Athlete Awards

Athletes of the Week

Kayla Nelson

Kayla Nelson

  • Award
    Athletes of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/26/2010
  • Sport
    Women's Lacrosse
  • Bio
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Nelson led the No. 8 Gannon women's lacrosse team to a perfect week as the Lady Knights defeated Edinboro (16-3) and Slippery Rock (18-11) during the final week of the regular season. Individually, the senior attacker became Gannon's all-time assist leader when she dished out a game-high six assists at Slippery Rock. Nelson ended the regular season with 186 career assists, breaking Lauren Bevington’s (2002-05) previous record of 182. The record was broekn with 53 seconds left in the first half at Slippery Rock, starting a scoring play with Taryn Millerd. Nelson recorded one goal, 13 assists, 14 points, two ground balls and one caused turnover in two matches last week. She dished out a season-high seven assists against Edinboro.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
11/6/2017 Ashley Beyers Women's Volleyball
10/30/2017 Eduardo de Bonis Encinoso Men's Soccer
10/30/2017 Hannah Manczka Women's Soccer
10/23/2017 Tyler Palka Football
10/23/2017 Sarah Kaiser Women's Soccer
10/16/2017 Zarko Sadikovic Men's Water Polo
10/16/2017 Kelsey Ansec Women's Volleyball
10/9/2017 Grant Folgate Men's Cross Country
10/9/2017 Meredith Morse Women's Cross Country
10/3/2017 Ethan Bennett Men's Golf
10/3/2017 Taylor Lewis Women's Soccer
9/25/2017 Emily Cekella Women's Soccer
9/25/2017 Nick Williams Men's Water Polo
9/18/2017 Danitza Indacochea Women's Soccer
9/18/2017 Mathias Krigbaum Men's Soccer
9/11/2017 Marcus Jones Football
9/11/2017 Ally Smith Women's Volleyball
9/4/2017 Toni Leitshuh Women's Volleyball
9/4/2017 Joseph Westrick Men's Cross Country
5/8/2017 Santiago Mendez Baseball
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