May 12, 2008

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Samford University Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) honored the winners of its Athletes For Athletes program with a dinner at Sol Azteca Monday evening.

Athletes For Athletes is a program designed to encourage Samford's athletes to support all of Samford's teams by attending as many athletic events as possible.

An individual winner was named from each team for the athlete who attended the most events. There was also an individual male and female overall winner and a team winner.

The individual male winner was Kyle Nichols from the baseball team, and the female overall winner was Katie Luckman from the volleyball team. The volleyball team was the overall team winner in the competition.

All of the winners, including the overall individual winners and the individual winners from each team are listed below.

ATHLETES FOR ATHLETES WINNERS
Team Champion: Volleyball
Individual Male Champion: Kyle Nichols, Baseball
Individual Female Champion: Katie Luckman, Volleyball

INDIVIDUAL WINNERS FOR EACH TEAM
Baseball: Kyle Nichols and Stewart Young
Basketball (Men): Bryan Friday and Curtis West
Basketball (Women): MaKenzie Spruiell
Cross Country: Katie Almand
Football: Jonathan Lowery
Golf (Men): Jeremy Cox
Golf (Women): Katelyn Stanier
Soccer: Amber Cress
Softball: Julie Handley
Tennis (Men): Carl Abalos and Oliver Reynolds
Tennis (Women): Taylor Morgan and Lindsay Reidenbach
Track and Field: Asa Ackerson
Volleyball: Katie Luckman