Carpenter and Neidlinger recognized with "Eagle Pride" awards
 
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – In an evening that celebrates the accomplishments of the University of Southern Indiana student athletes during the 2013-14 year, sophomore Johnnie Guy (men's cross country and track), junior Anna Hackert (women's basketball), senior Stephanie Carpenter (women's basketball), and senior Jeff Neidlinger (men's soccer) were recognized as the top student athletes at the 12^th annual USI All-Sports Banquet sponsored by Old National Bank Monday evening.
 
The ONB/USI Female Student Athlete of the Year, Hackert was named to a pair of All-America teams, earned All-Region honors, and was named first team All-GLVC, while leading the Eagles to a berth in the GLVC Tournament. The mathematics major also became just the sixth player in USI women's basketball history to eclipse 1,000 career points and 500 career rebounds.
 
Previous winners of the award were Shannon Wells (2003, volleyball), Jenny Farmer (2004; cross country/track), Heather Cooksey (2005; cross country/track), Laura Ellerbusch (2006; volleyball), Allison Shafer (2007; cross country/track), Kristin Eickholt (2008; softball), Mary Ballinger (2009, 2010; cross country/track), Danielle LaGrange (2011, 2012; volleyball), and Susan Ellsperman (2013; women's soccer).
 
The ONB/USI Male Student Athlete of the Year, Guy has been nothing short of spectacular to begin his career with the Eagles. This past fall, Guy helped lead the mens' cross country squad to its ninth-straight GLVC title and won the GLVC individual crown before going on to the NCAA Division II Midwest Region title. The engineering major has earned All-America, All-Region, and All-GLVC honors in all of his three sports and will look to make it four straight NCAA events with an All-America honor later this spring.
 
Previous winners of the award were Duncan Bray (2003, 2004; soccer), Matt Keener (2005; baseball), Chris Thompson (2006; men's basketball), Melvin Hall (2007; men's basketball), Paul Jellema (2008; men's cross country/track), Shaun Larsen (2009; baseball), Jamar Smith (2010; men's basketball), Trevor Leach (2011; baseball), Dustin Emerick (2012; men's cross country & track) and Michael Jordan (2013; men's cross country & track).
 
Carpenter and Neidlinger were named the female and male recipients the ONB/USI Screaming Eagles Pride Award. The award winners are selected in a vote by the Athletic Department staff.
 
Carpenter has been a model student athlete in the USI Department of Athletics and on the women's basketball team. In addition to being a three-time team captain, she was recently awarded the Walter A. Hopkins Recognition Award in Criminal Justice and was named to the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District team.
 
A three-time Academic All-GLVC performer, Carpenter averaged 14.5 points per contest, good enough for second on the team and 11^th in the conference. Carpenter, who ranked first in the GLVC in three-point field goals made during 2013-14, became the Eagles' all-time leader in long range shooting with 194 three-point field goals.
 
Neidlinger is one of the most visible personalities among all of the USI student athletes. The President of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee the last two years, he has worked with the GLVC office in Indianapolis, Indiana, along with duties in the USI Athletic office.
 
The sport management major also left his foot print on the USI men's soccer record book by ranking third all-time in saves and fifth all-time in shutouts. He also appeared in 38 games during his four seasons with the Eagles, posting a 1.16 goals against average.
 
Previous winners of the Pride Award were Ginnie Roberts (softball) 2003; Mike Arnold (men's basketball) 2004; Brian Kendall (men's cross country/track) 2005; Angie Davis (softball) 2006; Geoff Van Winkle (men's basketball) 2007; Kathy Wood (softball) 2008;  Austin Inge (men's track) and Brittany Neuman (women's basketball) 2009; Jeron Lewis (men's basketball) and Sara Loete (softball) 2010; Lauren Meneghetti (women's basketball) and Mohamed Ntumba (men's basketball) 2011; Susan Ellsperman (women's soccer) and Brendan Devine (men's cross country/track) 2012; and Ellena Stumpf (women's tennis) and Scott Ernstberger (baseball) 2013.
 
 
Athletics also recognized sophomore Sarah Goffinet, a women's cross country & track student athlete, with a special Inspiration Award. Goffinet has been a source of inspiration to the all of the 2013-14 Screaming Eagles after battling back from a devastating car accident last November to return to the University.
 
Chris Croft, an instructor in Kinesiology and Sport, was presented the Dr. Jane Davis Brezette Faculty Excellence Award. The award is presented to a USI faculty member, who has contributed to the success of USI Athletics by mentoring student athletes and helping them to achieve their goals in the classroom and beyond.  Previous winners of award were Dr. Jane Davis-Brezette, the former chair of Kinesiology and Sport and instructor in the Pott College of Science, Engineering and Education; Tim Mahoney, an instructor in the Romain College of Business; Patti Marcum, an instructor in the Pott College of Science Engineering, and Education; Dr. Lacie Rogers, an instructor in the Romain College of Business; and Dr. Darrin Sorrells, an instructor and learning specialist in Academic Skills
 
The USI Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) recognized softball with the Team GPA Award (3.53), while men's soccer and softball were presented with Team Spirit Awards.