Student-athletes honored at annual banquet

The Stein H. Basnight Outstanding Athlete Award has been presented annually since 1958 in memory of the late Stein H. Basnight of Chapel Hill, N.C., by his family to the most outstanding Phoenix male and female athletes of the year, as determined by the Elon Department of Athletics’ administrative staff. Jesse Basnight, Jr. and Janis Basnight represented the Basnight family at the banquet.

Hudgins logged 10 Elon, Southern Conference or NCAA records while pacing the Elon football team to its best season in eight years last fall. The Walter Payton Award finalist led the Football Championship Subdivision in receptions and receiving yards per game on his way to earning not only First Team All-Southern Conference recognition, but First Team All-America accolades as well. Behind Hudgins’ performances, Elon finished the 2007 campaign ranked 23rd in the FCS in both The Sports Network and the coaches polls.

Bumbrey earned First Team All-Southern Conference honors for both regular season and tournament play this winter. The two-time team MVP also collected second team all-state status and Southern Conference Player of the Week honors as a senior. She led the Elon women’s basketball team to the semifinals of the Southern Conference Championship and will graduate as Elon’s second all-time leader in assists, steals and three-point field goal percentage.
 
Senior men’s basketball point guard Montell Watson and senior softball shortstop Tracey Dahlen were recognized as the recipients of the Robert C. Browne Memorial Sportsmanship Award. For the second consecutive year, senior men’s cross country runner Eric Garren and senior women’s cross country and track and field athlete Katelyn Ealer claimed A.L. Hook Scholar-Athlete accolades. Garren garners a 3.96 cumulative grade-point average as a double major in business administration and finance while Ealer maintains a 3.96 cumulative GPA in psychology.
 
The Browne Award was established in 1972 in memory of Elon alumnus Robert C. Browne by his sister, Pretto Browne-Crumpton, and her husband, Dr. J.L. Crumpton, and presented annually to the Elon male and female athletes who have best displayed exemplary qualities of sportsmanship as determined by the Elon Department of Athletics’ administrative staff.

The Hook Award has been presented annually since 1975 in honor of Dr. A.L. Hook to the Phoenix male and female junior or senior athletes who possess the highest cumulative grade-point average with a minimum of two years of playing time at Elon.
 
Most Valuable Performer recognition went to:

• Terrell Hudgins (football)
• Steven Kinney (men’s soccer)
• Katina Boozer (women’s soccer)
• Emily Lucci (volleyball)
• Rick Myers (men’s cross country)
• Caitlin Beeler (women’s cross country)
• Devon Cosenza (cheerleading)
• Caitlin Domenech (dance)
• Montell Watson (men’s basketball)
• Tierra Bumbrey (women’s basketball)
• Natalie Myers (athletic training)
• Jackie Garris (service)
• Mason Schermerhorn (men’s tennis)
• Anna Milian (women’s tennis)
• Tracey Dahlen (softball)
• Corey Harrilchak (baseball)
• Jimmy Lytle (men’s golf)
• Danielle Mills (women’s golf)
• Jennine Strange (women’s track and field)  
 
For more information on individual team awards, click on the link below.