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A&T Celebrates Excellence In Many Facets at Aggie ESPYs

The men's and women's track and field programs win the Community Service Teams of the Year Award.

Coach's of the Year - 2025 Aggie ESPYS \ www.ncataggies.com - Photo by: Kevin L. Dorsey
Kevin L. Dorsey
A&T had four coaches win conference coach of the year in their respective sports. (l to r) Bowling coach Kim Terrell-Kearney, director of track and field Allen Johnson, volleyball coach Hal Clifton, and women's basketball coach Tarrell Robinson pose together at Monday night's Aggie ESPYs.

Athletics | 4/29/2025 7:42:00 AM

GREENSBORO – Monday night served as a night where North Carolina A&T Athletics got an opportunity to celebrate their very best on the playing surfaces, in the classroom, and the community at the annual Aggie ESPYs Awards Banquet at The Alumni-Foundation Event Center on the campus of North Carolina A&T State University.

In what is becoming a standard, more and more student-athletes served as presenters, including volleyball player Ceci Carter's extraordinary dedication to her teammate and SAAC Leadership award winner Laurel Rogers. In addition, women's basketball player Reiven Douglas opened the show with a strong welcome that acknowledged the hard work of her fellow student athletes.

Senior and two-time first-team All-CAA performer Jordyn Dorsey spoke warmly about what it meant to be on the women's basketball for four years and what it meant to win the CAA regular-season championship. Two-time MEAC Bowler of the Year and senior Melanie Katen delivered a heartwarming goodbye to the Aggies championship bowling program that reached the NCAA tournament in each of the five years she bowled in Aggieland.

Men's track and field, women's track and field and bowling were among the big winners when it came to performance on the various playing surfaces, with bowler Maya Avilez claiming the Kayla White Female Athlete of the Year Award and men's track and field athlete Jason Holmes winning the Tarik Cohen Male Athlete of the Year Award.

Cohen, an NFL All-Pro during his professional football career and a four-time winner of A&T's Male Athlete of the Year Award was present to present the honor.

Sixteen A&T student-athletes were named Academic Athletes of the Year by posting 4.0 grade-point averages. A&T's two tennis programs were the best academically, with men's tennis winning the Athletics Director's Academic Team Award on the male side and women's tennis winning on the female side. The men's and women's track and field teams received the Community Service Teams of the Year Award for their focus on working with local elementary schools.

They volunteered to mentor young students, promote physical fitness and support educational initiatives.

Below is a list of Monday's winners:

Department of Athletics Superlatives
Co-Female Rookie Athletes of the Year: Victorya White, Bowling; Tyne Ross, Volleyball
Male Rookie of the Year: JT Taylor, Baseball
Senior Female Athlete of the Year: Jordyn Dorsey, Women's Basketball
Senior Male Athlete of the Year: Brayden Hodgest, Men's Track and Field
Kayla White Female Athlete of the Year: Maya Avilez, Bowling
Tarik Cohen Male Athlete of the Year: Jason Holmes, Men's Track and Field

Special Recognition Awards
AAF Award:
Julieth Nwosu, Women's Track and Field
North Carolina A&T Sports Hall of Fame Award: Ian Pedersen, Men's Tennis
SAAC Leadership Award: Laurel Rogers, Volleyball
Catherine Bonner Award: Thomas Brown, Football
Catherine and Micheal Simmons Leadership Award: Jermaine Foye, A&T Housing & Residence Life
Community Service Teams of the Year: Men's and Women's Track and Field

Academic Awards
Women's Athletics Director's Academic Team Award: Women's Tennis
Men's Athletics Director's Academic Team Award: Men's Tennis

Women's Academic Athletes of the Year
Ani'a Campbell, Women's Track and Field
Dorsa Cheraghi, Women's Tennis
Melanie Katen, Bowling
Sady Moody, Women's Track and Field
Ryan Prioleau, Women's Track and Field
Nahndi Smith, Women's Basketball
Michaela Stanfield, Cheerleading
Grace Stull, Bowling
Makenna Urbanek, Women's Track and Field
Katriel Williams, Softball

Men's Academic Athletes of the Year
Christopher Allen, Football
Ethan Baly, Men's Tennis
Ayush Bodhale, Men's Golf
Drake Belcher, Men's Golf
Aidan Scott, Men's Golf
Bryson Ruddy, Football  

Team Awards
Men's Golf
Coach's Award: Javier Morgado
Men's Golfer of The Year: Camilo Marin Raga
Rookie of the Year: Ignacio Zapata

Women's Golf
Coach's Award: Polina Marina
Women's Golfer of The Year: Ekaterina Prokhorova
 
Football
Brandon Parker Aggie Academic Award: Anthony Rucker

Baseball
Scholar Athlete Award: Darius Robinson

Cheer
Rookie of the Year: Aliyah Drew
Most Valuable Performer: Kennedi Stevens
Most Improved Performer: Bryanna Hutchinson
Coach's Award: Kaitlyn Cantey
Sportsmanship Award: Madison Manley
Most Spirited: Carter Powell

Volleyball
Most Valuable Player: Leonor Polezzi                                                                    
Co-Offensive Player of the Year: Tyne Ross                                                                                     
Co-Offensive Player of the Year: Hannah Howell                                                    
Defensive Player of the Year: Valeria Estrada                                                     
Aggie Pride Award: Charlie Meadoweal

Bowling
Rookie of The Year: Victorya White
Bowler of The Year: Maya Avilez
Stallings Bowler of The Year: Chloe Newberry
Award of Excellence: Laura Garcia

Softball 
Player of the Year: Katriel Williams                                                                           
Aggie Pride Award: Joey Barkhimer                                                                                                 
Most Improved Player: Destiny Sims                                                                                                                                            
Freshman Impact Player: Tyra Robinson                                                                   
Academic Impact Player: Katriel Williams

Men's Track & Field
Coach's Award: Carlos Alexander
Field MVP: Brayden Hodgest                                                                                                                                                
Men's Track MVP: Jason Holmes

Women's Track & Field 
Coach's Award: Makenna Urbanek                                           
Field MVP: Julieth Nwosu                                               
Women's Track MVP: Lucheyona Weaver

Men's Basketball
Most Improved: Efstratios Kalliontzis                                                         
Coach's Award: Jordan Martin                                                                                 
Aggie Award: Will Felton

Women's Basketball
Most Improved: Paris Locke
Newcomer of the Year: Darrionna Howard
Impact Player of the Year: Jordyn Dorsey
Commit to Grit: Jordan Dorsey
Defensive Player of the Year: Jordyn Dorsey

Men's Tennis
Most Valuable Player AGGIES 2.0:  Said Akbarov 
Leadership Award AGGIES 2.0: Mathieu Dussaubat 
Impact Player of the Year AGGIES 2.0: Jindrich Brill

Women's Tennis
Most Valuable Player AGGIES 2.0: Randy Rakotoarilala 
Women's Tennis Leadership Award AGGIES 2.0: Hana El Sherif 
Rookie of the Year AGGIES 2.0: Flavia Villegas
 
 
 
 
 
 
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