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Jada Stotts, Breigh Jones, Tennis standouts big winners at APSU Athletic Awards BanquetAustin Peay Sports Information
Senior Dimitar Ristovski, who parlayed his fourth consecutive All-OVC honor for Austin Peay men’s tennis into a spirited run to the OVC Championship match, took home APSU’s Most Outstanding Male Athlete honor. ![]() (L to R) Aleksas Tverijonas, Jada Stotts, Breigh Jones and Dimitar Ristovski earn top awards at Austin Peay Athletic Banquet. (APSU Sports Information) Ristovski’s teammate, Aleksas Tverijonas, took home Austin Peay’s Male Legends Award after a four-year career that saw him earn All-OVC honors in each season, an OVC Championship ring and a prestigious OVC Scholar-Athlete Award for the 2014-15 year.
Austin Peay’s academic standouts also were recognized on Monday, with Tverijonas (3.95 GPA in international business) and volleyball player Liz Landon (4.0 GPA with a major in health and minor in health science) earning Male and Female Scholar-Athlete honors – the third consecutive year Landon has earned the distinction of owning the department’s top GPA for a female student-athlete.
Ristovski has been a standout from the moment he came to Austin Peay four seasons ago, but 2015 was truly a vintage performance. Ascending to the No. 1 singles role after playing behind Sean Bailey and Jasmin Ademovic during his underclass seasons, Ristovski posted a 17-9 mark overall in singles play, including 15-7 during the spring season, and a 9-13 doubles mark that belied a 5-1 record in conference play, ending his career on a five-match winning streak with doubles partner Iago Seffrin. In his final OVC Tournament appearance, Ristovski put the Govs on his back during a splendid run two weekends ago, going unbeaten in singles and doubles as Austin Peay advanced to the championship match against Eastern Kentucky. Along the way, the four-time all-conference performer led Austin Peay to its first win against perennial power Tennessee Tech during his four-year stay in Clarksville, besting OVC Player of the Year Alex Arovin (6-3, 7-5) to clinch the match for Austin Peay. Away from the court, Tverijonas earned one of three OVC Scholar-Athlete honors for the 2014-15 year – the fourth earned by an Austin Peay men’s tennis player during the awards history – and his 3.95 grade-point average was the top mark on a men’s tennis team that led all male sports at Austin Peay in Fall 2014. He was an OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll recipient in each of his first three seasons at Austin Peay. By taking home both the Male Legends and Male Scholar Athlete honor, Tverijonas becomes the first APSU athlete to earn both honors in the same year. Jones has become one of the faces of Austin Peay athletics for both her unmatched efforts on the track as well as her unquestioned work ethic off of it. This season, she won five OVC Indoor Track Athlete of the Week honors, gold in the 400m dash and silver in the 4x400m relay at the OVC Indoor Championships and became the first Austin Peay runner to break the 54-second barrier in the indoor 400m dash when she posted a 53.96 run at the Alex Wilson Invitational. As of last weekend, the two-time NCAA East Regional participant seems poised for yet another trip to the NCAA Preliminary Round, ranking 38th regionally in the 400m dash thanks to a 53.93 run at the Florida Relays.
Stotts served as President of SAAC during her final season for Austin Peay volleyball, and was an integral part of the athletics department during her four-year tenure in Clarksville. Academically, she stood out as a six-time AD’s Honor Roll honoree and two-time member of the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll, posting a GPA during her time at APSU. On the court, Stotts became a member of Austin Peay’s double-grand club with 1197 kills and 1166 digs for her career, including 408 kills and 416 digs during her senior season. During her career, Stotts earned All-Tournament honors at the USF Invitational, Bama Bash, Missouri State Invitational and the DISH Lady Vol Classic, the latter coming on the heels of Austin Peay’s upset at Tennessee earlier this season. She earned all-OVC honors as a senior, ranking third among the league’s outside hitters with 3.52 kills per set. The Most Outstanding Athlete of the Year Awards were established in 1993-94, recognizing the top individual single-season performances by Governors and Lady Govs athletes, respectively. Award RecipientsIndividual Awards Legends Award (men)—Aleksas Tverijonas, men’s tennis Team Awards Baseball: Most Valuable—Alex Robles (2014), Pitcher of the Year—Alex Robles (2014), Most Improved—Alex Belew (2014), Scholar-Athlete—Jake Corum (3.88 GPA) SectionsSportsTopicsAleksas Tverijonas, Alex Arovin, APSU, APSU Athletics, APSU Dunn Center, APSU Female Legends Award, APSU Male Legends Award, APSU Most Outstanding Female Athlete, APSU Most Outstanding Male Athlete, APSU Sports, Austin Peay State University, Breigh Jones, Clarksville TN, CPA, Dimitar Ristovski, DISH Lady Vol Classic, Eastern Kentucky, Florida Relays, Governors, Govs, Iago Seffrin, Jada Stotts, Jasmin Ademovic, Jennifer Nwokocha, Joy's Jewelers, Lady Govs, Legends Award, Liz Landon, Missouri State Invitational, NCAA Regional, Ohio Valley Conference, OVC, OVC Championship, OVC Indoor Championship, OVC Scholar-Athlete Award, OVC Tournament, Tennessee, Tennessee Tech, USF Invitational |
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