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- Cierra Boutelle (Swimming & Diving)
- Cal Schultz (Men's Basketball)
- Austin Bunders (Football and Track & Field)
- Camrie Schmitz (Women's Soccer)
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Austin Bunders (Football and Track & Field)
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Austin missed the 2017 Football and 2018 Track & Field seasons with a torn ACL. He came back to finish this football season with 604 rushing yards and eight touchdowns, while averaging 7.8 yards per carry. He also made the finals at the 2019 MWC Indoor Championships in the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.20 seconds, just off of his lifetime-best performance, ranking fourth in program history. |
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| Nominees for Breakthrough Performance: |
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And the winner for Breakthrough Performance is... |
- Camrie Schmitz (Women's Soccer and Track & Field)
- Cormac Madigan (Football)
- Skyylar Brescia (Women's Basketball)
- Micaela Encarnacion (Softball)
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Cormac Madigan (Football)
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Cormac was voted MWC North Newcomer of the Year and First Team All-Conference as a freshman, leading the conference in rushing with 1,109 yards, which ranks seventh in program history for a single season. He also scored 13 touchdowns, which was led the MWC, and averaged 7.4 yards per carry, while passing for three more touchdowns. |
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| Nominees for Record-Breaking Performance: |
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And the winner for Record-Breaking Performance is... |
- Jack Lutter (Men's Swimming)
- Cormac Madigan (Football)
- Callista DeCramer (Women's Track & Field)
- Maggie Oimoen (Women's Basketball)
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Callista DeCramer (Track & Field)
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Callista broke four school records and was nationally ranked in the 60 meter Hurdles, Triple Jump, Pentathlon and Heptathlon during the 2018 Outdoor and 2019 Indoor seasons. |
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| Nominees for Individual Performance of the Year: |
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And the winner for Individual Performance of the Year is... |
- Andrew Fuhrmann (Track & Field)
- Austin Fox (Baseball)
- Ryan Steffes (Men's Basketball)
- Cormac Madigan (Football)
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Andrew Fuhrmann (Track & Field)
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At the 2019 MWC Indoor Championships, Andrew won both the 200 and 400 meter dashes back-to-back, running them an hour apart. That marked his first two individual conference titles, and makes him the first Ripon College student-athlete to win both events at the same championship meet. |
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| Nominees for Championship Performance: |
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And the winner for Championship Performance is... |
- Women's Basketball wins MWC Championship
- Andrew Fuhrmann (Track & Field)
- Callista DeCramer (Track & Field)
- Mia Aoki-Kramer (Women's Soccer)
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Women's Basketball
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Winning the MWC regular season championship for the second consecutive season and winning the MWC Tournament for the first time in 10 years. |
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| Nominees for Best Moment: |
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And the winner for Best Moment is... |
- Women's Basketball - winning the MWC Tournament on home court and cutting net down for Athletic Director Julie Johnson
- Men's Basketball - Erasing 13-point deficit vs. Grinnell with four minutes remaining to win 111-109
- Lateesha Hiser (Track & Field) - Winning the Hammer Throw at 2018 MWC Outdoor Championships
- Callista DeCramer (Track & Field) - Advancing to Nationals in the Pentathlon
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Women's Basketball
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Ripon’s women’s basketball team won the MWC Tournament for the first time in 10 years, doing so on their home court. After the game, the team rushed up the bleachers to give Athletic Director and longtime women’s basketball coach Julie Johnson the net that they cut down. The court would be renamed in Julie’s honor just three weeks later. |
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| Nominees for The Leadership Award: |
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And the winner of The Leadership Award is... |
- Alec Sutton (Men's Swimming)
- Cal Schultz (Men's Basketball)
- Michael Barnes (Baseball)
- Stacie Klika (Volleyball)
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Michael Barnes (Baseball)
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Michael is arguably the biggest advocate and promoter of Ripon College. He is the leader of the baseball team and has been a key reason the team has become more involved in community service opportunities. Michael is a model citizen and is involved in many aspects of the athletic department, specifically game day operations for Game Management and Athletic Communications. |
