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Athletes of the Week

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  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    6/16/2014
  • Sport
    Volleyball
  • Bio
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The Pioneer volleyball team experienced their best season in program history in 2013, making it to the NAIA Tournament for the first time where they advanced all the way to the semi-finals. The Pioneers finished the season ranked fourth after reaching a school-record 36 wins.

Shahala Hawkins was named NAIA 1st-Team All-American, while Grecia Rivera was named to the third team. Head coach Jim Giacomazzi was named Tachikara National Championship Coach of the Year, and the Pioneers were the Champions of Character team at the National Tournament.

After finishing second in conference, Hawkins was named Sooner Athletic Conference Hitter of the Year and Ashlyn Westerman was named SAC Newcomer of the Year. Rivera and Chelsey Driskill joined Hawkins on the first team, while Westerman and Jacobsma were named to the second team, and Natasha Giacomazzi and Mercedes Torres were named to the honorable mention team.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
10/11/2021 Aryial Garcia Women's Soccer
10/4/2021 Hector Romero Men's Soccer
10/4/2021 Samba Gnokane Men's Soccer
9/28/2021 Kaleb Thornton Football
9/28/2021 Luis Rodriguez Men's Soccer
9/21/2021 Ariel Marquez Volleyball
9/21/2021 Kanade Morita Women's Soccer
9/13/2021 Audilia Vargas Women's Soccer
9/13/2021 Nick Quintero Football
9/8/2021 Lucie Mahelova Volleyball
9/8/2021 Teresha Jacobs Women's Cross Ctry.
8/23/2021 Paxton Patterson Volleyball
8/23/2021 Amber Daniel Volleyball
5/17/2021 Brenden Strickland Men's Track & Field
5/17/2021 Shai Brown Men's Track & Field
5/3/2021 Che Lara Men's Track & Field
5/3/2021 Faith Castillo Women's Track & Field
4/26/2021 Kyle Eifert Baseball
4/26/2021 Tanner Solomon Baseball
4/19/2021 Luis Vargas Baseball
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