ASUN Conference Announces 2023 Annual Awards; Lipscomb Wins Academic Trophy
ASUN Conference Announces 2023 Annual Awards; Lipscomb Wins Academic Trophy
ATLANTA - With the 2022-23 ASUN Conference academic year concluded, the league announced its annual accomplishments and honors during a ceremony held Thursday on the campus of Bellarmine University hosted by the ASUN's Jordan Griffitt. The awards were voted on and selected by various groups including the Faculty Athletic Representatives, Senior Woman Administrators and conference office staff.
Griffitt announced FGCU's Michael Miller as the recipient of the Stellar Service Award. The ASUN Beam Award, created in the 2018-19 academic year and presented to a school program when it breaks new ground in ASUN achievement, was earned by FGCU's Brian Ellis (Baseball), EKU Outdoor Track & Field (2022) and Kennesaw State Indoor Track & Field (2022). The league office also recognized Liberty's Calli Doan and Lipscomb's Noah Gulden as the Female and Male Student-Athletes of the Year, respectively, while Codey Bates (Austin Peay) and Elena Djokovic (Stetson) were the recipients of the postgraduate scholarships.
With a conference-best 88.43% of student-athletes earning at least a 3.0 GPA in the 2022-23 academic year, Lipscomb earned its eighth ASUN Conference Academic Champion Trophy in program history. In the 23rd year of the ASUN Honor Roll, the 2022-23 season marked the sixth time in the last seven countable seasons in which 70% or more of student-athletes collected Honor Roll status with 71.82% hitting the mark. Eight ASUN institutions registered at least 70% of their student-athletes on the Honor Roll with six boasting over 75% highlighted by four at over 80%. The Bisons' eight academic titles are the second-most in league history (Belmont) and the most by any current member. Lipscomb finished ahead of North Florida (86.38%) and Bellarmine (82.82%) on the ASUN Honor Roll.
Across all sports, 13 reached at least 75% for Honor Roll recognition with Beach Volleyball (92.42%) and Volleyball (90.48%) coming in at over 90%. In total, 3,204 ASUN Conference student-athletes registered at least a 3.0 GPA for the 2022-23 academic year.
A total of 33 teams had every player named to the ASUN Honor Roll list led by six squads from UNF. Below is a breakdown of those teams:
Austin Peay
Men's Cross Country
Women's Golf
Men's Tennis
Bellarmine
Women's Tennis
Central Arkansas
Women's Cross Country
Women's Golf
Women's Tennis
FGCU
Beach Volleyball
Women's Golf
Women's Tennis
Jacksonville
Beach Volleyball
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
Women's Lacrosse
Jax State
Women's Cross Country
Women's Golf
Women's Tennis
Liberty
Women's Tennis
Lipscomb
Women's Basketball
Men's Cross Country
Women's Golf
Men's Tennis
Women's Tennis
North Alabama
Beach Volleyball
Women's Golf
North Florida
Women's Basketball
Beach Volleyball
Women's Golf
Women's Soccer
Women's Tennis
Volleyball
Queens
Women's Golf
Volleyball
ASUN 2023 Annual Award Winners
Stellar Service Award: Michael Miller, FGCU
ASUN Beam Awards: Brian Ellis, FGCU Baseball (2021-23), EKU Outdoor Track & Field (2022) & Kennesaw State Indoor Track & Field (2022)
All-Sports Awards: Liberty (Bill Bibb, Jesse Fletcher & Sherman Day Trophies)
Highest Overall APR: FGCU & Liberty
Most Improved APR: Stetson
Presidents' Academic Cup: Lipscomb
Female Student-Athlete of the Year: Calli Doan, Liberty
Male Student-Athlete of the Year: Noah Gulden, Lipscomb
Postgraduate Scholarship Winners: Codey Bates, Austin Peay & Elena Djokovic, Stetson
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The ASUN, a Division I conference member of the NCAA, boasts a membership of institutions that share visionary leadership, bold ambition and creative innovation. As a nimble adaptive conference, unafraid to blaze a national pathway for better service to our student-athletes, teams, and institutions, the ASUN has a proud history of firsts, national academic and athletic achievements and a conference culture that walks the walk with its four ASUN Beams. Students First! Rise. Connect. Impact. #ASUNBuilt by Austin Peay (Clarksville, Tenn.), Bellarmine (Louisville, Ky.), Central Arkansas (Conway, Ark.), EKU (Richmond, Ky.), FGCU (Fort Myers, Fla.), Jacksonville (Fla.), Jax State (Jacksonville, Ala.), Kennesaw State (Ga.), Liberty (Lynchburg, Va.), Lipscomb (Nashville, Tenn.), North Alabama (Florence, Ala.), North Florida (Jacksonville, Fla.), Queens (Charlotte, N.C.) and Stetson (DeLand, Fla.).