TCU Celebrates Year at Annual Student-Athlete Banquet
4/26/2011 12:00:00 AM | General
April 26, 2011
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FORT WORTH - TCU celebrated another outstanding year for Horned Frog athletics at the annual end-of-the-year student-athlete banquet Monday evening. Seniors Andy Dalton and Jessica Young were named the Pop Boone Athletes of the Year.
Dalton, a four-year starter on TCU's Rose Bowl Champion football team, was named the Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Year for the second-straight season. In his career, the Katy, Texas, native racked up 42 wins as a starter, the most all-time at TCU and the most in the NCAA in 2010-11 by an active starting signal-caller.
Young placed second in the 60-meter dash at the 2011 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in March, helping lead TCU to its highest-ever finish at the indoor national meet. The Columbia, S.C., native also earned her fifth-career All-America honor in the 4x400 meter relay.
In addition to the Pop Boone Award, Dalton was named the recipient of the Chancellor's Award, the department's highest honor. The award is presented to a student-athlete who displays exceptional talent in multiple areas and is only presented in years a candidate is deemed worthy.
Along with being a finalist for the Manning Award, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and the Bobby Bowden Award, Dalton also helped start an on-campus ministry group and read to local kids through TCU's Reading Frogs program.
TCU also honored its student-athletes for the work on the field and in the classroom. Women's golfer Melissa Loh was recipient of the Dutch Meyer Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The Singapore native is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and a three-time All-America Scholar by the National Golf Coaches Association. Loh was named to this year's All-Mountain West Conference team.
Bart Johnson took home the Dutch Meyer Male Scholar Athlete of the Year. The Academic All-American was the football program's G. Malcolm Louden Academic Achievement Award recipient and was named the TCU Scholar-Athlete by the National Football Foundation's Gridiron Club of Dallas. A former walk-on, Johnson hauled in 85 receptions during his TCU career.
TCU consensus All-American Tejay Johnson was given the department's William Koehler Academic Achievement Award, honoring a student-athlete who displays tremendous perseverance and accomplishment while overcoming obstacles of a unique nature. The Garland, Texas, native will graduate next spring with a degree in Habilitation of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
Rifle's Alex Ferguson was presented with the Hal Jay Community Spirit Athlete Award, given to the TCU student-athlete who has gone above and beyond the call of duty in the field of community service.
A new award for 2011, the Breakout Student-Athlete Award, was given to Colin Jones. He tallied 80 tackles in 2010-11 and earned his first-career All-MWC honor. In the Rose Bowl win over Wisconsin, the Bridgeport, Texas, native had a career-high 10 tackles and a sack.
The TCU Athletics Department also honored Most Valuable Players from each sport and recognized those student-athletes who were named All-Americans. Those honorees are listed below.
TCU AWARD WINNERS
Chancellor's Award - Andy Dalton, Football
Pop Boone Female Athlete of the Year - Jessica Young, Track and Field
Pop Boone Male Athlete of the Year - Andy Dalton, Football
Dutch Meyer Female Scholar Athlete of the Year - Melissa Loh, Women's Golf
Dutch Meyer Male Scholar Athlete of the Year - Bart Johnson, Football
William Koehler Academic Achievement Award - Tejay Johnson, Football
Hal Jay Community Spirit Athlete Award - Alex Ferguson
Breakout Student-Athlete Award - Colin Jones
SPORT MVPS
Emily Carter, Women's Basketball
Courtney Chown, Equestrian
Brooke Beeler, Women's Golf
Sarah Scherer, Rifle
Jordan Calhoun, Women's Soccer
Maria Alvarez, Women's Swimming and Diving
Katariina Tuohimaa, Women's Tennis
Jessica Young, Women's Track and Field
Irene Hester, Volleyball
Hank Thorns, Men's Basketball
Andy Dalton, Football
Laszlo Gyurko, Men's Swimming and Diving
Charles Silmon, Men's Track and Field
Mychal Dungey, Men's Track and Field
TCU 2010-11 ALL-AMERICANS
Ashley Aikman, Equestrian
Courtney Chown, Equestrian
Callie Selchau, Equestrian
Tanner Brock, Football
Marcus Cannon, Football
Tank Carder, Football
Wayne Daniels, Football
Tejay Johnson, Football
Jeremy Kerley, Football
Jake Kirkpatrick, Football
Whitney Gipson, Women's Indoor Track and Field
Kristal Juarez, Women's Indoor Track and Field
Jessica Young, Women's Indoor Track and Field
Quinterra Charles, Kristal Juarez, Teneshia Peart, Jessica Young (4x400 relay), Women's Indoor Track and Field
Sarah Beard, Rifle
Mattie Brogdon, Rifle
Caitlin Morrissey, Rifle
Sarah Scherer, Rifle
Players Mentioned
