NORFOLK, Va. — Below is a listing of all the award winners, both on the departmental level and for each sports program, presented by the NSU athletics department for the 2004-05 school year:

Special Awards
Male Athlete of the Year: Kevin Talley, football (Newport News, Va.)
Female Athlete of the Year: Lenore Heron, softball (Wyandanch, N.Y.)
Scholar Athlete of the Year: Jakub Novak, men’s tennis (Prague, Czech Republic)
Mid-Atlantic Coca Cola Women’s Basketball POTY: Toia Johnson (Hampton, Va.)
Mid-Atlantic Coca Cola Golden Basket Award (Men’s basketball POTY): Karandick Ogunride (Baton Rouge, La.)
Mid-Atlantic Coca Cola Golden Helmet Award (Football MVP): Kevin Talley (Newport News, Va.)
Joseph G. Echols Award (baseball player with on and off-field contributions): Kevin Jenkins (Jamaica, N.Y.)
Rosa Alexander Scholarship: Monte Anthony (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
Vince Lombardi Award (football player, for on- and off-field leadership: Monte Anthony (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
Cheron Louis Gunn Scholarship: Sheldon Bryant, football (Los Angeles, Calif.)
James D. Gill Scholarship: Chanel Barnes, volleyball (Washington, D.C.)
Barbara B. Wright Memorial Award: Imani Moorman, w. track (Madison Heights, Va.)
Marvin Prince Track Award (men): Malcolm Watts (asst. coach)
Marvin Prince Track Award (women): Cristina Zuniga (Springfield, Va.)
12th Man Award (volunteer, going above and beyond duties): Ross Gordon (sports info.)

Baseball
Rookie of the Year: Ernie Banks (Chesapeake, Va.)
Most Improved: Ryan Reddick (Raleigh, N.C.)
MVP: Juan Serrano (Naugatuck, Conn.)

Football
Coppage Award (Best OL): Terence Gibson (Baltimore, Md.)
Kindred Award (Best DL): Brandon Feagin (Norfolk, Va.)
Most Improved: Monte Anthony (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
Rookie of the Year: Daryl Jones (Richmond, Va.)
MVP: Kevin Talley (Newport News, Va.)

Men’s Basketball
Rookie of the Year: Tony Murphy (Paterson, N.J.)
Defensive Player of the Year: Chakowby Hicks (Washington, D.C.)
Best Rebounder: Karandick Ogunride (Baton Rouge, La.)
Most Improved: Larry Vickers (Virginia Beach, Va.)
MVP: Chakowby Hicks (Washington, D.C.)

Men’s Cross Country
Outstanding Newcomer: Francis Kirong (Nairobi, Kenya)
Most Improved: Steven Hernandez (Yonkers, N.Y.)
Most Valuable: Geoffrey Chelule (Kericho, Kenya)

Men’s Tennis
Rookie of the Year: Roman Del Castillo (Lima, Peru)
Most Improved: Pavel Suchy (Brno, Czech Republic) / Stephen Charter (Grenada, W. Indies)
MVP: Milan Juricka (Brno, Czech Republic)

Men’s Track
Outstanding Freshman: Troy Wilkerson (Norfolk, Va.)
Most Improved: Chris Walker (Norfolk, Va.)
Most Valuable: Donald Singleton (Syracuse, N.Y.)

Bowling
Highest Average: Tiffany Gray (Alexandria, Va.)
Most Improved: Jessica Major (Norfolk, Va.)
Coach’s Award: Shavonne Johnson (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Softball
Outstanding Freshman: Micki Rodriguez (Newport News, Va.)
Most Improved: Cassandra Petway (Arlington, Va.)
MVP: Lenore Heron (Wyandanch, N.Y.)

Women’s Basketball
Rookie of the Year: Areya Walker (Portsmouth, Va.)
Defensive Player of the Year: Ashley Bowman (Aiken, S.C.)/Shenae Johnson (Chesapeake, Va.)
Coach’s Award: Tiffany Jenkins (Woodbridge, Va.)
Most Improved: Stefani Williams (Pasadena, Calif.)
MVP: Toia Johnson (Hampton, Va.)

Women’s Cross Country
Outstanding Freshman: Fabiana Perlingeiro (Praia Do Canto, Brazil)
Most Improved: Paula Evans (Burke, Va.)
Most Valuable: Denisha Hudson (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.)

Women’s Tennis
Rookie of the Year: Fiorella Valdivia (Lima, Peru)
Most Improved: Ewa Kleczek (Krakow, Poland)
MVP: Flaminia Migone (Lima, Peru)

Women’s Track
Outstanding Freshman: Felicia Yearwood (Freeport, N.Y.)
Most Improved: Fabiana Perlingeiro (Praia Do Canto, Brazil)
Coach’s Award: Paula Evans (Burke, Va.) / LaTonya Anderson (Ruther Glen, Va.)
Most Valuable: LaKeasha Dudley (Virginia Beach, Va.)