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2024-25 | A Great Year for ETBU Athletics

 PREVIOUS AWARDS | 2016-17 l 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24

The 2024-25 athletic season for East Texas Baptist University brought six American Southwest Conference Tournament Championships, six NCAA Tournament appearances, nine national tournament appearances, several ASC awards, and the best finish in program history for the Learfield Trophy. ETBU won four regular season ASC championships and won three American Southwest Conference major awards. ETBU led the ASC in Distinguished Scholar-Athletes for the third year in row and had over 270 student-athletes on the ASC All-Academic team. 

NATIONAL AWARDS

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HONDA/CWSA D3 NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR FINALIST | Tristen Maddox
2-TIME TUCCI/NFCA NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR | Tristen Maddox

NATIONAL RANKINGS | FINAL

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NFCA POLL | #9
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PERFECT GAME | #24 || ABCA | #30
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WBCA | #22
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AVCA | #15

ASC MAJOR AWARDS

 

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MAN OF THE YEAR | Slade Austin
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FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR x3 | Tristen Maddox
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SPORTSMANSHIP ATHLETE OF THE YEAR | Mary Kate Mark
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ATHLETIC TRAINING STAFF OF THE YEAR

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

ETBU won six ASC Tournament Championships and four ASC Regular Season Championships this year finishing with 10 ASC Championships. They were also runners-up in women's cross country.

Runners Up: Women's Cross Country

 

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SOFTBALL | 2025 ASC Regular Season/Tournament Champions
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MEN'S TENNIS | 2025 ASC Tournament Champions
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VOLLEYBALL | 2024 ASC Regular Season/Tournament Champions
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BASEBALL | 2025 ASC Regular Season/Tournament Champions
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WOMEN'S TENNIS | 2025 ASC Tournament Champions
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | 2024-25 ASC Regular Season/Tournament Champions

ASC COACHES OF THE YEAR

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SOFTBALL | Janae Shirley
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | Blake Arbogast
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VOLLEYBALL | Mallory Matthews

ASC INDIVIDUAL SPORT MAJOR AWARDS

Football: Kaden Brown | ASC Offensive Player of the Year

Volleyball: Graycee Mosley | ASC Player of the Year (3rd time)

Volleyball: Lexi Moody | ASC Setter of the Year

Volleyball: Callie Humphrey | ASC Newcomer of the Year 

Volleyball: Avery Reid | ASC Tournament MVP

Men's Soccer: Junior Lopez | ASC Offensive Player of the Year 

Men's Soccer: Junior Lopez | ASC Offensive Freshman of the Year

Men's Soccer: Ryan Lord | ASC Freshman Defensive Player of the Year

Women's Soccer: Keira Coughlin | ASC Freshman Defensive Player of the Year

Women's Cross Country: Mary Kate Mark | ASC Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year

Women's Basketball: Payton Hicks | ASC Player of the Year

Women's Basketball: Payton Hicks | ASC Tournament MVP

Women’s Basketball: Kadia Ward | ASC Defensive Player of the Year

Women's Basketball: Madison Hurta | ASC All-Freshman Team

Women's Basketball: Kadia Ward | ASC All-Defensive Team

Men’s Golf: Ryan Merrill | ASC Newcomer of the Year

Women's Golf: Anastasia Stava | ASC Newcomer of the Year

Women's Golf: Rylee Beard | ASC Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year

Women's Tennis: Bailey Smith | ASC Tournament MVP

Men's Tennis: Jaco Snyman | ASC Newcomer of the Year

Men's Tennis: Baptiste Berthier | ASC Freshman of the Year

Men's Tennis: Max Karseno | ASC Tournament MVP

Baseball: Luke Bumpus | ASC Newcomer of the Year

Baseball: Joaquin Costa | ASC Freshman of the Year

Baseball: Jagger Neely | ASC Tournament MVP

Softball: Hannah Benavides | ASC Tournament MVP

ASC ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS

Volleyball: Avery Reid (MVP), Graycee Mosley, Callie Humphrey

Men's Soccer: Junior Lopez, Bruno Palmieri

Women's Soccer: Sarah Ramos, Michelle Medellin

Women’s Basketball: Payton Hicks (MVP), Tiffany Bickford, Madison Hurta

Women's Tennis: Bailey Smith (MVP), Fernanda Ruiz Burkart, Jayde Childress, Monique Ybarra

Men's Tennis: Max Karseno (MVP), Baptiste Berthier, Sam Black, BT White

Baseball: Jagger Neely (MVP), Joaquin Costa, Matthew Irwin, Landry Powell, Nicolas Chavez

Softball: Hannah Benavides (MVP), Mallory Pyle, Mary Frances Ellis, Izabella Morales, Katelynn Jones

NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS

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BASEBALL | NCAA Regional Runners-Up/Regional Host
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SOFTBALL | NCAA Regional Regional Champions/Regional; Super Regional Host
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VOLLEYBALL | NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL | NCAA Tournament 1st Round
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MEN'S TENNIS | NCAA Tournament 1st Round
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WOMEN'S TENNIS | NCAA Tournament 2nd Round
CHEER | NCA College Nationals
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BEACH VOLLEYBALL | AVCA Small College Championships (4th place)
POM | DTU College Nationals
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BASS FISHING | MLF National Tournament (34th Place); BASS (52nd)

NATIONAL ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS

Volleyball: Graycee Mosley | All-Regional Tournament

Softball: Tristen Maddox | Regional Tournament MVP

Softball: Tristen Maddox, Emma Bell, Izabella Morales, McKenzie Jones | NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team

ACADEMICS

ASC DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR-ATHLETES

ETBU led the ASC for the third year in a row with six Distinguished Scholar-Athlete Award Winners for their sports. ETBU has now produced 39 Distinguished Scholar-Athlete Awards over the past 11 years. In the past five years, ETBU has led the ASC with the most student-athletes winning the award. Along with the DSA awards, ETBU had over 270 student-athletes named to the ASC All-Academic team with a 3.0 GPA or higher. 

AWARD WINNERS

  • MEN'S TRACK & FIELD: London Morris 
  • WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Payton Hicks
  • SOFTBALL: Mary Frances Ellis (2nd Straight)
  • MEN'S SOCCER: Bruno Palmeiri
  • VOLLEYBALL: Graycee Mosley
  • MEN'S TENNIS: Slade Austin
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ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS

ETBU had two College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-Americans this year in softball players Mary Frances Ellis (second team) and and volleyball player Graycee Mosley (first team). Ellis earned her third straight CSC Academic All-American award becoming the first ETBU student-athlete to reach that feat. Mosley gained her second straight and she is the first volleyball player to be named to the first team. 

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SOFTBALL | Mary Frances Ellis (2nd team) - 3x CSC Academic AA
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VOLLEYBALL | Graycee Mosley (1st team) - 2x CSC Academic AA

NATIONAL TEAM ACADEMIC AWARDS

Six programs earned academic team awards for their team grade point average. In select sports, teams also had individuals selected to the national all-academic team.

ITA: Women's Tennis (10 straight years) | ITA Scholar-Athletes - Kristyn Dunn, Bailey Smith, Isabella Macquet, Monique Ybarra, Isabelle Duarte, Kaitlyn Huzy 

ITA: Men's Tennis (2nd year) | ITA Scholar-Athletes - Sam Black, David Garcia, Kayden Lengacher, Jaco Snyman, Slade Austin, Frederick Friberg, Max Karseno, Drew Van Wyk, BT White

NFCA: Softball (9 straight years) | NFCA Scholar-Athletes - TBA

AVCA: Volleyball (6 straight years)

AVCA: Beach Volleyball (3rd year)

ABCA: Baseball (10 straight years)

 

ALL-AMERICANS

ETBU had another strong year producing four All-Americans in two sports - volleyball and softball

  • Volleyball: Graycee Mosley (AVCA 2nd Team)
  • Volleyball: Avery Reid (AVCA 3rd Team)
  • Softball: Tristen Maddox (NFCA 1st Team)
  • Softball: Avery Holland (NFCA 3rd Team)
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ALL-REGION AWARDS

COACHES

Volleyball: Mallory Mathews

Softball: Janae Shirley

Football: Kaden Brown | D3football.com First Team Offense

Football: Jahkamian Carr, Dominick Williams | D3football.com Third Team Defense

Football: Trayjen Llanas-Wilcox | D3football.com Third Team Offense

Volleyball: Graycee Mosley | AVCA First Team

Volleyball: Avery Reid | AVCA First Team

Volleyball: Callie Humphrey | AVCA Honorable Mention

Women's Basketball: Payton Hicks | D3hoops.com First Team

Baseball: Ben Lea | D3baseball.com Second Team, ABCA Third Team

Baseball: Luke Bumpus | D3baseball.com /ABCA Third Team

Baseball: Jagger Neely | D3baseball.com Third Team

Baseball: Dylan Burnaman | D3baseball.com Third Team

Baseball: Connor Massimini | ABCA Third Team

Softball: Tristen Maddox | NFCA First Team

Softball: Avery Holland | NFCA First Team

Softball: Izabella Morales | NFCA First Team

Softball: Katelyn Jones | NFCA Second Team

Softball: Tauryn Cummings | NFCA Third Team

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