Sophomore Adria Graham and junior Ryan Russell captured the Female and Male Athlete of the Year awards, respectively, at the 2011-12 Frostburg State University Athletics Awards Banquet held last night in Bobcat Arena.

Graham had a stellar sophomore campaign for the Bobcats after capturing CAC Player of the Year and first-team all-conference honors last fall. She led the CAC in scoring with 18 goals after finding the net in 12 different contests. Graham helped FSU to the 2011 ECAC South Championship and was awarded First Team ECAC All-Star and NSCAA All-Region First Team honors.

Russell burst on the scene in his first year as a Bobcat and helped turn the men's soccer program into a CAC contender in 2011. Russell was named the CAC Player of the Year and earned Second Team NSCAA All-South Atlantic Region honors. He led the CAC in goals (16), posted six game-winning goals and was a consistent scoring threat having found the net in 12 of 15 regular-season games. Russell helped the men's soccer team to the CAC Tournament and was selected as the team's Most Valuable Player.

2011-12 Individual Awards
Breakthrough Athlete
Hannah Edler - Women's Swimming

Comeback Athlete of the Year
Meishe Cox – Women's Basketball

Comeback Team Performance of the Year
Football vs. Alfred – Oct. 22, 2011 - Homecoming

Bobcat Backer Award
James Lyons – Volunteer Swimming Coach

Behind the Scenes Award
Crystal Satterfield – FSU Athletics Program Management Specialist

Coach of the Year
Keith Byrnes – Men's Soccer

Strength and Conditioning Women's Athlete of the Year
Cassie Donahue – Women's Soccer

Strength and Conditioning Men's Athlete of the Year
Joe Sharp – Football

DIII Week Champions
Field Hockey team

Team Most Valuable Player Awards
Football
   Overall – Josh Volpe
   Offensive – Anthony Young
   Defensive – Brendon Blanchette
Men's Soccer – Ryan Russell
Women's Soccer – Michelle Buckmaster
Volleyball – Sabrina Winterling
Field Hockey – Rachel Merritt
Women's Cross Country – Anne Patron
Men's Cross Country – Jesse Henderson
Women's Basketball – Elaina Hummel
Men's Basketball – Maurice Williams
Men's Swimming – Caleb Stair
Women's Swimming – Hannah Edler
Baseball – Zach O'Dell
Softball – Taylor Vandegrift
Women's Lacrosse – Naomi Swann
Men's Lacrosse – Dan Dowd
Men's Track & Field – Christian Smith
Women's Track & Field – Amy Brennan
Men's Tennis – Ramon Gutierrez
Women's Tennis – Megan Crowl
Cheerleading – Tiana Young