Delgado, Slane, Tinsley, Idris Take Top Honors at Delaware Athletics Awards Banquet

Homepage Photo: Most Valuable Players from each sport pose in front of the Blue Hen in the Bob Carpenter Center Lobby. Absent from photo Marvin King Davis (men's basketball) and Courtni Green (women's basketball) (Photo by Mark Campbell)

Andi Slane (Great Oak/Temecula, Calif./center in photo below right) took home the UD Alumni Association Outstanding Male and Female Athlete of the Year Awards with Delgado earning the honor for the second straight year.

Two former standout Blue Hen athletes were on hand to help present the Most Valuable Player Awards. Tom Van Grofski, a football and baseball standout who earned the UD Outstanding Male Senior Athlete of the Year Award in 1966, presented the award to Delgado while Elaine Pomian Knobloch, a member of the 1981 and 1982 UD women's lacrosse national championship teams and a 2013 inductee into the UD Athletics Hall of Fame, presented the award to Slane.

Two-time ECAC Eastern triple jump champion Amira Idris (Hylton/Woodbridge, Va.) was named the winner of the Mary Ann Hitchens Award while football captain and All-Colonial Athletic Association defensive end David Tinsley (Armwood/Seffner, Fla.) took home the Edgar Johnson Award.

The most prestigious honors bestowed on a UD student-athlete, the Johnson and Hitchens Awards are presented to a senior letterwinner who has exhibited the qualities of hard work, dedication, leadership, fairness, and striving for excellence that were the hallmarks of Johnson's and Hitchens' career.

Johnson served as UD Director of Athletics for 25 years while Hitchens was a pioneer in women's athletics and served as UD's Senior Associate Director of Athletics as part of a 41-year career at Delaware. Both were on hand to present the awards to the winners.

The event drew over 500 UD student-athletes and athletics staff members. Scott Klatzkin, the voice of Blue Hens football and men's basketball and sports director for WDSD 94.7 Radio, served as the master of ceremonies.

Andi Slane (Great Oak/Temecula, Calif.) earned the award for the second straight year and for the third time in her career. See details above for a more complete biography.

INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Senior jumper Amira Idris (Hylton/Woodbridge, Va.) earned the award for the second straight year. See details above for a more complete biography.

LACROSSE: Sophomore goalkeeper Taylor Carpentier (Garden City/Garden City, N.Y.). Her first season in a Blue Hens uniform was quite the successful one for Carpentier, who garnered All-CAA second team accolades. A transfer from George Mason, she was a brick wall in the cage for Delaware as she led the CAA with 6.82 saves per game at a clip of 48.1 percent while finishing third in the conference with 7.33 goals allowed per. A health behavior science major, her goals allowed average ranked 14th nationally and is also good for sixth in the Blue Hens single-season record books

OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: Sophomore sprinter Tyra Reid (Caesar Rodney/Dover, Del.). Reid proved to be one of the top sprinters in the CAA this spring as she captured the 400 meters title and placed in the top four in two relay events at the conference meet. The criminal justice major was at her best at the CAA meet as she won the 400 meters in a school record time of 53.79 and then teamed to place third in the 400 meter relay and fourth in the 1,600 meter relay. She earned ECAC All-East honors last week thanks to a third place finish in the 400 meters and an eight place showing in the 400 meter relay. Her record time in the 400 meters was also an NCAA Provisional qualifying time.

ROWING: Senior Jenn Boone (Pennsbury/Newtown, Pa.). Competing in every regatta during the 2016 season for the Blue Hens, Boone helped lead the Blue Hens to a fourth place finish at the CAA Championships as she led her Second Varsity Eights crew to a fourth place finish. Just a day earlier, she helped the crew place sixth overall at the Dad Vail Regatta. She also helped lead the Varsity Eights to a third place finish against Temple and Lehigh and a second place finish at the Saint Joseph's meet. An exercise science major, she led the Second Varsity Eights to a third place finish in the third final at the Knecht Cup.

SOCCER: Senior defender Maddy Parker (Methacton/Eagleville, Pa.). Over the last four seasons, Blue Hen goalkeepers could always count on having one of the CAA's top defensive players – and certainly one of the most reliable - keeping trouble away from the nets. Parker was that reliable figure. A health behavior science major, Parker never missed a game during her career, started each of the final 56 contests, and played every minute of every game the last two seasons. A second team All-CAA selection in 2015, she played in 74 career games and anchored a defense that recorded 23 shutouts over that span.

SOFTBALL: Sophomore shortstop Leanna Gearhart (Robbinsville/Robbinsville, N.J.). A second team All-CAA selection, Gearhart started all 51 games at shortstop and served as the Blue Hens' leadoff hitter, ranking 10th in the league with a .343 batting average. An exercise science major, Gearhart led the CAA and set UD single season records with 54 runs scored and 44 stolen bases while also posting a league-best eight triples, one shy of the Division I lead. She set a UD record by stealing 22 consecutive bases and hit safely in all but 10 games. She ranks second in school history with 54 steals and 19 triples.

SWIMMING & DIVING: Senior Morgan Whyte (St. John's College HS/Chevy Chase, Md.). Whyte, who won the award for the second straight year, was one of the top sprint freestylers in the CAA. A fashion merchandising major, she capped an outstanding career by placing second in the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, and 400 freestyle, and third in the 200 freestyle relay at the CAA Championships, leading her team to a fourth place finish. The owner of six school records, including individual marks in the 50 and 100 freestyle events, she was an NCAA B qualifier in those two events for the third straight year.

TENNIS: Sophomore Amanda Studnicki (Normal West/Norman, Ill.). Studnicki spent the entire season in the top flight of both singles and doubles action. One of the team's SAAC representatives and an exercise science major, she finished the year with 12 singles victories while logging 14 wins in doubles play. A team co-captain, she was named the CAA Singles Player of the Week for Feb. 24 while collecting CAA Doubles Team of the Week accolades on Mar. 15.

VOLLEYBALL: Senior setter and defensive specialist Ariel Shonk (Riverwood International Charter/Atlanta, Ga). A second-time winner of the award, Shonk led the conference and ranked 19th in Division I with 5.23 digs per set this fall. Shonk, who earned third team All-CAA honors for the third time in her career, posted 591 digs in 2015, 11th most in a UD single season, and reached double figures in digs during all but one match. A marketing and operation management major, she finished her career with 1,932 career digs, second most in school history and 11th among active Division I players.

MEN'S SPORTS:

BASKETBALL: Senior forward Marvin King-Davis (Meadowbrook/Richmond, Va.) won the Colonel C.B. Shaffer MVP Award. The only Blue Hen to start all 29 regular season games, King-Davis led the team and ranked second in the CAA with 9.0 rebounds per game and ranked second on the squad and ninth in the conference by averaging 14.8 points per outing. King-Davis, who earned his sociology degree in May, 2015, also finished second in the CAA by recording 12 double-doubles. He concluded his outstanding career ranking 26th in Delaware history with 541 career rebounds and tied for 45th with 849 points.

BASEBALL: Junior catcher/infielder Nick Tierno (Eastern/Voorhees, N.J.) won the Pape Lukk MVP Award. A first-year transfer, it didn't take Tierno long to make a valuable impact on the Blue Hen program. An All-American and All-CAA nominee, Tierno has proved to be one of the most versatile players in the CAA, having seen action at catcher, second base, shortstop, third base, and designated hitter this season. Through games of May 17, he was batting .351 with a team-high 51 runs scored and has also added 13 doubles, 33 RBI, and four stolen bases. He ranks among the CAA Top 10 leaders in batting average, hits, on-base percentage, and is batting .391 in league games.

FOOTBALL: Senior defensive end David Tinsley (Armwood/Seffner, Fla.). See details above for a more complete biography.

GOLF: Senior Kyle Martin (Christopher Dock/Ambler, Pa.) won the John J. DeLuca/ Scotty Duncan Memorial Team MVP Award for the third straight season. A MIS major, Martin led the Blue Hens with a 75.13 average round during the 2015-16 season. He appeared in all but one tournament during his senior season, posting four Top 20 finishes on the year and recorded his best finishes by tying for 15th place at the Cornell Invitational, 18th at the Kingsmill Invitational, and 20th at the CAA Championship. He ends his career ranked eighth in UD men's golf history with a 75.92 average round.

LACROSSE: Senior defensive midfielder John O'Connor (Salisbury School/Canton, N.Y.). When it came time to shutting down the opponent's top scorer, few in the CAA did it better than O'Connor. A history major, O'Connor was a steady force on the defensive end for the Blue Hens over the last four years. This past season he played in 14 games, scored two goals, was second on the team with 14 caused turnovers and third with 32 groundballs. His 40 career caused turnovers ranks sixth all-time at Delaware.

SOCCER: Junior forward Guillermo Delgado (Jose Luis Sampedro/Tres Cantos, Spain) won the award for the third straight year. See details above for a more complete biography.

SWIMMING & DIVING: Junior Cory Camp (Blake/Olney, Md.) won the Jack & Hugh Dougherty Team MVP for the second time in three seasons. The holder of an incredible six school records, Camp posted four top three finishes at the CAA Championships in February as he placed second in the 500 freestyle and was third in the 800 freestyle relay, 200 freestyle, and 1,650 freestyle. A co-captain, the exercise science major also competed in three events at the prestigious AT&T Winter Nationals in December and put in UD's best finish with a 34th place showing in the 400 individual medley.

TENNIS: Sophomore Colin Wong (Unionville/Kennett Square, Pa.) was named the winner of the Alexander J. Taylor Team MVP Award. An economics major, Wong led the Blue Hens with 10 singles victories while finishing the season with five straight victories. He also registered six doubles decisions and collected the Saint Joseph's Tournament Singles and Doubles Consolation titles during the fall.

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Denny LaMachia

University of Delaware Athletics

Delgado, Slane, Tinsley, Idris Take Top Honors at Delaware Athletics Awards Banquet

Players Mentioned

Jenn Boone

Cory Camp

Guillermo Delgado

Courtni Green

Amira Idris

Marvin King-Davis

Kyle Martin

John O'Connor

Maddy Parker

Tyra Reid

Ariel Shonk

David Tinsley

Morgan Whyte

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