Evans, Jones Earn Honors at Louies Student-Athlete Awards Show

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville athletics department celebrated the successes of its student-athletes and teams in a virtual broadcast of the seventh-annual Louies Student Awards Show Thursday evening.

For the second straight year, Jazmine Jones served as host of the event. She was joined by Celene Funke (softball), Lamarr "Fresh" Kimble" and master of ceremonies Sean Moth via video as the show aired on Facebook Live.

Following a 28-4 record and an outright Atlantic Coast Conference regular season season title, women's basketball earned several honors.

Jones was tabbed as the Ed Nalley Female Senior of the Year. Jones will depart as one of the most popular players in program history after earning WBCA All-American Honorable Mention, All-ACC First Team, All-ACC Defensive team, All-ACC Academic Team and All-ACC Tournament team honors.

The Tallahassee, Fla.-native, set Louisville's program record with 144 games played and is also a member of the winningest senior class in program history. She was recently selected by the New York Liberty with the 12^th pick in the first round of the 2020 WNBA Draft, becoming just the fourth player in program history to be selected in the first round.

Dana Evans was named the adidas High Performance Female Athlete of the Year. Following a breakout junior season, Evans became just the third player in program history to be named a WBCA Coaches' All-America selection.

She was named Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, All-ACC First Team, All-ACC Academic Team, and All-ACC Tournament Team after pacing the league in 3-point field goals made (90), 3-point field goal percentage (43.1%) and free throw percentage (89.0%). She scored in double figures in 29 of 30 games played and ranked third in the ACC with 18.0 points per game. The Gary, Ind.-native, helped lead the Cardinals to a 28-4 record and the program's first ever outright ACC regular season championship.

The full list of awards is below:

adidas High Performance Athlete of the Year
Female: Dana Evans (women's basketball)
Male: Reid Detmers (baseball)

L1C4 Award
Blanton Creque (football)

Record-Breaking Performance
Nick Albiero (swimming and diving)

Breakthrough Athlete
Tutu Atwell (football)

Comeback Athlete of the Year
Andrej Barna (men's swimming and diving)

Moment of the Year
Volleyball – upset No. 2 Texas to advance to Elite Eight

Inspiration Award
Football

Humble & Hungry Award Presented by SAAC
Sarah Hernandez (women's soccer)

Kentucky Farm Bureau CardsCARE Individual Award
McKenzie Kelley (Ladybirds)

Kentucky Farm Bureau CardsCARE Team Award
Female: Lacrosse
Male: Baseball

UPS Leadership Award
Female: Meghan Nay (golf)
Male: Cody Cochran (soccer)

Central Cardinal Club Spirit Awards
Cheer: Kristen Wells
Spirit: Sarah Parker
Pep Band: Allison Doimer

Cardinal Cup Presented by L-Club Team Award
Female: Lacrosse
Male: Baseball

Freshman of the Year
Female: Aiko Jones (volleyball)
Male: Alex Binelas (baseball)

Sophomore of the Year
Female: Makenli Forrest (track & field)
Male: Mattias Schmid (golf)

Junior of the Year
Female: Mercedes Pastor (field hockey)
Male: Jordan Nwora (basketball)

Ed Kallay Senior of the Year
Female: Jazmine Jones (basketball)
Male: Dwayne Sutton (basketball)

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