Haar, Donovan receive top awards at Charleston Southern athletic banquet

Baseball senior Jordan Haar

CHARLESTON, S.C. – Charleston Southern held its annual athletic awards banquet on Monday night with baseball player Jordan Haar and women’s golfer Erica Donovan taking home the top honors as the school’s Senior Male and Female Athletes of the Year.

Haar is wrapping up a record-setting career as CSU’s all-time leader in hits, homeruns and runs batted in, while Donovan was the top performer on the 2005 women’s golf team, earning all-conference honors with a seventh-place overall finish.

Women’s senior tennis player Kim Kennedy received the R.L. Wynn Christian Leadership Award and senior baseball player Billy Dalton received the Mike Frost Award for Christian Leadership.

Following is the list of award winners, by sport, as presented by their respective coaching staffs on Monday night.

Women’s basketball: Lakeshia Bryant (MVP), Amanda Ekberg (Sportsmanship); Women’s soccer: Miki Wilson (MVP), Ann Basom (Sportsmanship);

Football: Collin Drafts (MVP), Harry Seabrook (Sportsmanship);

Volleyball: Tori Owens (MVP), Erin Wicker (Sportsmanship);

Women’s Indoor track: Lacoya Jones (MVP), Octavia Best (Sportsmanship);

Women’s Cross Country: Cheryl Ewing Jones (MVP), Heather Koziel (Sportsmanship); Men’s Cross Country: Jose Aleman (MVP), Jonathan Horton (Sportsmanship);

Men’s Indoor track: A.J. Scott (MVP), Nathan Breland (Sportsmanship);

Men’s Outdoor track: Nathan Breland (MVP), Joshua Williams (Sportsmanship); Men’s basketball: Kurtis Rice (MVP), Mario Williams (Sportsmanship);

Softball: Jill Shondel (MVP), Jacqui Mines (Sportsmanship);

Women’s Golf: Erica Donovan (MVP), Sara McFadden (Sportsmanship);

Men’s Golf: Shawn Hall (MVP), Paul Gagliardi (Sportsmanship);

Athletic training: Elizabeth Uczekaj and Matthew Steele (Student Trainers of the Year);