Butler Athletics Recognizes Student-Athletes With 1st Ever Awards Show

EL DORADO, Kan. – Butler Community College Athletics held its first ever Athletics Awards Show recognizing student-athletes as well as staff from all the sports during the 2024-25 athletic year on Thursday evening.

The evening began with student-athletes and coaches walking down the Purple Carpet, posing for photos and answering interview questions. Butler Community College Interim President Dr. Jackie Vietti kicked the ceremony portion of the night off with a speech, followed by Director of Athletics Todd Carter.

Click here to view the full photo gallery.

Click here to view the archived stream.

The award winners are listed below.

Individual Performance of the Year:

FB: Seven Cloud vs. Hutchinson

Team Performance of the Year:

Football Defeats No. 1 ranked Hutchinson on the road

Game of the Year: 

Men's Basketball at Hutchinson in Region 6 Tournament

Play of the Year:

London Ingram's Last Second Goal that aired on SportsCenter's Top-10

Men's Team of the Year: 

Men's Cross Country

Women's Team of the Year: 

Soccer

Male Athlete of the Year:

FB: Seven Cloud

Female Athlete of the Year:

SOC: London Ingram

Men's Newcomer of the Year:

MBB: Emeka Opurum

Women's Newcomer of the Year:

WBB: Ashley Singhateh

Men's Most Improved Player:

BSB: Cooper Rasmussen

Women's Most Improved Player:

VB: Sarah Sullivan

Coach of the Year:

MBB: Eric Nitsche

Team Community Service Award:

Football

Grizzly Spirit Award (2-4 student athletes that have show great spirit and support for Butler athletics and their fellow student-athletes and exemplify great character.):

FB: Kris Markos

VB: Maya Kirkpatrick

XC/T&F: Bhekizulu Khumalo

BSB: Caden Hinther

Adversity Award:

FB: Ozzy Poage

SOC: Alayna Runck

MBB: Jojo Adeoye

Faculty/Staff Member of the Year:

Travis Kochenower - Custodian

BCTV MVP:

Evan Liess

Academic Teams of the Year:

Baseball & Softball

Scholar-Athletes:

Emeka Opurum

Noah Bruce

Gabe Welch

Kamohelo Ramatsebe

Kade Blanchat

Alex Coester

Tyesha Nelson

Avery DeLong

Destiny Ponds

Madison Nightingale

Kenzie Galliart

Chloe Odle

Keegan Yarick

Leadership Awards:

Landon Boss

Russell Branch

Laynee Brown

Caylee Mann

Bhekizulu Khumalo

Noah Bruce

Keegan Yarick