DENVER – Tune in tonight to RoadrunnersTV to watch the 2020 Rowdy Awards.
This is the chance for the public to see the best of the past academic year in MSU Denver athletics.
Awards to be announced include: Best Offensive Performance, Best Defensive Performance, Newcomer of the Year and The Rowdy Award.
The show will air at 7 p.m. MDT. The link to the broadcast is
here.
Among the nominees are:
Best Offensive Performance: Alden Gruidel, cross country All-American;
Avaline Lai, volleyball All-American honorable mention;
Laney Sheppard, game-tying two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh inning:
Jaime Gutierrez, game-winning overtime goal at Regis.
Best Defensive Performance: Emily Kim, penalty kick save in soccer for RMAC Tournament win against Dixie State;
Cade Crader, baseball pitching gem against Emporia State (Kan.),
Olivia Dampier, softball diving catch against Sioux Falls (S.D.);
Bree Wellington, four blocked shots in key women's basketball win against Black Hills State.
Newcomer of the Year: Rylee Hladky, volleyball;
Jerry Gutierrez men's soccer;
Yonatan Kefle, men's cross country;
Mitch Lombard, men's basketball.
The Rowdy Award (dedicated to everything it means to represent the Roadrunners on and off the field of competition):
Alyssa Kelling, volleyball;
Erica Torres, women's soccer;
Cain van Heyningen, men's basketball;
Tabitha Porter, women's tennis.
