University of Tennessee Athletics
Burdick, Reese Earn Top Honors At VOLSCARS
April 13, 2015 | General
April 13, 2015
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Women's basketball's Cierra Burdick and men's tennis' Hunter Reese took home the biggest honors as Ms. Tennessee and Mr. Tennessee at Monday night's VOLSCARS awards.
Here's a look at the award winners and nominees from the event held at the Knoxville Convention Center.
COMEBACK OF THE YEAR
WINNER
-Football: Tennessee rallied from down 42-28 with less than five minutes left in the fourth quarter to post a stunning 45-42 overtime victory at South Carolina on Nov. 1, 2014. At the time, the win was the most unlikely of the college football season according to ESPN as the Vols had a 0.09 percent chance of winning, being down by 14 with 2 minutes to play in regulation.
NOMINEES
-Women's Soccer: Fighting for a SEC Tournament postseason berth, Tennessee rallied to beat Ole Miss in overtime to qualify for the SEC Tournament. Then UT rallied from down 2-0 in the SEC Tournament First Round to beat Alabama, 3-2. In the SEC Quarterfinals, Tennessee upset #8/#2 seed Florida, winning in penalty kicks.
-Women's Tennis: Rallied from down 3-0 to post an epic 4-3 win over #24 Auburn under the lights on April 11, 2014, as Joanna Henderson clinched the win 7-6, 2-6, 6-3.
-Men's Basketball: Down by five points with 15 seconds to go on the road at rival Vanderbilt, the Volunteers rallied to force overtime before escaping Memorial Gym with a thrilling 76-73 victory over the Commodores.
- Women's Basketball: The Lady Vols rallied from down by as many as 17 points with 6:34 left in the second half to post a 73-69 overtime win over Gonzaga in the Sweet 16 to advance to the Elite Eight.
BEST MALE SUPPORTING ROLE
WINNER
- Jarryd Chaplin, Tennis
NOMINEES
- Ryan McFall, Swimming & Diving
- Deon McAdoo, Track & Field
- Dalton Saberhagen, Baseball
BEST FEMALE SUPPORTING ROLE
WINNER
- Rainey Gaffin, Softball
NOMINEES
- Allie Sirna, Soccer
- Diamond DeShields, Basketball
- Lucia Polo, Golf
MEN'S ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
WINNER
- Christian Coleman, Track & Field
2015 SEC Indoor Men's Freshman Runner of the Year
2015 First Team Indoor All-American (60m)
2015 SEC Men's Indoor Bronze Medalist (60m)
2x SEC Men's Freshman Runner of the Week (2015)
NOMINEES
- Nick Senzel, Baseball
2014 SEC All-Freshman Team
2014 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
2014 Perfect Game Freshman All-American
- Derek Barnett, Football
2014 Grantland National Rookie Of Year
2014 Campus Insiders Defensive Freshman Of The Year
2014 FWAA Freshman All-American Team
2014 Sporting News Freshman All-American Team
2014 ESPN's True Freshman All-American Team
- Sam McHugh, Swimming & Diving
2015 All-SEC (2nd team)
2015 Honor Mention All-American in 400 IM, finishing ninth overall
2015 SEC Second Place in 200 butterfly (1.42:01 - second all-time at UT)
WOMEN'S ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
WINNER
- Annie Aldrete, Softball
2014 NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year (Co-Winner)
2014 NFCA Division I All-American (2nd Team)
2014 NFCA Division I All-Southeast Region (1st Team)
2014 First Team All-SEC
2014 Freshman All-SEC
NOMINEES
- Carlyn Baldwin, Soccer
2014 Top Drawer Soccer Postseason Women's Freshman Top 100 (No. 18)
2014 Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Freshman Second Team
2014 Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI - Freshman Team
2014 SEC All-Freshman Team
- Felecia Majors, Track & Field
2014 Honorable Mention Outdoor All-American (400m)
Part of US Team that won the 4X400 relay at World Junior Championships
Finished 4th in U.S. Junior Championships in the 400 meters
Qualified for NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 400 meters
- Eve Repic, Tennis
2014 ITA Ohio Valley Rookie of the Year
2014 All-SEC Second Team
2014 All-SEC Freshman Team
TRIBUTE TO Sean Karl, Men's Tennis
MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
WINNERS
- Mikelis Libietis/Hunter Reese, Tennis
2014 NCAA Doubles Champions
2014 ITA Doubles Team of the Year (end-year No. 1 ranking)
2014 ITA All-American Championships
2014 National Indoor Finalists
36-5 Overall Record, 13-1 in College Majors
NOMINIEES
- Jake Blankenship, Track & Field
2014 First Team Outdoor All-American (Pole Vault)
2015 First Team Indoor All-American (Pole Vault)
2015 NCAA Men's Indoor Silver Medalist (Pole Vault)
2015 SEC Men's Indoor Silver Medalist (Pole Vault)
- Sean Lehane, Swimming
NCAA Second Place - 200 Backstroke
SEC Champion - 200 Backstroke
SEC Champion - 200 Medley Relay
All-SEC
All-American
- Oliver Goss, Golf
2014 Division 1 Ping All-Region Team (Southeast)
2014 Masters Silver Cup (Masters low amateur)
2014 Masters participant
2014 Ben Hogan Award Watch List
- Christin Stewart: Baseball
2014 All-SEC First Team
Named 2014 Preseason Top 50 Player by Baseball America
2014 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Batting Title
`Best Hitter' honors w/ USA CNT at Haarlem-Honkbal Week in the Netherlands
FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
WINNER
- Madison Shipman, Softball
2014 Honda Sports Award - Softball
2014 Senior CLASS Award - Softball
2014 NFCA All-American (1st Team)
2014 SEC Player of the Year
NOMINEES
- Chelsea Blaase, Cross Country/Track & Field
2014 Cross Country All-American (10th at National Meet)
2014 First Team All-SEC (Cross Country)
2x SEC Women's Runner of the Week (Cross Country)
2015 First Team Indoor All-American (5000m)
2015 SEC Women's Indoor Bronze Medalist (3000m)
- Molly Hannis, Swimming
SEC Champion - 200 Medley Relay
SEC Champion - 400 Medley Relay
All-SEC
All-American
- Isabelle Harrison, Basketball
2015 AP Honorable Mention All-American
2015 Coaches All-SEC First Team
2015 AP All-SEC Second Team
2015 College Sports Madness All-SEC First Team
2014-15 John R. Wooden Award Late Season Top-20 List
MR. TENNESSEE
WINNER
- Hunter Reese, Tennis
NOMINEES
- Cameron Brown, Track & Field
- Josh Richardson, Basketball
- Curt Maggitt, Football
MS. TENNESSEE
WINNER
- Cierra Burdick, Basketball
NOMINEES
- Joanna Henderson, Tennis
- Cassie Wertman, Track & Field
- Jessie Richardson, Rowing
CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Women's Basketball: 2014-15 SEC Regular-Season Co-Champions
- Football: 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl Champions
- Men's Tennis: Libietis & Reese 2014 NCAA Doubles Champions
POSTSEASON
- Women's Basketball: 2015 (Elite Eight)
- Softball: 2014 Super Regional
- Men's Golf: 2014 Eugene Regionals (11th Place)
- Women's Golf: 2014 West Regionals (16th Place)
- Men's Swimming 2015 NCAA Championships (14th place)
- Women's Swimming 2015 NCAA Championships (11th place)
- Men's Tennis: NCAA Championships (2014 Sweet 16)
- Women's Tennis: NCAA Championships (2014 First Round)
- Men's Track & Field: NCAA Outdoor Championships (18th place)
- Men's Track & Field: NCAA Indoor Championships (17th place)
- Women's Track & Field: NCAA Outdoor Championships (59th place)
- Women's Track & Field: NCAA Indoor Championships (38th place)
