WEATHERFORD, Okla. – The SWOSU Athletic Department hosted the 2018-19 All-Sports Banquet on Wednesday evening at the Pioneer Cellular Event Center to celebrate the past year in Bulldog Athletics. Among the awards presented at the banquet were the Athletes of the Year, which went to Nathan Hatchel of the SWOSU Rodeo team and Lady Bulldog All-Americans Hayden Priddy & Hailey Tucker, who shared the honor of Female Athlete of the Year.
 
Other honors handed out on Wednesday were the Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards, which were presented to Brandon Roe (football) and Erica Brunet (soccer) for the second consecutive year. SWOSU Athletic Director Todd Thurman also presented the Cecil Perkins Service Award to local businessman Stan Garrison in appreciation for his long-standing support of the athletic programs.
 
Nathan Hatchel (Hennessey, Okla.) becomes the second member of the SWOSU Rodeo team to be named Male Athlete of the Year since the school transitioned to NCAA Division II and the first since Hall of Famer Jet McCoy in 2000-01. Already a two-time qualifier for the College National Finals Rodeo, Hatchel saved his best season for his last, winning two rodeos in Bull Riding this spring while finishing either first or second place in the average at seven-of-nine rodeos completed this year. With those results, he has built a commanding lead over the rest of the Central Plains Region and he enters the final rodeo of the year as the top-ranked Bull Rider in all of college rodeo with more than 1,000 points to his credit.
 

Year	Male Athlete of the Year	Sport	Hometown
1997-98	Bobby Wechsler	Baseball	Elk City, Okla.
1998-99	Greg Jones	Golf	Edmond, Okla.
1999-00	Lucas Aslin	Football	Manhattan, Kan.
2000-01	Jet McCoy	Rodeo	Tupelo, Okla.
2001-02	Milan Pepper	Basketball	St. Louis, Mo.
2002-03	Justin Twyman	Golf	Elk City, Okla.
2003-04	Brian Hostetler	Golf	Arlington, Texas
2004-05	Brian Hostetler	Golf	Arlington, Texas
2005-06	Greg Koch	Golf	Burkburnett, Texas
2006-07	Mark Cole	Baseball	Perry, Okla.
2007-08	Chris Morrison	Baseball	Wolf City, Texas
2008-09	Ruzell McCoy	Football	Frederick, Okla.
2009-10	Jonathan Haggerty	Football	Dallas, Texas
2010-11	Jonathan Darby	Football	Santee, Calif.
2011-12	Clarence Laster	Football	Hemet, Calif.
2012-13	Shane Martin	Baseball	Weatherford, Okla.
2013-14	Rod Camphor	Basketball	Baltimore, Md.
2014-15	Devin Benton	Football	Arlington, Texas
2015-16	DJ Jones	Football	Oakland, Calif.
2016-17	Stefan Idstam	Golf	Marifred, Sweden
2017-18	Alex Pimentel	Baseball	El Paso, Texas
2018-19	Nathan Hatchel	Rodeo	Hennessey, Okla.

 
Hayden Priddy (Piedmont, Okla.) put together a stellar four-year career at SWOSU that culminated with leading her team to the NCAA Division II National Championship game in March. She ranked second on the team with 17.1 points per game while leading the conference with 91 made three-pointers, which vaulted her to second in GAC history and third in school history with 1,864 career points. For her play, Priddy was named the 2019 GAC Player of the Year and D2CCA Central Region Player of the Year before earning a selection to three All-America teams. She was named a First Team All-American by D2CCA and the Division II Bulletin while also earning an honorable mention selection from the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Priddy was at her best in the postseason, earning a spot on the All-GAC Tournament Team while being named the Most Outstanding Player of the Central Regional Championships.
 
Hailey Tucker (Bartlesville, Okla.) graduates from SWOSU as the school's most decorated student-athlete of the NCAA Division II era following an illustrious four-year career for the Lady Bulldog Basketball team. She became just the second player in program history to score 2,000 career points and she leaves as the leading scorer in Great American Conference history while ranking 19th all-time in NCAA Division II with 2,360 points. As a senior, she averaged 18.6 points and 7.0 rebounds per game, which earned her a First Team All-GAC selection for the fourth straight season and a selection to four All-America teams. Tucker was named First Team All-American by WBCA, Second Team by the Division II Bulletin and Third Team by D2CCA while earning a Second Team Academic All-American selection as well. In addition, she was named to All-Tournament teams at the GAC Tournament, Central Regional Championships and the NCAA Division II Elite Eight.
 

Year	Female Athlete of the Year	Sport	Hometown
1997-98	Kala Freeman	Golf	Arnett, Okla.
1998-99	Charlotte Pfeil	Softball	Moore, Okla.
1999-00	Charlotte Pfeil	Softball	Moore, Okla.
2000-01	Amy Kilhoffer	Cross Country	Elk City, Okla.
2001-02	Courtney Hale	Softball	Rush Springs, Okla.
2002-03	Ashlee Hamar	Basketball	Thomas, Okla.
2003-04	Ginalee Tierney	Rodeo	Broken Bow, Neb.
2004-05	Paige Adams	Basketball	Clinton, Okla.
2005-06	Rachel Ingram	Cross Country	Springfield, Mo.
2006-07	Rachel Ingram	Cross Country	Springfield, Mo.
2007-08	Grace Anne Fath	Basketball/Cross Country	Fort Smith, Ark.
2008-09	Stefanie Jones	Cross Country	Fort Smith, Ark.
2009-10	Stacey Creger	Softball	Mustang, Okla.
2010-11	Amy Outhier	Rodeo	Weatherford, Okla.
2011-12	Darcie Dick	Basketball	Cordell, Okla.
2012-13	Josie Price	Soccer	Calgary, Alberta
2013-14	Michelle Fisher	Basketball	Mustang, Okla.
2014-15	Ana Gomez	Golf	Michoacan, Mexico
2015-16	Carly Zak	Volleyball	Wylie, Texas
2016-17	Carly Zak	Volleyball	Wylie, Texas
2017-18	Hailey Tucker	Basketball	Bartlesville, Okla.
2018-19	Hayden Priddy	Basketball	Piedmont, Okla.
	Hailey Tucker	Basketball	Bartlesville, Okla.

 
Brandon Roe (Choctaw, Okla.) is a four-year starter for the Bulldog Football team who battled through injuries to start 10 games at left guard during his senior season. Over the course of his career, he made 40 starts on the Dawgs offensive line while maintaining an unblemished 4.0 grade point average in Engineering Technology. Roe is a three-time CoSIDA Academic All-District selection and a two-time Academic All-American, becoming the first SWOSU Football player to be named a First Team Academic All-American this season.
 

Year	Male Scholar-Athlete	Sports	Hometown
2011-12	Jeremy Soliday	Baseball	Greeley, Colo.
2012-13	Colton Rainey	Football	Lawton, Okla.
2013-14	Ryan Corbin	Football	Newcastle, Okla.
2014-15	Dalton Daniels	Baseball	Salina, Okla.
2015-16	Cameron Nix	Football	Carnegie, Okla.
2016-17	Cameron Nix	Football	Carnegie, Okla.
2017-18	Brandon Roe	Football	Choctaw, Okla.
2018-19	Brandon Roe	Football	Choctaw, Okla.

 
Erica Brunet (Brampton, Ontario) is a four-year standout on the SWOSU Soccer team who helped the Bulldogs advance to the GAC Championship match this year for the fourth straight season. As a senior, she received her fourth all-conference selection and the third straight First Team All-Great American Conference honor. In addition, she became a three-time Academic All-District selection and one of the first CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in program history by maintaining a 3.97 grade point average while majoring in Special Education.
 

Year	Female Scholar-Athlete	Sport	Hometown
2011-12	Madison Cabaniss	Basketball	Arapaho, Okla.
2012-13	SaRaya Oyler	Basketball	Beaver, Okla.
2013-14	Jessica Heard	Golf	Clinton, Okla.
2014-15	Brandy Mader	Volleyball	Nickerson, Kan.
2015-16	Kaila Lancaster	Volleyball	Hewitt, Texas
2016-17	Taya Haney	Softball	Leedey, Okla.
2017-18	Erica Brunet	Soccer	Brampton, Ontario
2018-19	Erica Brunet	Soccer	Brampton, Ontario

 
The Cecil Perkins Service Award was presented to Stan Garrison on Wednesday evening. A native of Cordell, Garrison attended SWOSU in the late 1970's, earning a degree in Accounting in 1979. In college, he began developing rental properties, which led to his establishing of Garrison Rentals, which owns and operates several properties in Weatherford. Garrison was a founding member of the current version of the SWOSU Athletic Association, which has led to increased fundraising for the department along with an improved engagement with the teams and student-athletes. Garrison is a mainstay in the stands supporting the SWOSU Athletic programs at home and on the road while volunteering to cook meals for the teams multiple times throughout the year.
 

Year	Cecil Perkins Service Award
2013	Joe Phillips
2014	Max & Judy Pyron
2015	Rick Koch
2016	Jimmy Harrel
2017	Jim Litsch
2018	Les Crall
2019	Stan Garrison

 
Each coach spoke briefly about their season and presented their respective Most Valuable Player awards. A list of those can be found below:
 
Volleyball – Kaitlyn Dillon, junior (Edmond, Okla.)
Soccer – Sandra Nabweteme, junior (Kampala, Uganda)
Cross Country – Bailey Richardson, freshman (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Track & Field – Alexis Chao, freshman (Lawton, Okla.)
Football – Justin Bigelow, senior (Denison, Texas)
Cheer – Taylor Lewis, senior (Piedmont, Okla.)
Pom – Sarah Dengler, senior (Yukon, Okla.)
Mascot – Matt Yunker, sophomore (Wakita, Okla.)
Men's Basketball – Nick Shoemaker, senior (Bartlesville, Okla)
Women's Basketball – Hayden Priddy, senior (Piedmont, Okla.) & Hailey Tucker, senior (Bartlesville, Okla.)
Women's Rodeo – Shanna Simmons, (Harrisville, Pa.)
   Horse of the Year – Pakman, owned by Shanna Simmons
Men's Rodeo – Nathan Hatchel, senior (Hennessey, Okla.)
   Horse of the Year – Taffy, owned by Will Gaillard
Women's Golf – Gloria Choi, senior (Langley, British Columbia) & Chloe Thackeray, senior (Billericay, England)
Men's Golf – Gregor Weck, sophomore (Wiesbaden, Germany)
Softball – Amanda Moreno, sophomore (Moore, Okla.)
Baseball – Alex Bedard, junior (Levis, Quebec)