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2018 Black & Gold Awards

 
 
2018 Black and Gold Awards


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Oakland University Athletics hosted the fourth annual Black and Gold Awards Monday, April 16 at 7 p.m. inside the O'rena.

The Black and Gold Awards serve as a celebration for Oakland's student-athletes to honor their accomplishments in competition, the classroom and in the community.

Some of this year's presenters include: Fox 2 news and Oakland alumnus Amy Andrews, WXYZ-TV's Justin Rose, 97.1 FM and Oakland alumni Mike Sullivan, 97.9 FM DJ and Oakland alumnus Kirby Gwen, Fox Sports Detroit's Johnny Kane, Oakland alumni Joey Namou, also known as Joey Radio from 95.5 FM and Oakland University President Ora Pescovitz.

The show was hosted by the Voice of the Golden Grizzlies, Neal Ruhl, and Oakland sideline reporter and in-house host Lauren Jbara.

Award Winners

Award winners: Community Service Award to Men's Soccer, Competition of the Year to Men's and Women's Cross Country, Top Academic Team to Volleyball, Future Leader Award to Sammy Condon, Most Improved Athlete to Cierra Bond, Men's Top Academic Award to Dan Ault, Women's Top Academic Award to Taylor Gleason and Alysse Fischer, Black and Gold Spirit Award to Paige Willming, SAAC Staff Member of the Year to Eddie Turner, Men's Newcomer of the Year to Kendrick Nunn, Women's Newcomer of the Year to Maggie Schneider, Men's Hollie L. Lepley Award Award to Nate Schwwers, Women's Hollie L. Lepley Award to Taylor Gleason, Top Play of the Year to Jordan Jackson, Men's Performance of the Year to Joe Smith, Women's Performance of the Year to Maggie Schneider, Men's President's Award to Bryce Stroede, Women's President's Award to Devin Tomlinson, Men's Athlete of the year to Kendrick Nunn, Women's Athlete of the Year to Darien Bandel, Team of the Year to Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving, Most Inspirational to Tom Ford


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