ELON, N.C. - The Elon University Department of Athletics celebrated the 2022-23school year with the annual Athletic Awards Banquet Monday evening, May 8 in Alumni Gym. The department recognized and remembered the many outstanding achievements from the past year.
Both team and department awards were handed out. Skyler Davis of the Elon football team and Leah Daniel of the Phoenix volleyball team received the prestigious Stein H. Basnight Award for the top Male and Female Athletes of the Year, respectively.
Davis was named a first team All-American from several publications including the AFCA, Stats Perform, the Associated Press, Walter Camp and the FCS ADA. He closed out his Elon career hitting 18-of-22 on field goals in 2022 while going 31-of-32 on extra points. He was 12-of-14 on field goals from 40-plus yards and 7-of-8 from 50-plus yards, tying an FCS record. The Acworth, Ga., native was a finalist for the red Mitchell Outstanding Place Kicker Award, recognizing the top kicker from outside of the Football Bowl Series (FBS) level and helped the Phoenix to the FCS Playoffs as an at-large bid.
Daniel started all 27 matched and had 379 kills (3.51/set), nine assists, a career-high 32 service aces, 105 digs and 43 blocks in 2022. She reached double-digit kills in in 21-of-26 matches during the regular season, including a streak of nine in a row. Posted 16 kills in Elon's victory over previously unbeaten Towson to become the program's all-time leader in career kills. The Zionsville, Ind., native ranked No. 4 in kills, kills per set and points per set (4.01), and ranked No. 3 in total points (433).
Men's tennis player Nicholas Campbell and women's tennis player Olivia Archer earned the Robert C. Browne 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.
Track & field's Madison George and Hannah Miller (also with cross country) were co-winners of the A.L. Hook Scholar-Athlete Award for females, while the male recipient was Daniel Martin of men's tennis. 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.
A full listing of award winners is listed below.
