INDIANAPOLIS - The UIndy athletics department announced its 2018-19 year-end award winners Friday, with golfer Pilar Echeverria and track & field athlete Austin Hogan winning their respective gender's Dr. Robert M. Brooker Most Valuable Athlete Award.
 
Each varsity sport's head coach selected a Most Valuable Player from their respective roster. Those winners were then eligible for selection as UIndy's overall male and female Athletes of the Year, chosen by the athletics department coaches and administrators.

The announcement marks the second straight year that Echeverria was named UIndy's top female student-athlete. After a stellar sophomore year in 2017-18, the junior from Guatemala City, Guatemala had an even more impressive campaign in '18-19, racking up a number of program records. Echeverria  broke UIndy single-season marks for lowest scoring average (72.5), most individual wins (7), highest winning percentage (.972) and most GLVC Player of the Week honors (5) on to way to becoming the first student-athlete in school history to be voted the WGCA Division II Player of the Year. Other program firsts included a third WGCA All-America First Team nod, a third NCAA Super Regional individual medal and a third GLVC Player of the Year award. In addition, Echeverria led the Greyhounds to a eighth consecutive GLVC title as well as a fifth straight top-three showing at the NCAA DII Championships.

Hogan, meanwhile, wrapped up one of the most-decorated careers in school history this spring. In the indoor and outdoor seasons combined, the hometown product racked up five GLVC event titles, two GLVC Field Athlete of the Year honors and three All-America laurels. He earned national recognition with a sixth-place finish in the weight throw at the NCAA DII Indoor Championships and later took sixth place in the discus and seventh in the hammer throw at Outdoor Nationals. All told, Hogan amassed seven All-America awards on his time at UIndy, setting a program record for most career All-America honors in the throws and most individual All-America performances overall.

 
A complete list of the UIndy athletic department's 2018-19 year-end award winners can be found below.
 
Departmental awards voted on by coaches and administrators
Dr. Robert M. Brooker Most Valuable Female Athlete
Pilar Echeverria, women's golf
 
Dr. Robert M. Brooker Most Valuable Male Athlete
Austin Hogan, men's track & field
 
Charles "Chuck" Mallendar Female Scholar-Athlete
Kennedy Holtsclaw, women's golf
 
Parker P. Jordan Male Scholar-Athlete
Nils Hoffacker, men's tennis
 
Kelso M. Reid Mental Attitude Award
Katie Voelz, volleyball
 
Walter Brenneman Memorial Sportsmanship Award
Austin Hogan, men's track & field


Team awards voted on by coaches or teams
 

	MVP	Mental Attitude
Cross Country-M	Chris Switzer	Matthew Ajamie
Cross Country-W	Lauren Bailey	Sarah Burch
Football	Al McKeller - off.	Blake Luker
	Lucas Rice - def.
Soccer-M	Brett Langley	Chris Van Dinther
Soccer-W	Amanda Meyer	Michele Govern
Volleyball	Katie Furlong	Katie Voelz
Basketball-M	Jimmy King	Tye Wilburn
Basketball-W	-	Claire Carlton & Mya Scheidt
Swimming-M	Adam Rosipal	Payton Staman
Swimming-W	Cassie Kury	Katie Thomas
Wrestling	Dylan Faulkenberg	Angelo Robles
Baseball	Macy Holdsworth	Jake Sprinkle
Golf-M	Oliver Mast	Reid Lorey
Golf-W	Pilar Echeverria	Kennedy Holtsclaw
Lacrosse-M	Parker Kump	Matthew Johnson
Lacrosse-W	Peyton Romig	Peyton Romig
Softball	Halie Waters	Alicia Cagney
Tennis-M	Matej Kostadinov	Dario Huber
Tennis-W	Nikol Alexeeva	Chloe Weihs
Track-M	Austin Hogan	Trace Oswalt
Track-W	Katie Monk	Keri Ertel