Syracuse Athletics' annual celebration of the academic and athletic accomplishments of its student-athletes takes place Tuesday evening with the 17th annual 'Cuse Awards! All the action from the Tan Auditorium at the National Veterans Resource Center will be streamed live on Cuse.tv 6:30 p.m.
2023 'Cuse Awards Nominees
Female Rookie of the Year
Male Rookie of the Year
Game of the Year
Play of the Year
Female Performance of the Year
Male Performance of the Year
Female Athlete of the Year
Male Athlete of the Year
Soladay Award
Other Awards
2023 'Cuse Awards Nominees
Female Rookie of the Year
- Jannemijn Deutman (field hockey)
- Rhea Hicks (ice hockey)
- Ellie-Kate Hutchinson (rowing)
- Madelyn Lopez (Softball)
- Shea Vanderbosch (soccer)
- Coco Vandiver (lacrosse)
Male Rookie of the Year
- LeQuint Allen (football)
- Assaf Harari (cross country)
- Judah Mintz (basketball)
- Joey Spallina (lacrosse)
Game of the Year
- Women's basketball vs. #14 North Carolina
- Field hockey vs. #8 Princeton (NCAA Tournament First Round)
- Football vs. Purdue
- Men's lacrosse vs. #12 North Carolina
- Women's lacrosse vs. #4 Northwestern
- Men's rowing Goes Trophy Race
- Women's rowing Varsity 8 vs. #8 Penn
- Men's soccer vs. Indiana (NCAA National Championship)
- Women's soccer at Virginia
- Tennis vs. #23 Miami
Play of the Year
- Men's basketball (Judah Mintz's dunk vs. Illinois in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge)
- Field hockey (Eefke van den Nieuwenhof's goal vs. #2 Maryland)
- Football (Garett Shrader's game-winning touchdown pass to Oronde Gadsden II vs. Purdue)
- Ice hockey (Tatum White's game-winning goal vs. Lindenwood)
- Men's lacrosse (Sam Olexo's takeaway check and goal vs. Notre Dame)
- Women's lacrosse (Meaghan Tyrell's backhand pass to Emma Tyrell, who scored on a shovel pass vs. #6 Stony Brook)
- Men's soccer (Levonte Johnson's game-winning goal vs. North Carolina in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals)
- Women's soccer (Koby Commandant's goal vs. #2 Virginia)
- Softball (A SportsCenter Top 10 play, Trinity Nichols' diving stop at second base to end the sixth inning vs. Notre Dame)
Female Performance of the Year
- Arielle Desmet (ice hockey, recorded a season-high 50 saves in an overtime tie at Mercyhurst)
- Chelsea Domond (women's soccer, had a goal and two assists in a 3-1 victory against Miami)
- Zeynep Erman (tennis, defeated the No. 8 Singles player in the nation)
- Dyaisha Fair (basketball, scored a season-high 36 points (the most by any ACC player in the regular season) in a 90-72 win against Virginia)
- Madison Knight (softball, threw the 11th no-hitter in Syracuse softball history, and the first since 2018, in a 8-0 run-rule victory against NC State)
- Lysianne Proulx (soccer, 15 saves vs. #4 Duke)
- Savannah Roark (cross country, became the third All-American in women's program history and posted the second-best finish (23rd) by an Orange woman at the NCAA Championships)
- Meaghan Tyrell (lacrosse, recorded a career-high 11 points to lead the Orange past No. 2 Maryland, 20-11)
- Amanda Vestri (track and field, became the first Syracuse women's indoor first-team All-American since 2018 when she finished sixth in the 5K at the NCAA Championships)
Male Performance of the Year
- Jesse Edwards (men's basketball, recorded 27 points, 20 rebounds, two blocks and five steals in 40 minutes; shot 11-15 from the field and 5-9 from the foul line; program's first regulation 20 points-20 rebounds game since 1990)
- Oronde Gadsden (football, recorded eight catches for 141 yards and two touchdowns in the Orange's top-15 win against NC State)
- Jaheem Hayles (track and field, finished fourth in the 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships with a time of 7.61, making him the second-fastest man in program history in the event)
- Will Mark (lacrosse, staring down 66 shots from #5 Duke, he turned aside 22 would-be goals against one of the top offenses in the country. He finished the game with a 61.1 save percentage in an instant classic overtime thriller)
- Paul O'Donnell (track and field, won the ACC Championship in remarkable fashion, racing from the unseeded section of the 5,000-meter run and blazing a facility record time)
- Nathan Opoku (soccer, tallied a goal and an assist against Indiana in the NCAA National Championship match)
Female Athlete of the Year
- Lauren Bellefontaine (ice hockey)
- Quirine Comans (field hockey)
- Dyaisha Fair (basketball)
- Polina Kozyreva (tennis)
- Kamile Kralikaite (rowing)
- Savannah Roark (cross country)
- Polina Shemanova (volleyball)
- Meaghan Tyrell (lacrosse)
- Shea Vanderbosch (tennis)
- Amanda Vestri (track and field)
Male Athlete of the Year
- Jesse Edwards (basketball)
- Jaheem Hayles (track and field)
- Will Mark (lacrosse)
- Nathan Opoku (soccer)
- Garett Sharder (football)
Soladay Award
- Lauren Bellefontaine (ice hockey)
- Matthew Bergeron (football)
- Arnaud Buard (rowing)
- Noah Carey (cross country)
- Charlotte de Vries (field hockey)
- Peter Fiorini III (lacrosse)
- Luisa Gathmann (rowing)
- Joe Girard III (basketball)
- Eleanor Lawler (cross country)
- Paul O'Donnell (track and field)
- Meaghan Tyrrell (lacrosse)
- Polina Shemanova (volleyball)
- Amferny Sinclair (soccer)
- Abigail Spiers (track and field)
- Jenna Tivnan (soccer)
- Paige Yamane (spirit)
Other Awards
- ACC Scholar-Athletes of the Year
- ACC Top 6 for Service
- Coach of the Year
- Cuse Cup
- 'Cuse Scholars
- Syracuse 8 Courage Award
- Team of the Year
- Team Cuse Awards
- Team GPA Award
- Team Scholars
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