Carter, Durr Earn Honors at Louies Student-Athletes Awards Show

Arica Carter Louisville women's basketball

Carter, Durr Earn Honors at Louies Student-Athletes Awards Show

April 15, 2019 | Women's Basketball

The University of Louisville athletics department relished in the successes of all of its teams and student-athletes on Monday night at The Louies Student-Athletes Awards Show.

By: Nick Evans

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville athletics department relished in the successes of all of its teams and student-athletes on Monday night at The Louies Student-Athletes Awards Show.

Following a 32-win season, an ACC regular season championship and a trip to the NCAA Elite Eight, women's basketball earned several honors.

Arica Carter claimed the very prestigious #L1C4 Award. The honor is given to a student-athlete who exemplifies the meaning of the athletic department's culture, humble and hungry. The individual sets the standard by achieving for being 'Louisville First' by excelling in the classroom, in the community, and in athletic competition.

Carter, a redshirt-senior from Los Angeles, averaged 9.5 points and finished second on the team with 63 made three-pointers in her final season. Carter was one of three Cardinals selected in the 2019 WNBA Draft last week, going 32^ndoverall to the Phoenix Mercury.

Carter is only the fifth student-athlete to earn the #L1C4 award, joined by baseball's Brendan McKay, swimming's Kelsi Worrell, and football's Teddy Bridgewater and Reggie Bonnafon.

Asia Durr, along with swimmer Mallory Comerford, was named the Female adidas High Performance Athlete of the Year.

A consensus All-American, the senior from Douglasville, Ga., was the recipient of the Dawn Staley Award and Ann Meyers Drysdale Award, presented to the top guard and top shooting guard in the nation. A member of the ACC All-Tournament Team and Albany Regional All-Tournament Team, she helped the Cards to an Elite Eight birth. She was named ACC Player of the year, first team all ACC, and a member of the ACC All-Academic Team. A member of the winningest class in UofL women's basketball history, she was recently tabbed with the second pick of the 2019 WNBA Draft by the New York Liberty.

Carter and Durr, along with Sam Fuehring, finished their career with 123 wins, making them the winningest class in program history. They won ACC regular season titles in 2018 and 2019, an ACC Tournament title in 2018, and helped the Cardinals make three Sweet 16's, two Elite 8's and the 2018 Final Four.

The full list of awards is below:

adidas High Performance Athlete of the Year
Male: Nicolas Albiero (swimming and diving)
Female: Mallory Comerford (swimming and diving) and Asia Durr (women's basketball)

L1C4 Award
Arica Carter (women's basketball)

Record-Breaking Performance
Simon Zach (men's golf)

Breakthrough Athlete
Celene Funke (softball)
Jordan Nwora (men's basketball)

Comeback Player of the Year
Emina Ekic (women's soccer)

Best Championship Performance
Women's Swimming and Diving

Moment of the Year
Mallory Comerford winning her third national championship

Kentucky Farm Bureau CardsCARE Individual
Noah McBride (track and field)
Emily Corso (rowing)

Kentucky Farm Bureau CardsCARE Team
Field Hockey

UPS Leadership Award
Male: Christen Cunningham (men's basketball)
Female: Emily Howell (women's lacrosse)

Outstanding Senior Cheer Award
Emily Mattey

Outstanding Senior Ladybird Award
Sydney Thompson

Outstanding Senior Pep Band Award
Kayla Goodman

Freshman of the Year
Men: Bartosz Piszczorowicz (swimming and diving)
Female: Violette Legrand (rowing)

Sophomore of the Year
Male: Logan Wyatt (baseball)
Female: Mercedes Pastor (field hockey)

Junior of the Year
Male: Christopher Morin-Kougoucheff (men's tennis)
Female: Dorcas Wasike (cross country)

Ed Kallay Senior of the Year
Male: Tate Schmitt (men's soccer)
Female: Ayeisha McFerran (field hockey)

Humble & Hungry Award
Celene Funke (softball)

Highest Senior GPA
Abigail Wright (track and field)

Highest Team GPA
Women's Swimming and Diving