From now until Jan. 2, the Carson-Newman Athletic Communications Department will debut the Frosty Award nominees for the fall semester. These are the fall nominees for Team of the Year. Christmas Day we'll unveil the candidates for Play of the Year.
The ninth annual Frosty Awards will take place May 3 and honor athletic excellence in Carson-Newman's athletic department.
Categories:
- Team Performance of the Year
- Female Newcomer of the Year
- Male Newcomer of the Year
- Coach of the Year
- Team of the Year
- Play of the Year
- Male Freshman of the Year
- Female Freshman of the Year
- Upset of the Year
- Comeback of the Year
- Male Performance of the Year
- Female Performance of the Year
- Female Athlete of the Year
- Male Athlete of the Year
TEAM OF THE YEAR
Men's Soccer
Despite starting the season 0-2, the Carson-Newman men's soccer team finished 2021 with one of the best records in the past five seasons. The Eagles won seven straight matches, outscoring their opponents 17-5 and recording three straight shutouts. Carson-Newman wrapped up the regular season winning four of their last five matches, including a shutout of 11th ranked Limestone to clinch the Eagles' SAC record 11th conference regular season title. The team recorded eight all-conference members, including Thaylan Silva earning offensive player of the year, Bram Kaarsgaren being named defensive player of the year, and coach Stephen Lyons being named SAC coach of the year.
Men's Golf
After a strong fall performance and climbing the national rankings to 11th, Randy Wylie's squad is poised for a great spring.
Women's Golf
The Lady Eagles saw a lot of success in the Fall of 2021, only falling out of the top 3 in one event. Their success was enough to get them nationally ranked as high as 15th at one point. The young team is in a prime position for the spring.
Women's Swimming
Eagles have been consistently dominant throughout the fall 2021 schedule, rising as high as #6 in the CSCAA national poll. The Eagles have been anchored by the efforts of junior Kailee Morgan. Morgan has continued to dominate in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke, winning the event in four of her five meet appearances this fall. Other highlights for C-N include junior Rachel Peden setting the fourth-fastest time in the women's 500-yard freestyle (5:03.56) at the UT Invitational to go along with junior Manon Compagner setting the third-fastest 100-yard butterfly time at 54.48. Morgan also made her mark in Knoxville as she set two top-five times in the 100-yard breaststroke. Her finals time of 1:01.27 is the second fastest and allowed Morgan to finish 12th overall. She also set the second fastest time in the 200-yard breaststroke with her time of 2:15.23 in Knoxville.
Men's Swimming
Eagles have been consistently dominant throughout the fall 2021 schedule, rising as high as #11 in the CSCAA national poll. The Eagles have been anchored by the efforts of senior transfer Igor Bretas Dantas. The best outing for Carson-Newman men's swimming came at the UT Invitational as a trio of program records were shattered by Igor Dantas and Nicolas Lenuza. Dantas got the action started by setting a new program record in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 19.72. Then, Lenuza set his name atop the board for the 100-yard butterfly with a new program record time of 47.65. Finally, Dantas then set the new program record in the 100-yard freestyle as he came in fifth place overall with a time of 43.27.
Men's Basketball
Carson-Newman has been among nation's best defensive teams through the mid-point of the 2021-22 season. The Eagles have ranked in the top 20 in the country for blocks, steals, field goal percentage defense and scoring defense.
Women's Basketball
Spending three weeks inside of the top 25 nationally, the Lady Eagles have been in the national focus for much of the year boasting an offense that ranks top 10 in the country and leading the SAC for a seventh year in a row. With six wins by double figures, Carson-Newman touts a pair of 1,000-point scorers and five athletes scoring 10 or more points on average. The Orange and Blue have shown skills defensively placing in the top 40 nationally in both steals and shot blocks.
