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Scholar- Athlete Award

Men's Sports

Tyler Campbell - Football

Has a 3.67 GPA
Made Chancellor's Honor Roll for Spring 2010 and Dean's Honor Roll for Fall 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and Spring 2012
Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13.

Chad Bounds - Golf

Has a 3.77 GPA
Made the Chancellor's Honor Roll for fall 2009 and 2010 and for Spring 2009 and 2010
Made the Dean's Honor Roll for Fall 2011 and Spring 2012

Adrian Forberg Skokeng - Tennis

Has a 3.87 GPA
Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
ITA Scholar-Athlete
SEC Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Year Finalist

Women's Sports

Kathryn Fowler - Golf

Has a 3.91 GPA
Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
Chancellor's Honor Roll every semester

Kim Coffey - Rifle

Has a 3.84 GPA
Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
Collegiate Rifle Coaches' Association Academic All-American

Rafaelle Souza - Soccer

Has a 3.73 GPA
Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year in Soccer
Capital One Academic All-District selection
NSCAA Second Team Scholar All-American
Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll

Sofia Hellberg Jonsen - Track & Field

Has a 4.00 GPA
Capital One Academic All-District 6 Second Team
USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field
SEC Academic Honor Roll

Rookie of the Year Award

Men's Sports

Denzel Nkemdiche - Football

Freshman All-America first team pick by the FWAA, College Football News, Scout.com and Phil Steele
First Rebel named FWAA Freshman All-America since it began in 2001
Led the team with 82 tackles, 13.0 TFLs, 4 forced fumbles and 3 interceptions

Sam Kendricks - Track & Field

Broke the outdoor and indoor school records in the pole vault as a freshman
First Ole Miss All-American pole vaulter since 1985
Became the first Rebel to ever clear 18 feet when he broke his own school record with a mark of 18-0.5 to capture second place at the SEC Outdoor Championships

Nik Scholtz - Tennis

Only freshman in the nation to earn All-America honors in both singles and doubles
First Rebel to be named SEC Freshman of the Year
Second highest ranked freshman in the country at No. 14

Women's Sports

Allison Brown - Softball

Named SEC All-Freshman
Had team-high 36 RBI (third most among freshmen in the SEC), breaking the previous Ole Miss freshman record
Tied for second on team with five home runs

Julia Jones - Tennis

Helped lead the Rebels to their fourth straight NCAA appearance and a host site for the first and second rounds for the first time since 1999
Named to SEC All-Freshman Team
Ended the year ranked No. 10 in the Southern Region singles rankings

Ty Laporte - Volleyball

Named SEC All-Freshman
Best attacking percentage (.312) on the team, and the best in the SEC among freshmen (10th overall)
Third most kills/set on team (2.21)

Community Service Award

Men's Sports

Will Allen - Baseball

Summer 2012- worked on the Lymphoma and Leukemia Society fundraiser for Alachua County. Organized the team's Walk, helped with advertising and registered walkers. Was instrumental in Allen Team (for his mom) being top corporate fundraiser for county raising over 20,000.
Volunteered at The Hope Lodge in Gainesville, Fla., for four hours for camp "send off" for kids with cancer
Participates in Reading with Rebels and all the camps put on by Ole Miss Baseball, especially volunteering for the Bats and Balls Clinic held by the Junior Auxiliary of Oxford

Nick Williams - Basketball

Named to SEC Community Service Team for Men's Basketball
MOVE Mississippi volunteer to combat childhood obesity
Reading With the Rebels participant

Derrick Wilson - Football

Volunteered at the House of Grace in Memphis, a shelter for battered women
Collected food items for dogs for the Oxford Humane Society
Volunteer for Lovepacks, which feed underprivileged kids in the Oxford and Lafayette County Schools
Participating in an Easter basket drive to raise 400 Easter baskets for underprivileged kids

Women's Sports

Whitney Craven - Volleyball

Named to SEC Community Service Team for Volleyball
Reading With the Rebels participant
Adopt-A-Basket volunteer
Attended City Gospel in downtown Cincinnati the morning after a tournament at Xavier to serve breakfast and talk with the people of the drug and alcohol recovery program

Alivia Yeager - Rifle

Reading With the Rebels participant

Maggie McFerrin - Basketball

Named to the SEC Community Service Team for Women's Basketball
Reading With the Rebels participant
Volunteer for the Lafayette County Food Pantry, Habitat for Humanity, Lafayette County tornado relief, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation,
Azalea Gardens assisted living, and has been a volunteer for SHINE � Strong Healthy Independent Nonjudgmental Empowered � an organization for girls entering 7th grade
Participated actively in the local Leap Frog Program

Most Valuable Rebel Award

Men's Sports

Marshall Henderson - Basketball

Led the SEC in scoring at 20.1 ppg in all games and 20.8 ppg in conference games
Broke Ole Miss single-season record with 138 3-pointers this season which is tied for sixth in SEC history
SEC Tournament MVP
Second Team All-SEC

Donte Moncrief - Football

Finished the season with 66 catches (3rd-most in school history) and 979 yards (2nd-most in school history)
2012 All-SEC second team (College Sports Madness)
On the watch list for the Biletnikoff Award, which goes to the nation's top receiver

Marcel Thiemann - Tennis

NCAA Doubles Semifinalist
All-American
Ended the year ranked No. 22 in the nation in singles and No. 11 in doubles
All-SEC First Team selection
Helped lead the Rebels to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the 16th time

Ricky Robertson - Track & Field

2012 SEC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year
Broke his own school record with a high jump of 7-7.25, which was the best jump in the world for several weeks of the outdoor season
All-American in the indoor and outdoor high jump and indoor and outdoor triple jump

Women's Sports

Kristi Boxx - Tennis

Two-Time All-American
Four-time All-SEC First Team
Became second player in history of program to achieve 200 wins combined in singles and doubles
One of only 12 players to earn All-America honors in both singles and doubles
Became just the second player in Ole Miss history to earn All-SEC first team honors all four years

Valencia McFarland - Basketball

Ended the year tied for the team lead in scoring with 11.4 points per game
Scored her 1000th career point this year and is the 14th player in school history to do so as a junior and the 25th player overall to score at least 1,000 career points
Finalist for the second straight year for the C Spire Gillom Trophy presented annually to the top female basketball player in the state of Mississippi

Rafaelle Souza - Soccer

Named an All-SEC and All-Region selection
Hit the game-winning goal against LSU to put the Rebels into the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament in a 1-0 win
Delivered a team-leading and league-leading 13 goals and 7 assists (tied with teammate Mandy McCalla)

Hotty Toddy Award

Men's Sports

Nick Williams - Basketball

Heart and soul of the team
Played in 34 games, starting 24
Helped the Rebels to the SEC Tournament title and the third round of the NCAA Tournament
Averaged 8.0 points per game

Jason Jones - Football

Has a big heart and a great attitude
Loves Ole Miss and fired up the stadium this past year with his I'm a Rebel video before games
Played in every game in 2012 with four starts
Graduated in December 2012 with a degree in Psychology

Ben Lapane - Track & Field

Outgoing personality with a great attitude
Member of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
Earned sixth place in the Javelin at the 2012 SEC Outdoor Championships

Women's Sports

Courtney Marbra - Basketball

Team Captain
Member of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
Started all 29 games, averaging 5.4 points and 5.2 rebounds per game

Alison Hovatter - Golf

Has great passion for Ole Miss and the women's golf program
Hard worker on and off the golf course
Excellent attitude

Rena Goodwin - Rifle

Team Captain
Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
Shot a career-high 588 in air rifle this season
Posted a career-high 575 in smallbore this season

Mary Ashton Nall - Track & Field

Excellent student-athlete
Placed 11th in Javelin at 2012 SEC Championships

Rachael McLamore - Volleyball

Member of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee
Played in every set but six in 2012
Had the third most digs (212) on the team (2.10 digs/set)
Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll

Coach of the Year Award

Men's Sports

Hugh Freeze - Football

Led Ole Miss to seven wins in 2012, including three SEC victories, and the team's first bowl berth since 2009
Rebels defeated Pittsburgh 38-17 to win the BBVA Compass Bowl
Landed a consensus top-10 class that was ranked as high as No. 2 by 247Sports and No. 5 by ESPN- the highest recorded signing class rankings in school history

Billy Chadwick - Tennis

Led Ole Miss to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the 16th time
Rebels finished ranked No. 14 in the nation
Record four players earned All-America honors
Coached the SEC Freshman of the Year

Andy Kennedy - Basketball

Became the all-time winningest men's basketball coach at Ole Miss
Led the Rebels to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2001
SEC Tournament Champions
Three All-SEC selections and SEC Tournament MVP

Women's Sports

Mark Beyers - Tennis

2012 ITA South Region Coach of the Year
Led the Rebels to the NCAA Championships for the fourth consecutive year
Team ended the year ranked No. 18 in the nation
18 wins was most since 1999

Matt Mott - Soccer

Advance to SEC Tournament Quarterfinals
Coached two All-SEC selections
Coached Rafaelle Souza to NSCAA All-Region honors
Coached SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Rafaelle Souza

Michele Drinkard - Golf

Led the Rebels to their fourth straight NCAA Regional appearance
Coached LPGA Rookie Haley Millsap
Six top-10 finishes in 2011-12