INDIANAPOLIS - The IU Indianapolis Athletics Department held its end of year Jag Awards on Wednesday night (Apr. 29) as the department honored top performers at The Heirloom at N.K. Hurst. Eli Mercer (men's tennis) and Kaylee Dexter (women's swimming) earned the Melvyn Garland Distinguished Student-Athlete Awards given annually to top performing seniors while Reagan Sohn (Dorothy Cheesman Award) and Isaac Wilson (Jaguars Athletics Club Academic Achievement Award) earned top academic honors. 

Junior Grace Purichia and senior Logan Kelly earned Most Outstanding Jaguar Awards while Kally Kadzinski and Yassin Abdelghany earned Newcomer of the Year Awards. Freshmen Owen Nguyen and Jillian Tippmann were named the department's Freshmen of the Year. 

Kennedy Cowan and Noah Kummrow were selected as Iron Jaguar Award winners and Dexter was selected as the Bob Lovell Service Award winner. In addition, graduating seniors received medallions to be worn at Commencement 2026. 

Below is the full list of honorees from Wednesday night. 

Coaches Awards
    Men's Basketball: Finley Woodward
    Women's Basketball: Destini Craig
    Cheerleading: Logan Higley
    Men's Cross Country: Luke Shappell
    Women's Cross Country: Julie Smith
    Men's Golf: Noah Kirsch
    Women's Golf: Reagan Sohn
    Men's Soccer: Noah Kummrow
    Women's Soccer: Kailyn Smith
    Softball: Molly Kable
    Men's Swimming and Diving: Isaac Wilson
    Women's Swimming and Diving: Luca McGee
    Men's Tennis: Jai Dutta
    Women's Tennis: Calli Sokolowski
    Men's Track and Field: Riley Nixon
    Women's Track and Field: Paige Schulte
    Volleyball: Jordyn Pax
 
Iron Jaguar Awards
Kennedy Cowan, Softball
Noah Kummrow, Men's Soccer
 
Freshmen of the Year
Men: Owen Nguyen, Men's Tennis
Women: Jillian Tippmann, Volleyball
 
Newcomer of the Year Award
Men: Yassin Abdelghany, Men's Swimming
Women: Kally Kadzinski, Women's Tennis
 
Team GPA Awards
Men's Tennis

Community Impact Award
Women's Swimming & Diving Team
              
Bob Lovell Service Award
Kaylee Dexter, Women's Swimming
 
Jaguar Athletics Fund Academic Achievement Award
Isaac Wilson, Men's Swimming

Dorothy Cheesman Academic Achievement Award
Reagan Sohn, Women's Golf
 
Mel Garland Distinguished Student-Athlete Awards
Men: Eli Mercer, Men's Tennis
Women: Kaylee Dexter, Women's Swimming
 
Most Outstanding Jaguar Award
Men: Logan Kelly, Men's Swimming
Women: Grace Purichia, Volleyball
 
Katz, Sapper & Miller Jag Cup
Men's Tennis