The 2022 Lourdes University Gubi Awards were held on Sunday, May 1, inside the Franciscan Center, honoring the top athletes from each sport.  The event also honored the athletic department Coaching Staff of the Year, the Male and Female Athletes of the Year, and the Male and Female Academic Award recipients.
 
Men's wrestling coaches Dock Kelly III and Louis Piszker were named the staff of the year after leading their team to a third place finish at the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Championships while producing an individual WHAC champion.  Their Gray Wolves squad posted a 21^st place effort at the NAIA National Championships, the third time in the past four seasons the team has ranked in the top-25 at season's end.  They had a program-best six NAIA National qualifiers, including an All-American, and four of the student-athletes won matches at the National Championships.  The team was ranked in the top-25 all season long, posted a 10-6 record in dual meets and defeated a top-10 program in NCAA Division II, NCAA Division II, and a top-10 squad in NAIA this year.
 
Volleyball player Jeff Lam was the Male Athlete of the Year.  Lam earned his second consecutive Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Player of the Year honor and was selected First Team All-WHAC for the fourth time in his career.  In addition, he was named a NAIA All-American for the fourth time, including his third First Team citation of his career. 
 
Emmy Rodger from soccer was honored as the Female Athlete of the Year.  Rodger was named the WHAC Newcomer of the Year in addition to earning First Team All-WHAC honors as a freshman.  Twice this year she was named the WHAC Defensive Player of the Week and became the first Gray Wolf women's soccer player ever named NAIA National Defensive Player of the Week.  She was also named to the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association NCAA Division II/NAIA All-Ohio Team.
 
The Gray Wolf Academic Awards were chosen based upon the student-athlete being at least a junior in academic standing, having attended Lourdes for at least three semesters, being in good standing with their team, the athletic department, and the university, and holding the highest grade point average by gender.  Bowler Serena Nichols and soccer player Erika Turk were honored as the female recipients while wrestler Jimmy Balazy received the male honor.
 
In addition to the major awards, each team had award recipients as chosen by their head coach.  Those recipients are as follows:
 
Most Improved
Max Baumann – Men's Volleyball
Tori Benson – Esports
Dominick Brock – Men's Tennis
Jordan Bucher – Women's Tennis
Sanaan Cuffy – Men's Lacrosse
Brendan Dafoe – JV Men's Basketball
Kellen Garmon – Men's Cross Country
Josh Hare - Baseball
Promise Kent – Women's Track
Nadia Kimbrough – Women's Bowling
Ellen Kolodin – Women's Soccer
Blake Montrie – Men's Wrestling
Ali Nasser – Men's Bowling
Emily Pitts – Cheer
Sarah Przyojski – Women's Lacrosse
Megan Richardson - Softball
Igor Silva – Men's Soccer
Isaac Simmons – Men's Golf
Baylee Van Brunt – Women's Golf
Alexis Walker – Women's Volleyball
Olivia Waterstradt – Women's Cross Country
McRay White – Men's Basketball
Alex Wolfe – Women's Basketball
Isaac Wylie – Men's Track
 
Newcomer of the Year
Brooke Albert - Softball
Evan Angstrom – Esports
Eduardo Ayala – Men's Volleyball
Alban Bruyas – Men's Golf
Cayleb Carey – Men's Bowling
Ezequel Ceant – Men's Lacrosse
Bryonna Davis – Cheer
Victor Dieltiens – Men's Tennis
Abby Gentile – Women's Volleyball
Joey Holifield – Men's Basketball
Richard Jackson – Men's Wrestling
Caleb Loboschefski - Baseball
Jamari Mack – JV Men's Basketball
Amelia McCourt – Women's Lacrosse
Brynn McGarvey – Women's Soccer
Madi Mitchell – Women's Golf
Aliyah Perez – Women's Cross Country
Diego Pereira – Men's Soccer
Lindsey Pumford – Women's Track
Winter Richburg – Women's Tennis
Blake Samuels – Men's Track
Kiara Smith – Women's Bowling
Mercedes Wagner – Women's Basketball
George Werner Jr. – Men's Cross Country
 
Coaches Award
Morgan Altenbach – Women's Golf
Abby Arnes – Women's Bowling
Hunter DeWeese – Men's Golf
Madelynn DuBois – Women's Cross Country
Jacob Hornstein – Men's Bowling
Drew Junion – Esports
Ethan Music – Men's Track
Nolan Portteus – Men's Cross Country
Jordin Rawski – Women's Lacrosse
Vanessa Skouroukos – Women's Tennis
Charles Swain – Men's Basketball
Paige Thomas – Women's Track
Madie Wagner - Softball
 
Offensive Player of the Year
Brooke Albert - Softball
Farouk Amoo – Men's Soccer
McKenna Hall – Women's Volleyball
Steve Haugh - Baseball
Joey Holifield – Men's Basketball
Jeff Lam – Men's Volleyball
Caden Louthan – Men's Lacrosse
Abigail Mann – Women's Soccer
Taylor McBride – Women's Bowling
Zion McCall – JV Men's Basketball
Amelia McCourt – Women's Lacrosse
Shae Pedroza – Women's Bowling
Nic Riley – Men's Bowling
 
Defensive Player of the Year
N'Faly Diallo – Men's Soccer
Sydney Duran – Women's Lacrosse
Guga Heidrich – Men's Volleyball
George Hoexum – Men's Lacrosse
Harrison Jackson - Baseball
Erion Jordan – JV Men's Basketball
Alli Plasencio – Women's Volleyball
Winter Richburg – Women's Basketball
Emmy Rodger – Women's Soccer
Kirsten Smith - Softball
Nick Welch – Men's Basketball
 
Most Valuable Player
Brooke Albert - Softball
Jason Almony - Esports
Farouk Amoo – Men's Soccer
Ulises Barradas – Men's Tennis
Brendan Dafoe – JV Men's Basketball
TJ Destatte – Men's Track
Thomas Gunter – Men's Bowling
Allie Hahn – Women's Bowling
Nick Henneman – Men's Wrestling
Tina Kindler – Women's Golf
Olivia Mathis – Women's Track
Jack Murphy – Men's Golf
Joey Oehlers - Baseball
Shae Pedroza – Women's Basketball
Aliyah Perez – Women's Cross Country
Tyler Pezzot – Men's Lacrosse
Elliott Ramsey – Men's Cross Country
Haley Roe – Cheer
Sawyer Schafer – Men's Volleyball
Mallory Schardt – Women's Tennis
Jules Snowden – Women's Soccer
Katey Stakolich – Women's Volleyball
Emiliana Taylor – Women's Lacrosse
Nick Welch – Men's Basketball