Track & Field Dominates LSWA Awards for 2017

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Kent Lowe (@LSUkent)Communications Sr. Associate



BATON ROUGE – LSU seniors Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Rebekah Wales, junior Mikiah Brisco and freshman Ruby Stauber joined head coach Dennis Shaver as major award winners for 2017 as the Louisiana Sports Writers Association announced its postseason track and field awards over the weekend.
Shaver, whose Tigers finished in the top 10 nationally both indoors and outdoors, was named the LSWA Men’s Coach of the Year, while Xavier’s Joseph’s Moses, whose young team won the conference title and scored in NAIA championships, was the women’s selection as coach of the year.
The team consists of a best times list based on the three best state times and distances from a national qualifying list, while the special awards are voted on by the state track and field media relations personnel. The voters cannot vote for athletes or coaches from their own school.
Mitchell-Blake led the men's award winners as the LSWA Men's Track Athlete of the Year, while Southeastern's Alex Young (field athlete), Tulane's Raymond Kibet (freshman) and McNeese State's Christoph Graf (newcomer) were also honored for their performance in 2017.
The Lady Tigers nearly swept the women's awards as Brisco, the NCAA 100-meter champion in 2017, was voted the LSWA Women's Track Athlete of the Year, Wales earned the title of Women's Field Athlete of the Year and Stauber took home the honor as Women's Freshman of the Year. Rounding out the women's award winners was Tulane's Alyssa Applebee as the Women's Newcomer of the Year.
The men’s team of Shaver finished sixth indoors and seventh outdoors, coaching his athletes to nine All-Americans honors in 2017. The Tigers had 30 points indoors and another 20 points at the outdoor championships.
Moses was named the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Coach of the Year as Xavier won the women’s team championship for the fourth time in five year. ...

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