A chronological listing of the honors and awards received by
Tennessee Tech's student-athletes during 2017-18:
Updated July 18, 2018
June
July
24 - FB | Yeedee Thaenrat | Preseason All-OVC Team
August
2 - FB | Dontez Byrd | College Sports Madness Preseason All-OVC First Team Wide Receiver
2 - FB | Josh Poplar | College Sports Madness Preseason All-OVC First Team Linebacker
2 - FB | Yeedee Thaenrat | College Sports Madness Preseason All-OVC First Team Running Back
2 - FB | Tim Collins | College Sports Madness Preseason All-OVC Second Team Defensive Lineman
2 - FB | Nick Madonia | College Sports Madness Preseason All-OVC Second Team Kicker
2 - FB | Nick Madonia | College Sports Madness Preseason All-OVC Third Team Punter
2 - FB | Elliott Normand | College Sports Madness Preseason All-OVC Third Team Linebacker
21 - FB | Nick Madonia | Fred Mithcell Award Watch List
22 - SOC | Kari Naerdemann | adidas® OVC Goalkeeper of the Week
28 - VB | Taylor Houck | adidas® OVC Newcomer of the Week
September
12 - TEN | Eduardo Mena | Oracle ITA Preseason National Rankings: #33
17 - FB | Nick Madonia | adidas® OVC co-Specialist of the Week
18 - MBB | Aleksa Jugovic | Lindy's Sports Preseason All-OVC First Team
26 - MXC | Gilbert Boit | adidas® OVC Male Runner of the Week
26 - WXC | Purity Sanga | adidas® OVC Female Runner of the Week
27 - FB | Dontez Byrd | National Football Foundation William V. Campbell Trophy Semifinalist
October
1 - MBB | Aleksa Jugovic | College Sports Madness Preseason All-OVC Second Team
1 - MBB | Mason Ramsey | College Sports Madness Preseason All-OVC Fourth Team
3 - MXC | Gilbert Boit | adidas® OVC Male Runner of the Week
3 - SOC | Karigan Owens | adidas® OVC Defensive Player of the Week
17 - MXC | Gilbert Boit | adidas® OVC Male Runner of the Week
24 - MBB | Aleksa Jugovic | Preseason All-OVC Team
24 - WBB | Yaktavia "Shug" Hickson | Preseason All-OVC Team
27 - MXC | Gilbert Boit | OVC Men's Athlete of the Year
27 - WXC | Purity Sanga | OVC Women's Freshman of the Year
28 - MXC | Gilbert Boit | All-OVC First Team
28 - WXC | Purity Sanga | All-OVC First Team
29 - FB | Aderick Moore | adidas® OVC Defensive Player of the Week
November
2 - SOC | Kari Naerdemann | OVC Defensive Player of the Year
2 - SOC | Lauren Brewer | All-OVC First Team
2 - SOC | Kari Naerdemann | All-OVC First Team
2 - SOC | Mayra Tarraga Manzanal | All-OVC Second Team
2 - SOC | Karigan Owens | All-OVC Second Team
2 - SOC | Tina Marolt | OVC All-Newcomer Team
2 - SOC | Kendall Powell | OVC All-Newcomer Team
14 - WBB | Kesha Brady | adidas® OVC Freshman of the Week
15 - TEN | Eduardo Mena | Oracle ITA Fall Update National Rankings: #28
16 - VB | Kirsten Brugere | All-OVC Second Team
21 - FB | Dontez Byrd | All-OVC First-Team Offense
21 - FB | Nick Madonia | All-OVC Second-Team Specialists
27 - MBB | Aleksa Jugovic | adidas® OVC Player of the Week
29 - SOC | Kari Naerdemann | United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Third Team
December
20 - FB | Dontez Byrd | HERO Sports' FCS All-American Third Team
January
8 - MBB | Shaq Calhoun | adidas® OVC co-Newcomer of the Week
15 - BSB | Travis Moths | D1Baseball.com Top College Seniors List
17 - T&F | D'Airrien Jackson | adidas® OVC Female co-Track Athlete of the Week
26 - TEN | Eduardo Mena | OVC Preseason Men's Top 10 Player Ranking - #1
26 - TEN | Jorge Alfonzo | OVC Preseason Men's Top 10 Player Ranking - #6
26 - TEN | Marc Mila | OVC Preseason Men's Top 10 Player Ranking - #8
30 - BSB | Travis Moths | D1Baseball.com OVC Preseason Pitcher of the Year
30 - BSB | Travis Moths | D1Baseball.com OVC Top Prospect #3 - 2018 Draft
30 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | D1Baseball.com OVC Top Prospect #4 - 2018 Draft
30 - BSB | Ethan Roberts | D1Baseball.com OVC Top Prospect #11 - 2018 Draft
30 - BSB | Collin Harris | D1Baseball.com OVC Top Prospect #13 - 2018 Draft
30 - BSB | Marcus Evey | D1Baseball.com OVC Top Prospect #1 - 2019 Draft
30 - BSB | Ty King | D1Baseball.com OVC Top Prospect #2 - 2019 Draft
30 - BSB | Nic Dye | D1Baseball.com OVC Top Prospect #9 - 2019 Draft
30 - BSB | Anthony Carrera | D1Baseball.com OVC Top Prospect #10 - 2019 Draft
30 - BSB | Jason Hinchman | D1Baseball.com OVC Impact Freshman #7
30 - WBB | Jordan Brock | adidas® OVC co-Freshman of the Week
31 - T&F | Micayla Rennick | adidas® OVC Female Track Athlete of the Week
31 - T&F | Khemani Roberts | adidas® OVC Female co-Field Athlete of the Week
February
5 - WBB | Mackenzie Coleman | adidas® OVC Freshman of the Week
7 - T&F | Micayla Rennick | adidas® OVC Female co-Track Athlete of the Week
8 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | Baseball America OVC Top Prospect #4 - 2018 Draft
8 - BSB | Ethan Roberts | Baseball America OVC Top Prospect #9 - 2018 Draft
8 - BSB | Chase Chambers | Perfect Game Preseason All-OVC Team
8 - BSB | Travis Moths | Perfect Game Preseason All-OVC Team
8 - BSB | Ethan Roberts | Perfect Game Preseason All-OVC Team
8 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | Perfect Game Preseason All-OVC Team
8 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | Perfect Game OVC Top Prospect #3 - 2018 Draft
8 - BSB | Travis Moths | Perfect Game OVC Top Prospect #5 - 2018 Draft
8 - BSB | Ethan Roberts | Perfect Game OVC Top Prospect #7 - 2018 Draft
8 - BSB | Marcus Evey | Perfect Game OVC Top Prospect #10 - 2018 Draft
9 - BSB | Chase Chambers | Preseason All-OVC Team
9 - BSB | David Garza | Preseason All-OVC Team
9 - BSB | Travis Moths | Preseason All-OVC Team
9 - BSB | Ethan Roberts | Preseason All-OVC Team
9 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | Preseason All-OVC Team
12 - BSB | Chase Chambers | D1Baseball.com Preseason Top 30 First Basemen #29
14 - MBB | Kajon Mack | Dark Horse Dunker Participant
14 - T&F | D'Airrien Jackson | adidas® OVC Female Track Athlete of the Week
15 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | D1Baseball.com Preseason Top 100 Outfielders #77
19 - BSB | John Ham | adidas® OVC co-Player of the Week
19 - BSB | John Ham | College Sports Madness OVC Player of the Week
22 - T&F | Micayla Rennick | OVC Female Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
24 - T&F | Micayla Rennick | OVC Women's Athlete of the Championship (Indoor)
25 - BSB | Trevor Putzig | D1Baseball.com Top Hitter: February 24
25 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | D1Baseball.com Top Hitter: February 24
26 - BSB | Trevor Putzig | adidas® OVC Player of the Week
26 - BSB | Trevor Putzig | Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week
26 - BSB | Trevor Putzig | College Sports Madness OVC Player of the Week
27 - MBB | Curtis Phillips Jr. | All-OVC Second Team
27 - TEN | Eduardo Mena | adidas® OVC Tennis Male Athlete of the Week
27 - WBB | Mackenzie Coleman | OVC All-Newcomer Team
March
4 - BSB | John Ham | D1Baseball.com Top Hitter: March 3
10 - BSB | John Ham | D1Baseball.com Top Hitter: March 9
10 - BSB | Collin Harris | D1Baseball.com Top Hitter: March 9
12 - BSB | John Ham | adidas® OVC Player of the Week
19 - BSB | Alex Hursey | adidas® OVC Pitcher of the Week
24 - BSB | Travis Moths | D1Baseball.com Top Pitcher: March 23
26 - BSB | Travis Moths | adidas® OVC Pitcher of the Week
26 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | adidas® OVC Player of the Week
26 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | College Sports Madness OVC Player of the Week
27 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week
28 - BSB | John Ham | D1Baseball.com Week 6 Top 30 Second Basemen #10
28 - T&F | Micayla Rennick | adidas® OVC Female Track Athlete of the Week
29 - BSB | Trevor Putzig | D1Baseball.com Week 6 Top 30 Third Basemen #26
30 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | D1Baseball.com Week 6 Top 100 Outfielders #25
April
4 - TEN | Eduardo Mena | adidas® OVC Tennis Male Athlete of the Week
5 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | Midseason Perfect Game/Rawlings All-American Second Team
5 - BSB | David Garza | D1Baseball.com Top Hitter: April 5
9 - SB | Taylor Waldrop | adidas® OVC Pitcher of the Week
10 - SB | Taylor Waldrop | TSWA Softball Pitcher of the Week
10 - T&F | Na'Asha Robinson | adidas® OVC Female Track Athlete of the Week
16 - SB | Raegan Sparks | adidas® OVC Player of the Week
18 - T&F | Na'Asha Robinson | adidas® OVC Female Track Athlete of the Week
19 - TEN | Eduardo Mena | All-OVC First Team
19 - TEN | Wenceslao Albin | All-OVC Second Team
19 - TEN | Marc Mila | All-OVC Second Team
20 - BSB | David Garza | Brooks Wallace Award Watch List
23 - BSB | Chase Chambers | adidas® OVC Player of the Week
23 - BSB | David Garza | College Sports Madness OVC Player of the Week
23 - BSB | Ethan Roberts | adidas® OVC Pitcher of the Week
23 - MG | Bracton Womack | All-OVC Newcomer Team
24 - BSB | David Garza | Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week
25 - T&F | Khemani Roberts | adidas® OVC Female Field Athlete of the Week
26 - BSB | Ethan Roberts | NCBWA Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List
May
2 - T&F | D'Airrien Jackson | adidas® OVC Female Track Athlete of the Week
7 - BSB | Alex Hursey | adidas® OVC Pitcher of the Week
8 - SB | Bayli Cruse | All-OVC Second Team
8 - SB | Taylor Thomas | OVC All-Newcomer Team
10 - T&F | Micayla Rennick | OVC Female Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year
12 - T&F | Micayla Rennick | OVC Women's Athlete of the Championship (Outdoor)
14 - BSB | Brennon Kaleiwahea | adidas® OVC Player of the Week
17 - BSB | Chase Chambers | Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
17 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
17 - BSB | David Garza | Brooks Wallace Award Semifinalist
21 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist
22 - BSB | Travis Moths | OVC Pitcher of the Year
22 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | OVC Player of the Year
22 - BSB | Chase Chambers | All-OVC First Team
22 - BSB | John Ham | All-OVC First Team
22 - BSB | Travis Moths | All-OVC First Team
22 - BSB | Trevor Putzig | All-OVC First Team
22 - BSB | Ethan Roberts | All-OVC First Team
22 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | All-OVC First Team
22 - BSB | Marcus Evey | All-OVC Second Team
22 - BSB | David Garza | All-OVC Second Team
22 - BSB | Brennon Kaleiwahea | All-OVC Second Team
22 - BSB | Nick Osborne | All-OVC Second Team
22 - BSB | Tyler Sylvester | OVC All-Freshman Team
27 - BSB | Travis Moths | OVC All-Tournament Team
27 - BSB | Nick Osborne | OVC All-Tournament Team
27 - BSB | Trevor Putzig | OVC All-Tournament Team
27 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | OVC All-Tournament Team
31 - BSB | Chase Chambers | Baseball America All-America Third Team
31 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | Baseball America All-America Third Team
June
1 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | Collegiate Baseball All-American First Team
1 - BSB | Travis Moths | Collegiate Baseball All-American Second Team
5 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | College Sports Madness All-American Second Team
5 - BSB | Chase Chambers | College Sports Madness All-American Fourth Team
5 - BSB | Chase Chambers | NCAA Oxford Regional Most Outstanding Player
5 - BSB | Chase Chambers | NCAA Oxford All-Regional Team
5 - BSB | Alex Hursey | NCAA Oxford All-Regional Team
5 - BSB | Brennon Kaleiwahea | NCAA Oxford All-Regional Team
5 - BSB | Nick Osborne | NCAA Oxford All-Regional Team
5 - BSB | Trevor Putzig | NCAA Oxford All-Regional Team
13 - BSB | Ethan Roberts | D1Baseball.com All-American Second Team
13 - BSB | Chase Chambers | D1Baseball.com All-American Third Team
13 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | NCBWA All-American First Team
13 - BSB | Chase Chambers | NCBWA All-American Second Team
13 - BSB | Travis Moths | NCBWA All-American Second Team
13 - BSB | David Garza | NCBWA All-American Third Team
13 - BSB | Chase Chambers | Perfect Game/Rawlings All-American Second Team
13 - BSB | Ethan Roberts | Perfect Game/Rawlings All-American Second Team
13 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | Perfect Game/Rawlings All-American Second Team
14 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | South-ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First Team
14 - BSB | Chase Chambers | South-ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Second Team
14 - BSB | David Garza | South-ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Second Team
14 - BSB | John Ham | South-ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Second Team
19 - BSB | Kevin Strohschein | ABCA/Rawlings All-America First Team
See 2009-10 Awards and Honors list
See 2010-11 Awards and Honors list
See 2011-12 Awards and Honors list
See 2012-13 Awards and Honors list
See 2013-14 Awards and Honors list
See 2014-15 Awards and Honors list
See 2015-16 Awards and Honors list
See 2016-17 Awards and Honors list
