Twelve student-athletes and a student manager and trainer were honored Monday night as "Most Valuable" for their sports at the annual Sam Houston State All-Sports Banquet Monday night at the Lowman Student Center.
Named as "Most Valuable" were Jenny Pence (soccer), Victoria Gemeny (women's cross country), Joey D'Eramo (men's cross country), Anna Ferguson (volleyball), Jason Madkins (football), Ambra McCuin (women's indoor track and field), Michael Courtney (men's indoor track and field), Brittany Brooks (women's basketball), Corey Allmond and Ashton Mitchell (men's basketball), Giorgia Pozzan (tennis), Shelby Hardy (women's golf), Scott Kelly and Fergal Rafferty (men's golf) and Morgan Mikulin (softball).
Kristen Drosche was named as "Most Valuable" student athletic trainer and Mike Hendren received the honor as "Most Valuable" student manager.
Baseball and men's and women's outdoor track and field will name their "Most Valuable" participants later in the spring.
The 2009-10 Most Valuable winners:
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 SOCCER
JENNY PENCE
Junior goalkeeper from Kingwood
Leading the soccer team to its highest Southland finish in program history, Pence earned All-Conference honors as a junior and was a two-time SLC "goalkeeper of the week" winner. With her 4.0 GPA, she was named ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Region, first team Academic All-Southland and was only of only four student-athletes from Texas named to the National Soccer Coaches Association Academic All-South squad.
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 WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
VICTORIA GEMENY
Sophomore from Fort Worth
In her second year as a Bearkat, Victoria posted the team's top performance at the annual Southland Conference cross country meet. She also was the Kats' top finisher at the SHSU Cross Country Invitational
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 MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
JOEY D'ERAMO
Sophomore from Houston
An unselfish competitor for the Bearkats, Joey finished among the top 15 competitors in each of Sam Houston's regular season races and placed 41st at the annual Southland Cross Country meet |
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 VOLLEYBALL
ANNA FERGUSON
Receiving the honor for the second year in a row, Anna was a first team All-Southland selection after leading the Bearkats to 20 victories, the most for the program since 1996. She was a three-time Southland "Player of the Week" winner and ranked No. 4 in the league in kills. With her 3.46 overall GPA she also was a first team selection on the 2009 Academic All-Southland honor squad
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FOOTBALL
JASON MADKINS
Senior from Mart, Texas
One of two first team All-Southland Conference selections for the 2009 Sam Houston football team, Madkins led the Bearkats with 56 pass receptions for 1,073 yards and eight touchdowns. He is only the seventh Bearkat receiver to gain more than 1,000 yards in a single season.
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 WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
AMBRA MCCUIN
Sophomore from Lancaster
Ambra helped lead the Sam Houston women to a fourth place team finish at the Southland indoor, earning All-Conference honors twice with third place finishes in both the long jump and the triple jump. McCuin also was named as the winner of the 2010 SH Award
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MEN'S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD
MICHAEL COURTNEY
Senior from El Paso
Michael became the first Bearkat to earn All-America honors in NCAA Division I Indoor Track with his fourth place finish in the NCAA 400 meter dash. He finished only seven tenths of one second behind the NCAA champion. Courtney was the first Bearkat to earn a spot in national indoor finals. He won the 2010 Southland indoor 400 meter, bringing his career total of Southland championships to 10. |
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
BRITTANY BROOKS
Senior from Spring, Texas
Brittany Brooks was named the 2010 Southland Women's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Year. A business major with a 3.34 overall grade point average, Brittany played an integral role in leading the women to their highest win total since 2000 and its first tournament berth since 2004. She was a second team All-Southland selection after ranking fourth in the league in scoring with a 15.3 average.
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  MEN'S BASKETBALL
COREY ALLMOND & ASHTON MITCHELL
Seniors from - Oxen Hill Maryland and New Orleans, Louisiana
The highest scoring backcourt in Bearkat history, Corey and Ashton guided Sam Houston to its most successful NCAA Division I men's basketball season ever. The men rolled up 25 victories, won both the Southland Conference regular season and tournament championship and took Elite Eight participant Baylor down to the wire in the NCAA first round. Both guards were first team All-Conference selections. Allmond earned national recognition by setting a Rupp Arena record for most three point baskets in a game and was ranked nationally in both scoring and shooting. Ashton led the Southland in assists for the second year in a row. Both rank among the top 20 all-time scorers at Sam Houston |
 WOMEN'S TENNIS
GIORGIA POZZAN
Sophomore from Milan, Italy
Giorgia rolled up a 12-6 record playing at number one and two in dual match singles and eight victories at number one doubles leading the Bearkats to a 7-4 Southland Conference record and their fifth straight Southland post-season appearance. |
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WOMEN'S GOLF
SHELBY HARDY
Freshman from San Saba
Shelby produced a remarkable record during her first season at Sam Houston. She placed among the top 10 individuals in six of the nine tournaments in which she played; she led the Bearkats in stroke average and she tied for runner-up honors at the 2010 Southland Conference championships.
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MEN'S GOLF
SCOTT KELLY & FERGAL RAFFERTY
Junior from Kingwood and senior from Northern Ireland
Kelly and Rafferty led the 2010 men's golf team in stroke average and combined for eight top 10 inidividual finishes this season. Kelly won the individual medalist championship at the Sam Houston State Fall Invitational
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 SOFTBALL
MORGAN MIKULIN
Senior from Huntsville
A main stay for the Sam Houston softball team both in the pitching circle and at the plate the past four years, Mikulin is putting the finishing touches on an outstanding career this spring. As a pitcher, she holds the Sam Houston record for most saves and ranks third in all-time strike outs and fifth in career victories. At the plate she ranks fourth in career home runs and eighth in career doubles.
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STUDENT ATHLETIC TRAINER & STUDENT MANAGER
KRISTEN DROSCHE and MIKE HENDREN
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