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MSU's Coleman and Rawal Take Home Outstanding Student-Athlete of the Year Honors at Awards Banquet

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BALTIMORE, Md. (May 6, 2019) -- Morgan State University student-athletes Andre'onia Coleman (basketball) and Nihit Rawal (tennis) were recognized as the female and male student-athletes of the year at the 33rd Annual Athletics Awards Banquet at Hill Field House. Head coaches Ed Davis Jr. (women's basketball) was selected as the Coach of the Year.

Coleman finished the season by being named a BOXTOROW First-Team All-American by BOXTOROW.com. The first Lady Bear to receive that honor. She was a three-time MEAC Player of the Week selection, two-time College Sports Madness MEAC Player of the Week honoree and was named to the All-MEAC first team. Coleman started all 31 games and led the team in scoring (16.3) and rebounding (7.9). She had nine double-doubles on the season and reached double figures 28 times, including a career-high 26 points against UMBC. She grabbed a season-best 15 rebounds against UMass Lowell and Savannah State. Coleman helped lead the the Lady Bears to a 6th-place MEAC finish. She ranked 4th in the MEAC in scoring, 6th in rebounding, 8th in field goal % (.412), 7th in steals (1.6) and 15th in free throw % (.664).

Rawal had an extremely productive season for the men's tennis team. The junior helped lead the Bears to an overall record of 14-8 and finished 3-0 in MEAC North Division action.  He had an overall record of 15-5 (the most singles wins in the league). He finished with a 3-1 record at No. 2 singles and 11-4 in No. 3 singles play. In doubles play, the Bears duo of Rawal and Oguzhan Ceylan posted a 10-2 mark. Rawal was selected to the All-MEAC First Team and helped the Bears win their 8th straight MEAC North Division Title, in addition to capturing the first MEAC Championship in program history.

Davis guided an eight-player roster to an 8-8 MEAC record and sixth-place finish in the league standings. At one point the squad had crept up to third-place. The Lady Bears closed out the regular season upsetting second-place Maryland Eastern Shore on the road and defeated Coppin State in the finale to sweep the regular season series for the first time since 2014-15. Davis' team also gave then 7th-ranked Maryland a scare for 20 minutes and trailed by only six (28-22) at the half in Puerto Rico. Adre'onia Coleman was named to the All-MEAC first team and earned BOXTOROW first-team All-America honors, becoming the first Lady Bear to achieve that honor. Coleman was a three-time MEAC Player of the Week selection and was named College Sports Madness MEAC Player of the Week twice. Ashia McCalla was named to the All-MEAC Rookie Team. McCalla earned MEAC Rookie of the Week honors once.

Male Athlete of the Year: Nihit Rawal, Men's Tennis
Co-Female Athlete of the Year: Andre'onia Coleman, Women's Basketball
Coach of the Year: Ed Davis Jr., Women's Basketball
Effietee M. Payne Achievement Award: Arjun Ramakrishnan, Men's Tennis and Annastacia Barham, Women's Track & Field
Elijah Rowe Award for Academic Excellence: Stormy Zyzyk, Softball
Varsity "M" Club Award for Academic Excellence: Arjun Ramakrishnan, Men's Tennis

2019 MSU Awards Banquet
Team Award Winners
 
 Men's Basketball
 MVP  Martez Cameron
 Rookie  Sherwyn Devonish-Prince Jr.
 Women's Basketball
 Team MVP  Adre'onia Coleman
 Rookie  Ashia McCalla
 Bowling
 MVP  Devin Hill-Bartlett
 Rookie  Touri Holmes
 Cheerleading
 Cheerleader of the Year  TaJana'e Barlow
 Rookie   Charle' Robinson
 Women's Cross Country
 Team MVP  Infinnatie Rowe
 Rookie  Rachel Field
 Men's Cross Country
 Team MVP  Nahshon Robinson
 Rookie  Jonathan Johnson
 Football
 MVP  Ian McBorrough
 Most Improved  David Adeleke
 Women's Indoor Track
 Team MVP  Infinnatie Rowe
 Most Improved  Nikelene McLean
 Men's Indoor Track
 Team MVP  Keon Rantin
 Most Improved  Kobe-Jordan Rhooms
 Women's Outdoor Track
 Team MVP  Annastacia Barham
 Most Improved  Valencia McDowell
 Men's Outdoor Track
 Team MVP  Kurt Goodlitt
 Most Improved  Keon Rantin
 Softball
 Team MVP  Damali Young
 Most Improved  Mikayla Barnard
 Men's Tennis 
 Team MVP  Nihit Rawal
 Most Improved  Oguzhan Ceylan
 Women's Tennis
 Team MVP  Peggy Rooke
 Rookie  Jourdan Wallace
 Volleyball
 Team MVP  Kalysia Bates
 Rookie  Zoe McBride
 


 
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