ELON, N.C. – The Elon University Department of Athletics held its 45th annual athletics awards banquet on Monday, May 13, in Alumni Gym, recognizing and remembering many of the outstanding achievements of the 2018-19 school year.
 
Senior linebacker Warren Messer garnered the Stein H. Basnight Outstanding Athlete of the Year on the men's side, while senior cross country standout Coralea Geraniotis earned the honor as the women's Athlete of the Year.
   
Messer proved to be a force in his sport for the second year in a row, leading the football team in tackles for the second year in a row while placing his name throughout our program's record books. Earning First Team All-CAA honors each of the last two years, he's the first player on the defensive side of the ball to do so since 2005 and 2006, and after the season he was named to a host of All-America teams. A Buck Buchanan Watch Lister and a STATS FCS National Defensive Player of the Week honoree for his 14-tackle and 86-yard interception return for a touchdown performance against Rhode Island, Messer finished his career tied for first in sacks and seventh in career tackles during Elon's FCS era while placing 10th for most tackles in a career in the 97 years of Elon football.
 
Geraniotis had an outstanding career and final season with the women's cross country and track and field teams. After qualifying for her first-ever trip to the NCAA East Preliminaries last May, she came back for the cross country season and earned two CAA Runner of the Week awards while setting new personal records in the 5K and 6K. Last October at the CAA Championships, she became Elon cross country's first individual female conference champion at the Division I level and her performance at the meet helped her earn the CAA Most Outstanding Performer of the Meet and later the CAA Female Runner of the Year. As she transitioned to the track and field season, she earned a trip to the ECAC Indoor Championships and later garnered All-CAA honors in the 5,000-meters.
 
Men's soccer's Luke Matthews and women's tennis's Suzanne Zenoni were recognized as the recipients of the Robert C. Browne Memorial Sportsmanship Award. 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 is 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.
 
Men's soccer's Marcel Fahrenholz and Zenoni were recipients of the A.L. Hook Scholar-Athlete awards this year. 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. Fahrenholz is an accounting & statistics major with a 4.00 GPA and Schilling holds 3.95 cumulative GPA as an accounting major.
 
Team MVP Award Winners
Volleyball – Maddie Jaudon
Women's Soccer – Carson Jones
Men's Soccer – Luke Matthews
Women's Cross Country – Coralea Geraniotis
Men's Cross Country – Nick Ciolkowski
Football – Warren Messer
All-Female Cheerleading – Stephanie Brown
Coed Cheerleading – Patrick Carey
Dance Team – Elly Dirks
Men's Basketball – Tyler Seibring
Women's Basketball – Brie Perpignan
Women's Track and Field – Melissa Anastasakis
Women's Lacrosse – Shannon Horan
Women's Golf – Aurelia Hamm
Men's Golf – William Harwood
Women's Tennis – Maria Paraja
Men's Tennis – Felipe Osses-Konig
Softball – Abby Barker
Baseball – Joe Satterfield
 
Athletic Department Award
Service Award – Serena Archer
 
Football Awards
Outstanding Offensive Front – CJ Toogood
Outstanding Defensive Front – Matt Baker
Outstanding Offensive Skill – Malcolm Summers
Outstanding Defensive Skill – Tyler Campbell
Coaches' Award – Oli Udoh
Leadership Award – Alex Higgins
Team MVP – Warren Messer
 
Volleyball Awards
Coaches' Award – Maddie Jaudon
Most Improved – Natalie Cummins
Top Newcomer – Kellyn Trowse
Team MVP – Maddie Jaudon
 
Women's Soccer Awards
Scholar-Athlete – Nyah Spearman
Most Improved – Samantha Dominguez
Freshman of the Year – Makenzie DePriest-Kessler
Team MVP – Carson Jones
 
Men's Soccer Awards
Scholar Athlete – Marcel Fahrenholz
Team MVP – Luke Matthews
 
Women's Cross Country Awards
Coach's Award – Natacha Savioz
Most Dedicated – Melissa Anastasakis
Top Newcomer – Hannah Preeo
Most Improved – Chelsea Smith
Team MVP – Coralea Geraniotis
 
Men's Cross Country Awards
Coach's Award – Michael Germinario
Most Dedicated – Richie Kasper
Most Improved – Cooper Jansson
Top Newcomer – Andrew Miller
Team MVP – Nick Ciolkowski
 
Cheerleading Awards
All-Female Coach's Award – Colleen Crowley
All-Female Rookie of the Year – McKenzie Boyer
Co-Ed Coach's Award – Joshua Lim
Co-Ed Rookie of the Year – Samantha Santos
Coed Cheerleading MVP – Patrick Carey
All-Female Cheerleading MVP – Stephanie Brown
 
Dance Team Awards
Coach's Award – Kristin Sicari
Rookie of the Year – Shannon Treacy
Team MVP – Elly Dirks
 
Men's Basketball Awards
Coaches' Award – Steven Santa Ana
Team MVP – Tyler Seibring
 
Women's Basketball Awards
Coaches' Award – Duru Tasman
Team MVP – Brie Perpignan
 
Women's Track & Field Awards
Outstanding Track – Melissa Anastasakis
Outstanding Field – Alex Tudor
Coaches' Award – Jordan Haywood
Team MVP – Melissa Anastasakis
 
Men's Tennis Awards
Most Improved – Taylor Foote
Coaches' Award – Kyle Frankel
Courage Award – Camilo Ponce
Team MVP – Felipe Osses-Konig
 
Softball Awards
Golden Glove Award – Erica Serafini
Best Offensive Player – Ally Repko
Pitcher of the Year – Abby Barker
Hustle Award – Emma McCabe
Best Newcomer Award – Megan White
Team MVP – Abby Barker
 
Women's Tennis Awards
Coaches' Award – Suzanne Zenoni
Most Improved – Nicole Shiau
Heart & Hustle Award – Olivia Archer
Team MVP – Maria Paraja
 
Baseball Awards
Pitcher of the Year – George Kirby
Coaches' Award – Tyler Adcock
Freshman of the Year – Anthony Galason
Danieley Memorial Sportsmanship – Cam Devanney
Team MVP – Joe Satterfield
 
Men's Golf Awards
Most Improved Award – Graham Hutchinson
Leadership Award – Steven Segrist
Coach's Award – Philip Loeb
Team MVP – William Harwood
 
Women's Golf Awards
Leadership Award – Katie Reilly
Coach's Award – Adel Vadkerti
Team MVP – Aurelia Hamm
 
Women's Lacrosse Awards
Scholar-Athlete – Palmer Voorhees
Team MVP – Shannon Horan
 
Special Awards
A.L. Hook Scholar Athletes
Female – Suzanne Zenoni, Women's Tennis, 3.95 GPA
Male – Marcel Fahrenholz, Men's Soccer, 4.00 GPA
                                                         
Browne Memorial Sportsmanship
Female – Suzanne Zenoni, Women's Tennis
Male – Luke Matthews, Men's Soccer
 
Basnight Outstanding Athletes
Female – Coralea Geraniotis, Cross Country
Male – Warren Messer, Football