Major Award Winners for 2013-14 Named
HOUGHTON, Mich. — Michigan Tech today revealed its major
award winners from the 2013-14 season. The Raymond L. Smith Award
for the outstanding senior student-athletes went to men’s
basketball player Austin Armga and soccer player Lindsey Van Rooy.
The Terry Wilson Award winners as outstanding freshmen
student-athletes were track athlete Jamie Dompier and hockey player
Shane Hanna. The quartet will be honored at halftime of Michigan
Tech’s Oct. 18 football game.
Armga (Waupun, Wis.) was named an All-American, Academic
All-American and the GLIAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Year in
2013-14 while finishing second in the nation in total points. He
was a first team all-region and first team all-conference
selection, ending his career as Tech’s leader in free throw
percentage and ranking ninth in both field goal percentage and
points.
Van Rooy (Kaukauna, Wis.) was second on the Huskies’ squad
in goals (7) and points (18) in 2013 and was a GLIAC Honorable
Mention selection. She started all 74 of her career games and
scored four game-winning goals during her final season, including
one in the final second of a GLIAC Quarterfinal victory over
Saginaw Valley State that was featured on ESPN Sportscenter’s
Top 10 Plays.
Dompier (Chassell, Mich.) broke the school record in the 200-meter
dash in her first year with the Huskies and now holds four of the
top 10 marks in Tech history in the event. She also owns top 10
marks in the 100 and 400-meter dash and was a member of the
record-breaking 400 and 1,600-meter relay teams.
Hanna (Salmon Arm, B.C.), an All-WCHA Rookie Team honoree, led all
WCHA defensemen as well as the league’s freshmen (forwards
and defensemen) in scoring with four goals and 18 assists for 22
total points in 28 league games. The blue liner was fourth overall
among Huskies with 4-19=23 in 40 total games and earned the Norbert
Matovich Award as the team’s outstanding freshman.
Michigan Tech has been handing out major awards for 52 years. The
Terry Wilson Award was established in 1963 by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
Wilson. It is given in memory of Terry Eugene Wilson, who was
killed in an automobile accident near Munising, Mich., on December
14, 1962, while traveling home to Pontiac, Mich., for the Christmas
holiday. Wilson, a sophomore in electrical engineering, was
considered a versatile athlete, earning four varsity letters, two
in football and one each in swimming and track.
The Raymond L. Smith Award is given annually to the outstanding
male and female senior student-athletes at Michigan Tech each year.
Inaugurated in 1970 as the Outstanding Senior Athlete Award, this
accolade has become the most prestigious among student-athletes at
the University. In 1980, the Varsity Club renamed this award in
honor of Dr. Raymond L. Smith, who served as president of Michigan
Tech from 1965 until his retirement in 1979.