Student Athlete Awards & Recognitions
2024-25 Lehigh Athletics Department Awards
Phillip J. Sclar Award – Mackenzie Strohl '28 (Wrestling manager)
John Steckbeck Award – Kelly Fricker (Softball)
J. Daniel Nolan Award – Jaden Green (Football/Track and Field)
Karen A. Adams Graduating Female Athlete Award – Julia Gatelein (Field Hockey)
Graduating Male Athlete Award – Michael Beard (Wrestling)
Sportsmanship Award – Catherine Hilow (Rowing)
Marlene "Linny" Fowler Service Award – Kaylee Van Eps (Women's Basketball)
Mary O'Hurley Leadership Award – Ella Stemmer (Women's Basketball)
John A. Cable Leadership Award – Dante Perri (Football)
Distinguished Achievement Awards – Maddie Albrecht (Women's Basketball), Marc Blekhman (Women's Tennis), Mike DeNucci (Football), Julia Gatelein (Field Hockey), Sarah Gill (Women's Swimming and Diving), Liam Lovering (Men's Track and Field), Corinne Lyght (Women's Soccer), George Padezanin (Football), Greg Stagliano (Men's Track and Field), Tyler Whitney-Sidney (Men's Basketball)
Joseph D. Sterrett Graduating Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award – Maddie Albrecht (Women's Basketball)
Award Descriptions
Philip J. Sclar Award
Established in 2002 in honor of Phil Sclar, a longtime team manager at Lehigh. This award recognizes an underclass work study student (team manager) who demonstrates servant leadership, a team-first mentality, and the behind-the-scenes dedication exemplified by Sclar.
John S. Steckbeck Award
Established in 1976 in honor of the former Director of Intramural and Recreational Sports at Lehigh. This award goes to the outstanding first-year female student-athlete who exhibits talent, a high level of competitiveness, and consistent mental, physical, and emotional toughness in executing her team role.
J. Daniel Nolan Award
Established in 1961 in honor of Lehigh Hall of Fame member, All-American quarterback, and three-sport athlete, J. Daniel Nolan '58. This award goes to the outstanding first-year male student-athlete who exhibits talent, a high level of competitiveness, and consistent mental, physical, and emotional toughness in executing his role.
Karen A. Adams Graduating Female Athlete Award
Established in 1980 and recognizes the graduating female student-athlete, deemed to have compiled the most distinctive and/or extraordinary athletic record during her Lehigh career. Talent, competitiveness, and toughness are qualities that should be consistently evident.
Graduating Male Athlete Award
Established in 1979 and recognizes the top graduating male student-athlete, deemed to have compiled the most distinctive and/or extraordinary athletic record during his Lehigh career. Talent, competitiveness, and toughness are qualities that should be consistently evident.
John A. Cable Award
This award recognizes the top graduating student-athlete who demonstrates consistent ethical conduct, integrity, fair play, and good sporting behavior in his/her daily participation in intercollegiate athletics. This student-athlete operates with a team-first mentality and has demonstrated the toughness to model true citizenship, both in and outside of the competitive sport setting.
Graduating Marlene (Linny) Fowler Service Award
Established in 2004, this award recognizes the graduating student-athlete who models for others a high-level of integrity and a team-first attitude as he/she fulfills a servant leadership role. This award honors a high level of commitment to serving others and making a difference within our Athletics Department, across campus, and in our community.
Graduating Mary O. Hurley Leadership Award
Established in 1980, in honor of counselor Mary O. Hurley, and is the top department leadership award for a graduating female student-athlete. This award recognizes the most effective team leadership, characterized by modeling team standards and performing consistently, holding others accountable, and serving as an effective liaison between team and coaches. Qualifications also include strong self-awareness, integrity, competitiveness, toughness, and a positive team-first mentality, which all contribute to high performance academically, athletically, socially and emotionally.
Graduating John A. Cable Leadership Award
This award was established and first awarded in 1927, and was funded by an endowment gift from the Allentown John Hancock Agency of Joe DiMento, Tom Nikles '82, and Jim Serratelli '86, and is named in honor of 1945 graduate John Cable. This is the top department leadership award for a graduating male student-athlete and recognizes the most effective team leadership characterized by modeling team standards and performing consistently, holding others accountable, and serving as an effective liaison between team and coaches. Qualifications also include strong self-awareness, integrity, competitiveness, toughness, and a positive team-first mentality, all of which contribute to high performance academically, athletically, socially and emotionally.
Graduating Distinguished Achievement Awards
Established in 1994, the Distinguished Achievement Award goes to graduating student-athletes who have displayed the ideals of a scholar-athlete: high performance in the four cornerstones of the student-athlete experience and high levels of competitiveness and toughness resulting in commendable scholarship and significant athletic achievement at the league level and beyond.
Joseph D. Sterrett Graduating Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award
This is the department's most prestigious award. Established in 1994, the Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award goes to the individual who epitomizes the ideals of a true Lehigh scholar-athlete: self-awareness and the ability to achieve balance academically, athletically, socially and emotionally, consistent evidence of integrity, and the discipline to adhere to keystone behaviors, distinctive levels of competitiveness, toughness, and a team first mentality, resulting in exemplary scholarship, athletic achievement and a commitment to serving others.
History
- Previous Award Winners (searchable table)
- Previous Award Winners and Award Descriptions (list)
- Convocation Programs
Gallery: Convocation, 5/5/25
