INDIANAPOLIS - Seniors Eric Hoffman and Macee Williams claimed top honors as the IUPUI Athletics Department hosted the 2022 Jag Awards inside the Campus Center on Monday night (May 1). Hoffman and Williams were honored with the department's Melvyn Garland Distinguished Student-Athlete Awards - the highest single honor given to an IUPUI male and female student-athlete. 

The duo of Matthew Baxter (men's golf) and Quinn McCallion (men's soccer) earned the Jaguars Athletics Fund Academic Achievement Awards while Sabrina Elder (women's cross country / track), Amber Pagan (softball) and Jaida Speth (softball) earned the Dorothy Cheesman Awards for the top female grade point averages among the senior class. 

Monday marked the first time IUPUI had hosted the awards in person since Spring 2019. 

Williams, a four-time #HLWBB Player of the Year, finished her college career as IUPUI's all-time leader in points (2,355) and rebounds (1,291) and guided the Jaguars to a pair of league titles. She finished her career with 57 double-doubles and 935 field goals made, ranking among the most efficient players in all of college basketball throughout her career. Hoffman has been brilliant in both cross country and track for the Jaguars, including setting the school records in the 5,000m event in both indoor and outdoor track. He was the Horizon League Championships Top Performer in the 2020 Indoor season after winning league titles in both the 3,000 and 5,000m events. In cross country, he's helped IUPUI to three consecutive #HLXC titles and a consistent Great Lakes Regional ranking. 

Baxter and McCallion shared the Jaguars Athletics Fund Academic Achievement Awards as both will graduate with 3.97 grade point averages while Pagan had the top GPA among the women's graduates at 3.99. Both Elder and Speth are on pace to finish at 3.98. 

Other top honors went to Morgan Allen (Bob Lovell Service Award), Sadie Smith (Determination Award), Morgan Gilbert (Sportsmanship Award) and Laura Hue (Support Staff Person of the Year). The men's and women's swim team swept the Freshmen of the Year Awards as Logan Kelly and Emmaleigh Zietlow were honored and Tyler Gainer (men's soccer) and Kelly Zehnder (women's track) collected the Iron Jaguar Awards. 

Chuck Koeppen and Justin Roeder were named the Coaching Staff of the Year and Destiny Perkins' four-point play to help seal the #HLWBB Championship was the department's Play of the Year. 

Allen, Maddie Haines, Alexandra Schwartz and Jaida Speth earned IU School of Social Work Difference Maker Awards. 

The full list of awards are listed below. 

Coach's Awards
Nathan McClure - Men's Basketball
Morgan Allen - Women's Basketball
Nate Kaiser - Men's Cross Country
Sabrina Elder - Women's Cross Country
Sam McWilliams - Men's Golf
Amelie Svejda - Women's Golf
Lucas Morefield - Men's Soccer
Alex Ludolph - Women's Soccer
Madison Bryant - Softball
Nick Dibley - Men's Swimming & Diving
Lauren Thompson - Women's Swimming & Diving
Blessing Benibo - Men's Tennis
Christina Stankovic - Women's Tennis
Eric Hoffman - Men's Track & Field
Marie Terry - Women's Track & Field
Rhiannon Schuenemann - Volleyball

Iron Jaguar Award
Kelly Zehnder - Women's Track & Field
Tyler Gainer - Men's Soccer

Sportsmanship Award
Morgan Gilbert - Softball

Determination Award
Sadie Smith - Women's Diving

Support Staff Person of the Year
Laura Hue

Freshman of the Year
Logan Kelly - Men's Swimming
Emmaleigh Zietlow - Women's Swimming

Coaching Staff of the Year Award - Men's Cross Country & Track
Chuck Koeppen & Justin Roeder

Play of the Year
Destiny Perkins' four-point play in the closing minutes of the #HLWBB Championship

School of Social Work Difference Maker Awards
Morgan Allen - Women's Basketball
Maddie Haines - Volleyball
Alexandra Schwartz - Women's Cross Country / Track
Jaida Speth - Softball

Bob Lovell Service Award
Morgan Allen - Women's Basketball

Jaguars Athletics Fund Academic Achievement Award
Matthew Baxter - Men's Golf
Quinn McCallion - Men's Soccer

Dorothy Cheesman Award
Sabrina Elder - Women's Cross Country / Track
Amber Pagan - Softball
Jaida Speth - Softball

Mel Garland Distinguished Student-Athlete Awards
Eric Hoffman - Men's Cross Country / Track
Macee Williams - Women's Basketball