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Athlete Awards

Student Athlete of the Year

Dana Mayer

Dana Mayer

  • Award
    Student Athlete of the Year
  • Week Of
    7/13/2010
  • Sport
    Women's Soccer
  • Bio
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Mayer, who hails from Toronto, Ont., is the fifth women’s soccer student-athlete to earn Southeastern Athletics’ top individual honor. Previous women’s soccer winners include Southeastern Hall of Famers Allison Holliday (1998-99) and Becca Weingartner (2001-02), as well as former Lady Lions Kendra Oney (2003-04) and Kim McNally (2004-05).

 

Mayer was perhaps the department's most well-rounded student-athlete. On the field, Mayer was a key part of the Southland Conference Tournament champions, helping the Lady Lions to their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament. A starting midfielder in her first three seasons, Mayer made a seamless transition to defender, earning first team All-Southland and honorable mention All-Louisiana accolades. The Southeastern defense – featuring Mayer, Nicole Brannigan, Brittany Prieto, Kyle MacIntosh and goalkeeper Lacey Bockhaus – helped Southeastern finish 14th nationally with a 0.63 goals against average. That goals against average is the lowest single-season total in Southland Conference history, while Mayer and company also matched league single-season records for shutouts (13) and fewest goals allowed (13).

 

Her performance in the classroom was even more impressive. Graduating with a 4.0 grade point average in biology in May, Mayer received the President’s Medal for Academic Excellence, which is the highest academic honor a Southeastern graduate can receive. Later in the month, she earned the Southland Conference F.L. McDonald Postgraduate Scholarship – the league’s ultimate academic honor for its top graduates presented annually to graduating male and female letterwinners with the highest cumulative GPA’s during their enrollment at Southland Conference institutions.

 

The 2009 Southland Conference Women’s Soccer Student-Athlete of the Year, Mayer was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District VI and Southland Conference All-Academic teams for the third straight year. A third team NSCAA Scholar All-South Region pick, Mayer will be involved with stem cell research at the University of Toronto before beginning medical school in the Fall of 2011.

 



Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
7/19/2012 Maiya Cooper Women's Soccer
7/20/2011 Tyler Watkins Baseball
7/20/2011 Katie Duhe Softball
7/13/2010 Adonson Shallow Track & Field
7/13/2010 Dana Mayer Women's Soccer
6/30/2009 Cedric Scotto Men's Golf
6/30/2009 Kristy Carlin Women's Basketball
7/1/2008 Wade Miley Baseball
7/1/2007 Chris Province Baseball
7/1/2001 Steve Trosclair Baseball
7/1/1999 Macky Waguespack Baseball
7/1/1996 Jeff Williams Baseball
7/1/1992 Troy Melancon Baseball
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