Katie Cezat honored with the Detroit Athletic Club's Michigan College Female Athlete of the Year Award
May 13, 2009 - Awards season continued Monday night for recent Hillsdale College graduate Katie Cezat.
Cezat was named the Michigan College Female Athlete of the
Year, awarded by the Detroit Athletic Club as part of the Chrysler Athletic Awards. She was one of five honorees on the evening, a group that also included Western Michigan University quarterback Tim Hiller, high school athletes Olivia Stander and Matt Conway, and Olympic Gold Medalist Rowdy Gaines.
One of the finalists for the Male High School Athlete of the Year was Joe Glendening, a running back from East Grand Rapids High School. Glendening will play football for Hillsdale College starting this fall.
The most highly decorated athlete in Hillsdale College women's basketball history, Cezat was chosen by a committee of DAC members. She was interviewed on stage by Detroit-area sports television personality Steve Garagiola to open the awards presentation part of the evening.
The DAC has honored high school athletes of the year since 1997, with current Houston Rockets forward Shane Battier as the inaugural honoree. College athletes have been chosen each year since 2006, and Cezat is the first athlete male or female, to be honored from a GLIAC school.
The consensus Division II national player of the year by every organization that picks one, Cezat had a year unlike any ever seen at Hillsdale in 2008-09. She led the Chargers to their second-ever GLIAC championship by averaging 29 points, 16 rebounds, three blocks and three assists per game. She finished the season leading the nation in total rebounds and blocked shots, and was number two in scoring average.
She holds or shares a total of 33 records, spanning the college, conference and national territories. Her 28 double-doubles this season were a new NCAA Division II record, and her 13 blocked shots against Ferris State on Dec. 13 were the most by any women's college basketball player in this decade.
The entire ceremony will be broadcast on WDIV, channel 4 in Detroit, at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 23. Comcast will then re-broadcast the event through its On Demand service throughout Michigan during the months of June and July.
Cezat was named the Michigan College Female Athlete of the
Year, awarded by the Detroit Athletic Club as part of the Chrysler Athletic Awards. She was one of five honorees on the evening, a group that also included Western Michigan University quarterback Tim Hiller, high school athletes Olivia Stander and Matt Conway, and Olympic Gold Medalist Rowdy Gaines.One of the finalists for the Male High School Athlete of the Year was Joe Glendening, a running back from East Grand Rapids High School. Glendening will play football for Hillsdale College starting this fall.
The most highly decorated athlete in Hillsdale College women's basketball history, Cezat was chosen by a committee of DAC members. She was interviewed on stage by Detroit-area sports television personality Steve Garagiola to open the awards presentation part of the evening.
The DAC has honored high school athletes of the year since 1997, with current Houston Rockets forward Shane Battier as the inaugural honoree. College athletes have been chosen each year since 2006, and Cezat is the first athlete male or female, to be honored from a GLIAC school.
The consensus Division II national player of the year by every organization that picks one, Cezat had a year unlike any ever seen at Hillsdale in 2008-09. She led the Chargers to their second-ever GLIAC championship by averaging 29 points, 16 rebounds, three blocks and three assists per game. She finished the season leading the nation in total rebounds and blocked shots, and was number two in scoring average.
She holds or shares a total of 33 records, spanning the college, conference and national territories. Her 28 double-doubles this season were a new NCAA Division II record, and her 13 blocked shots against Ferris State on Dec. 13 were the most by any women's college basketball player in this decade.
The entire ceremony will be broadcast on WDIV, channel 4 in Detroit, at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 23. Comcast will then re-broadcast the event through its On Demand service throughout Michigan during the months of June and July.
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