Pastor Named UofL's Female Junior of the Year

Mercedes Pastor was recently named the University of Louisville Female Junior Athlete of the Year as the athletics department celebrated the successes of its student-athletes and teams in a virtual broadcast of the seventh-annual Louies Student-Athlete Awards Show Thursday evening.

The award is given annually to a junior female and male student-athlete nominated for exemplifying the characteristics of leadership, exuberance for sport, devotion to UofL, commitment to community service, and dedication to excellence in their sport.

Pastor, was one of four finalists for the Class of 2020 Honda Sport Award for Field Hockey. During her junior season, the midfielder from Buenos, Aires, Argentina posted a career-best nine goals and 22 points while helping the Cardinals reach the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history. She was a Longstreth/NFHCA All-America First Team and All-West Region Team selection and was named to the All-ACC first team and ACC All-Tournament team.

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
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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