Nineteen Student-Athlete Awards handed out at Inaugural Student-Athlete Awards
ORANGE, Calif — On Thursday, May 12 Chapman Athletics held its inaugural Student-Athlete Awards ceremony. Along with 15 awards for first, second and third years, four senior awards were announced on top of that.
View and download photos from the awards ceremony
Those being Male and Female Scholar-Athlete Awards as well as the Jack Duddy and Don Perkins Leadership Awards.
Male Scholar-Athlete Award
Dillon Keefe was named the 2022 Male Scholar-Athlete Award winner. In addition to his tremendous play on the field for Chapman football, Keefe accumulated a 3.44 GPA in the classroom while collecting his bachelor's in business administration.
The linebacker was a two-time First Team AFCA and D3Football.com All-America, and a two-time SCIAC Defensive Athlete of the Year. He posted over 200 tackles in his career and an impressive 43 tackles for loss.
"Keefe is like Halley's comet," said Bob Owens, head coach of football. "A player like him only comes once every 100 years. His work ethic on the field translated in the classroom as well. He was a great player to coach and have around the program."
Female Scholar-Athlete Award
Sophie Srivastava was named the 2022 Female Scholar-Athlete Award winner. Along with being one of the most decorated athletes in Chapman Women's Volleyball history, Srivastava excelled in the classroom with a 4.0 GPA as a Psychology major and earned SCIAC All-Academic honors three times.
On the court she was a two-time AVCA player of the year, three-time All-West Region, 2021 SCIAC Athlete of the year, and three-time All-SCIAC First Team. Srivastava also posted 32 career triple-doubles — in digs, assists, and kills — the most in the nation across all NCAA levels since they began tracking the statistic in 2014.
She also served as the co-president and treasurer for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
"Sophie was an amazing student to have both on the court and at the university," said Mary Cahill, head coach of women's volleyball. " Her ability to maintain a 4.0 while being the SAAC president and an All-American was tremendous."
Jack Duddy Award
Jessi Lumsden was named the recipient of the 2022 Jack Duddy Award for her outstanding leadership on and off the court. Lumsden worked alongside Srivastava as the other co-president of SAAC and posted a 3.61 GPA .
"Jessi has not only been a leader for the volleyball team as team captain the last three years, but she has also been a great leader for Chapman Athletics," Coach Cahill said in regards to Lumsden's leadership with SAAC.
On the court, however, as the team captain Cahill mentioned, Lumsden led the Volleyball team to two consecutive SCIAC championships in 2019 and 2021. She finished her career with over 1000 kills across three seasons.
Don Perkins Award
Hayden Moore was named the recipient of the 2022 Don Perkins Award for his leadership skills exhibited on the court and in the classroom. Moore completed his degree in Accounting with a 3.83 GPA.
Men's basketball head coach Mike Bokosky expressed his appreciation for Moore as a member of the program.
"He was like having another coach on the basketball team," Bokosky said. "He could relate to all of our players, and they gravitated towards him as he was always approachable."
Moore led the Panthers to the NCAA Tournament and a competitive first round loss to Mary Hardin-Baylor. He was the Panthers second leading scorer at 15.4 points per game.
All Other Award Winners
First-Year Female Athlete of the Year — Jillian Kelly, Softball
First-Year Male Athlete of the Year — Zach Waddell, Swimming
Sophomore Female Athlete of the Year — Anna Klose, Women's Lacrosse
Sophomore Male Athlete of the Year — Jesse McMillan, Track & Field
Junior Female Athlete of the Year — Maddie Mirro, Cross Country, Track & Field
Junior Male Athlete of the Year — Wyatt Thompson, Baseball
Breakthrough Female Athlete of the Year — Julia Strand, Women's Basketball
Breakthrough Male Athlete of the Year — Anthony Giomi, Men's Basketball
Female Character Award — Jessie Roux, Women's Soccer
Male Character Award — Dillon Keefe, Football
Comeback Player of the Year — Julia Strand, Women's Basketball
Panther Pride Award — Jessi Lumsden, Women's Volleyball
Moment of the Year — Chris Tsirtsis' 96-yard pick six
Community Service Award — Football
Most Spirited Team — Women's Soccer
By Joe Perrino
Assistant SID / Recreation Sports Manager
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