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DURHAM, N.C. – Track and field junior Zoe Ellis and football junior Carl Jones were honored as the North Carolina Central University Female and Male Student-Athletes of the Year during the annual NCCU Athletics awards ceremony, The Eddies, on Monday, May 2.
 
Ellis, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference championship in the indoor triple jump and earned a bronze medal in the long jump to claim a share of the Women's Outstanding Field Athlete at the MEAC Indoor Track and Field Championships. So far during the regular season, she has won three triple jump competitions (2 indoor, 1 outdoor) with four runner-up finishes.
 
Jones, from Nashville, Tennessee, started all 11 games at center for the MEAC co-champions. In 757 plays, the team captain graded out at 92 percent of blocking assignments with 63 pancake blocks, while only allowing one sack. Jones was named All-MEAC First Team as the league's top center and was announced to SBN Black College All-American Team, the BOXTOROW (HBCU) All-America Team, the HBCU Gameday FCS All-American Team and the Black College Sports Page "Baad Team" of Black College All-Americans (First Team).
 
The Chancellor's Award, presented to the student-athletes with the highest overall grade point average, was presented to baseball senior James Dey with a 3.84 GPA to lead the men and softball senior Jenny Tracy with a perfect 4.0 GPA to top the women.
 
Below is a complete list of 2015-16 award winners...
 
2016 Winners at "The Eddies"
North Carolina Central University Department of Athletics
Annual Awards Program
Monday, May 2, 2016 – B.N. Duke Auditorium
 
Baseball
True Grit – Trevor Theissen
Coach's Award – James Dey
Academic – Carter Kovalcik
MVP – Andrew Vernon
Players Choice – Andrew Vernon
 
Men's Basketball
True Grit – Kevin Crawford
Coach's Award – Marius McAllister
Academic – Marius McAllister
MVP – Dante Holmes
Players Choice – Jeremiah Ingram
 
Women's Basketball
True Grit – Kierona Morton
Coach's Award – Dominique Adams & Monique Whaley-Briggs
Academic – Morgan Jones
MVP – Tisha Dixon
Players Choice – Tisha Dixon
 
Cheerleading
True Grit – Denae Crowell
Coach's Award – Jocelyn Earle
Academic – Alexis Anderson
MVP – Mahogany Monteith, Khadeejah Sorey
Players Choice – Daren Timmons
 
Cross Country (Men)
MVP – Gregory Coward
 
Cross Country (Women)
MVP – Shania Nicely
 
Football
True Grit – Zachary Giles
Coach's Award – Quinn Billerman
Academic – Carl Jones
MVP Offense – Clevonne Davis
MVP Defense – Ryan Smith
MVP Special Teams – LaVontis Smith
Team MVP – C.J. Moore
Players Choice – Carl Jones
 
Golf
True Grit – Jerome Bostwick
Coach's Award – Sumner Tate
Academic – Jordan Bohannon
Most Outstanding Performer – Jordan Bohannon
Players Choice – Jordan Bohannon
 
Softball
True Grit – London Booker
Coach's Award – Erykah Smith
Academic – Jenny Tracy
MVP – Markell Wylie
Players Choice – Jenny Tracy
 
Men's Tennis
True Grit – Davide Callegari
Coach's Award – Dillon Strepay
Academic – Dillon Strepay
MVP – Gabriel Cucalon
Players Choice – Dillon Strepay
 
Women's Tennis
True Grit – Lauren Mullis
Coach's Award – Tamara Jeremic
Academic – Jamie Rogers
MVP – Aissa Muamba
Players Choice – Lynsey Cover
 
Track & Field - Indoor (Men)
True Grit – Deandre James
Coach's Award – Christian Obame
MVP – Joshua McClam
 
Track & Field - Indoor (Women)
True Grit – Santese Pryor
Coach's Award – Christa Landy
MVP – Zoe Ellis
 
Track & Field - Outdoor (Men)
True Grit – Brett Boykin-Roach
Coach's Award – Jahmon Allen
MVP – TBA
 
Track & Field - Outdoor (Women)
True Grit – Markiara Staten
Coach's Award – Kiana Seabrook
MVP – TBA
 
Track & Field (Men)
Academic – Deandre James
Players Choice – Christian Obame
 
Track & Field (Women)
Academic – Markiara Staten
Players Choice – Christa Landy
 
Volleyball
True Grit – Whitney White
Coach's Award – Kelly Rossip
Academic – Kelsey Murphy
MVP – Kelsey Murphy
Players Choice – Kelsey Murphy
 
 
SPECIAL AWARDS
 
Training Room Junkie (Male) – Jonathan Williams
Training Room Junkie (Female) – Jaelyn Rice
Student Athletic Trainer of the Year – Santese Pryor
 
Chancellor's Award (Male) – James Dey
Chancellor's Award (Female) – Jenny Tracy
 
Faculty Athletic Council Academic Award (Women's Small) – Women's Tennis
Faculty Athletic Council Academic Award (Women's Large) – Softball
 
Faculty Athletic Council Academic Award (Men's Small) – Golf
Faculty Athletic Council Academic Award (Men's Large) – Baseball
 
Chekeria R. Reid Sportsmanship Award – Dillon Strepay
 
Iron Eagle Award (Male) – Andrew Vernon
Iron Eagle Award (Female) – Zoe Ellis
 
Student-Athlete of the Year (Female) – Zoe Ellis
Student-Athlete of the Year (Male) – Carl Jones
 
Donor of the Year Award – Lauretta Holloway
Sponsor of the Year Award – Quality Care Solutions, Inc., Mandrake Lewis
 
Harper-Armstrong Academic Award (GA) – Kenny Boyer
Politano-McCree Service Award (GA) – Regina Nixon Halyard
 
Soaring Eagle Staff Service Award – John Reilly and Brandon Lee, Strength and Conditioning
 

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