PEMBROKE – A total of four championships
were among the celebrations, as the UNC Pembroke athletics department lauded its student-athletes at the 13th annual Golden Braves awards show on Tuesday evening at Lumbee Guaranty Bank Court.
Track & field's
Calen McKinney and volleyball's
Emily Collings were named the Athletic Performance Student-Athletes of the Year for their work in the weightroom, while women's basketball and track and field's
Amanda Sacoto and men's basketball's
Nygell Verdier was crowned as the Comeback Student-Athletes of the Year.
Longtime supporter's Bob and Faye Caton and Sherry and Cory Watson were honored up Braves Club Members of the Year honors, while Mr. Mickey Hunt, Mr. Keith Oxendine and Jamee Freeman were all presented with the Changing Lives Through Education Award. The Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina received the Community Pillar Award for their continued partnership with the athletics department.
A complete list of Tuesday evening's award recipients is below. Five traditional awards – the male and female athlete of the year, male and female newcomer of the year and the Dan Kenney Coach of the Year – will be presented at the Student-Athlete Welcome Back event in August.
