FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – From memorable plays and record-setting academic achievements to striving for championships and excellence in the classroom, the eighth annual HOGSPY Awards will celebrate the best-of-the-best among Razorback student-athletes, Spirit Squad, marching band and staff during the past year on May 1, 2019, at the Walton Arts Center.
The HOGSPY Awards recognizes the best in athletics, academics, leadership and serving learning and will be hosted by former Arkansas football and track & field standout and Foot Network star Eddie Jackson. Individual awards include male and female recipients in the categories of student-athlete of the year, rookie of the year and scholar-athlete of the year. Coach of the Year honors will also be bestowed on the year’s most outstanding coach in both men’s and women’s sports.
Team awards will recognize the academic teams of the year, the team performances of the year, the Hog Tough performances of the year and the top athletic teams of the year.
HOGSPY Award nominations are submitted by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, coaches and staff. Winners are determined by a vote of selected groups for each award.
This year’s finalists include:
Heart of the Hog
- Carson Shaddy (Baseball)
- Maria Fassi (Women’s Golf)
- Morgan Burks-Magee (Women’s Track & Field)
- Isaiah Joe (Basketball)
- Casey Martin (Baseball)
- Heston Kjerstad (Baseball)
- Sarah Shaffer (Gymnastics)
- Mary Haff (Softball)
- Lauren Gregory (Track & Field)
- Anna Hopkin (Swimming & Diving)
- Taylor Werner (Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country)
- Men’s Golf – SEC Championships/NCAA Norman Regional
- Lauren Gregory (Women’s Cross Country)
- Men’s Tennis – vs. No. 14 Georgia
- Carly Hoke (Soccer)
- Sydney McGlone (Gymnastics)
- Kelsey Herman (Women’s Track & Field)
- Morgan Hartsell (Women’s Track & Field)
- Tori Hoggard (Women’s Track & Field)
- Micah Huckabee (Women’s Track & Field)
- Lexi Jacobus (Women’s Track & Field)
- Keiryn Swenson (Women’s Basketball)
- Golf
- Swimming & Diving
- Cross Country
- Tennis
- Golf
- Cross Country
- Tori Hoggard (Track & Field)
- Lexi Jacobus (Track & Field)
- Kaylee Benton (Golf)
- John Winn (Track & Field)
- Jeff Rogers (Track & Field)
- Derek Jacobus (Track & Field)
- Stefani Doyle (Soccer)
- Mike Woods (Football)
- Marlena Pigliacampi (Swimming & Diving)
- Women’s Golf
- Softball
- Gymnastics
- Michaela Burton (Gymnastics)
- Sarah Shaffer (Gymnastics)
- Marlena Pigliacampi (Swimming & Diving)
- Ellie Breden (Soccer)
- Grant Morgan (Football)
- Tamara Kuykendall (Women’s Track & Field)
- Carson Shaddy – Baseball NCAA Super Regional Game 3
- Kayla McKeon & Marissa Kinsey – SEC Soccer Semifinal
- Malica Monk – Women’s Basketball vs. Tennessee
- Danielle Gibson – Softball HR Cycle vs. SIU-Edwardsville
- Women’s Basketball
- Women’s Golf
- Women’s Track & Field
- Women’s Tennis
- Courtney Deifel (Softball)
- Shauna Taylor (Golf)
- Lance Harter (Track & Field/Cross Country)
- Chris Bucknam (Track & Field/Cross Country)
- Dave Van Horn (Baseball)
- Brad McMakin (Men’s Golf)
- Maria Fassi (Women’s Golf)
- Payton Chadwick (Women’s Track & Field)
- Lexi Jacobus (Women’s Track & Field)
- Brooke Schultz (Swimming & Diving)
- Hailey Dirrigl (Volleyball)
- Hjalte Froholdt (Football)
- Daniel Gafford (Basketball)
- Heston Kjerstad (Baseball)
- Softball
- Indoor Track & Field
- Basketball
- Baseball
- Track & Field/Cross Country
- Men’s Golf
- Maria Fassi (Women’s Golf)
- Lexi Jacobus (Women’s Track & Field)
- Tori Hoggard (Women’s Track & Field)
- John Winn (Men’s Track & Field)
- Christopher Miller
- Dylan Cook