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
1/18/2016 Chris Matthews Men's Wrestling
1/11/2016 Denys Fedorchenko Men's Swimming
1/11/2016 Emily Nottingham Women's Swimming
12/21/2015 Jennie Thies Women's Basketball
12/21/2015 Jean Yves Toupane Men's Basketball
12/7/2015 Nils Groeppler Men's Swimming
12/7/2015 Morgan Walters Women's Volleyball
11/30/2015 Brianna Brennan Women's Basketball
11/30/2015 Kevin Kuteyi Men's Basketball
11/24/2015 Denys Fedorchenko Men's Swimming
11/23/2015 Tessa Hayman Women's Swimming
11/16/2015 Nick Costa Men's Wrestling
11/16/2015 Madeline Summers Women's Swimming
11/9/2015 Lynne Hibbard Women's Volleyball
11/9/2015 Joshua Wiechelt Football
11/2/2015 Sara Crandall Women's Volleyball
11/2/2015 Gilberto Millan Men's Water Polo
10/26/2015 Gabby Kennelley Women's Cross Country
10/26/2015 Brock Jones Football
10/19/2015 Diana Munoz Women's Golf
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