UIC Athletics hosts 10th annual Sparky Awards

UIC Athletics celebrated its student-athletes and their successes during Monday night’s 10th annual Sparky Awards at the Dorin Forum.

Nine individual awards were given out to student-athletes and coaches for their work in their respective sports, in the classroom and in the community.

Recipients of the awards include:

• Athlete of the Year: Swimming and diving’s Cole Tremewan, women’s basketball’s Josie Filer and volleyball’s Paola Santiago.
• Coach of the Year: Ashleen Bracey, women’s basketball.
• Ultimate Flame: Andres Moreno, men’s soccer, and Tiana Jackson, women’s basketball.
• Team of the Year: Women’s basketball.
• Chancellor’s Cup: Men’s tennis (3.58) and women’s tennis (3.73).
• Performance of the Year: Toby Okani, men’s basketball, and Ciara McCliment, swimming and diving.
• Fire Up Award: Luke Malone, cross country.
• Mission Driven Service: Softball.
• Rising Flame Award: Bruno Carillo and Kerrie Morrison, swimming and diving.

Teams also issued their own MVP awards:

Fall

• Men’s soccer: Josh Torres.
• Men’s cross country: Daniel Chavez.
• Women’s cross country: Theresa Meija.
• Women’s soccer: Lauren Keiser.
• Volleyball: Paola Santiago.

Winter

• Women’s track and field: Olivia Dumas.
• Men’s track and field: Max Rivera.
• Men’s basketball: Toby Okani.
• Women’s basketball: Jaida McCloud.
• Men’s swimming and diving: Cole Tremewan.
• Women’s swimming and diving: Taira Juronis.

Spring

• Baseball: Charlie Szykowny.
• Softball: Christina Toniolo.
• Men’s track and field: Dathan Maton.
• Women’s track and field: Nyrai Terry.
• Women’s golf: Dasa Urbankova.
• Men’s tennis: Alexsa Bucan.
• Women’s tennis: Agnes Gustafsson.

For more information, visit the UIC Flames website.