FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: May 08, 2008
CONTACT: San Francisco State University Sports Information Office
PHONE: 415-338-1579
GENERAL ATHLETICS
GATORS HOLD ANNUAL STUDENT-ATHLETE BANQUET
San Francisco, Calif.--- This past Tuesday, May 6, the SF State
Department of Athletics held their Annual Student-Athlete Banquet in Jack Adams
Hall in the Cesar Chavez Student Union the campus of SF State. The Gators presented seven awards at this
year’s banquet in the Arete, Male Athlete of the
Year, Female Athlete of the Year, Freshman Male Athlete of the Year, Freshman
Female Athlete of the Year, and the CCAA Dr. Hal Charnofsky
Awards.
The first
award given on Tuesday evening was the Gator Freshman Female Athlete of the
Year which was presented to SF State softball player Kendra Wood (DP/P, San Jose, Calif./Lynbrook
HS). Wood had an 11-8 record with a team
low 1.76 earned run average for the Gators while batting .312 with 48 hits of
which 9 were doubles and 7 were home runs.
She also batted in 30 runs while scoring 21 times. Earlier this week, she was named to the
All-CCAA Second Team and the Daktronics All-West
Region First Team.
Robert Hayes (G, San
Diego, Calif/St.
Augustine’s HS) was presented the Gator Freshman Male
Athlete of the Year. The 2007-08 CCAA
Freshman Men’s Basketball of the Year averaged 12.1 points and 2.8 rebounds per
game while dishing out 61 assists and recording 50 steals this season for the
Gators. He also was named to the
All-CCAA Second Team.
Curtis Schurkamp (Jr, 125, Escalon, Calif/Cal State Fullerton) was
named the Gator Male Athlete of the Year.
The 2008 NCAA Division II All-American finished his season with a 27-14
record while placing third at the nationals in March in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. He was the NCAA Division II West Region
Runner-up at 125 while earning All-Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
honors.
Krystle Mays (Jr,
G/F, Long Beach, Calif/Chatsworth
HS) was named recipient of the Gator Female Athlete of the Year. The 2007-08 First Team All-CCAA Women’s Basketball
Team selection averaged 12.3 and 7.4 rebounds per game while recording seven
double-doubles. She also is currently in
the top ten on SF State career lists in scoring and rebounding.
Morgan Davison (Jr,
D, Arlington, VA/Radford
University) was one of the Gators’ two recipients of the CCAA Dr. Hal Charnofsky Award which is given to a student-athlete in a
CCAA sponsored sport for excellence on the field and our court as well as the
classroom. Davison played in 20 games this season for the Gators while scoring
one goal and recording two assists. She
played a key role in the Gators’ defense allowing 1.25 goals a game while
recording 8 shutouts. The two-time
All-CCAA performer also recorded one game-winning goal.
Batbileg Bor (Sr, San Francisco,
Calif/International Studies
Academy) was the other Gator recipient of the CCAA Dr. Hal Charnofsky
Award as well as the Arete Award. The Arete Award is
given to a SF State student-athlete that has excelled on the field and our
court as well as the classroom. Bor finished 9th this season at
the CCAA Cross Country Championships while earning All-CCAA
honors. He also finished second at the
USF Invitational and 23rd at the NCAA Division II Far West Regionals.