| Year |
Nominees |
Sport |
Description |
| 2025 |
Rylee Dunkin |
Softball |
Go-ahead two-run, two-out single at NCAA Super Regional |
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Bradley Curren |
Men's basketball |
Game-winning layup at buzzer to beat Coe |
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Emily Naughton |
Women's basketball |
Game-tying layup to send conference tournament game against Simpson to overtime |
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Addison Parrott |
Women's cross country |
Wins first individual conference title in program history |
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| 2024 |
Harold Dobernecker |
Men's golf |
Hole-in-one at Garn Championship |
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Pierre Baldwin |
Men's wrestling |
Defeated reigning national champion in tournament match |
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Franie Burnett |
Softball |
Starts double play in seventh inning to hold off BVU |
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Max Steinlage |
Baseball |
Hit for the cycle in collegiate debut |
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| 2023 |
Kade Terrell |
Men's basketball |
Go-ahead "and one" against Simpson to clinch outright A-R-C Championship |
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Softball |
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Three-run seventh inning comeback secures 8-7 walk-off victory against Wartburg |
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Colton Derocher |
Baseball |
Hit two home runs to beat No.16 Loras, 14-13 |
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Sam Beatty |
Men's indoor track and field |
Cleared 6'9" to win national title at NCAA Division III Indoor Championships |
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| 2022 |
Blaine Hawkins and Tanner Schminke |
Football |
Game-winning touchdown against Wheaton (Ill.) in NCAA second round game |
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Colin Lefeber |
Baseball |
Walk-off hit in 10th inning of A-R-C tournament |
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Zach Worster |
Men's Soccer |
Game-winning goal to beat Carleton in final minute |
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Rob Areyano |
Wrestling |
Overtime takedown to secure spot in national meet |
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| 2020 |
Blaine Hawkins
and Erik Knaack |
Football |
Game-tying touchdown in final moments of NCAA first round game |
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Shaye Witte |
Softball |
Game-winning RBI against Luther in regular season finale |
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Ian Meentemeyer |
Men's soccer |
Go-ahead goal to beat Coe |
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Duncan Lee |
Wrestling |
Upset No. 2 seed at regional to advance to final |
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| 2019 |
Brittany Coppess |
Women's Golf |
Playoff victory for team and individual conference titles. |
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Blaine Hawkins and Ross Norem |
Football |
Game-winning TD pass from Hawkins to Norem in final seconds beats Simpson 17-16 |
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Miguel Pina |
Men's Soccer |
Overtime goal to beat Simpson 2-1 in conference tournament quarterfinals |
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Chase Petty |
Wrestling |
Wins third-place match at regional to qualify for NCAA Division III Championships |
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| 2018 |
Mary Gray, Courtney Kruhoff, Kiki Pingel |
Women's Indoor
Track and Field |
Central sweeps top three spots in conference pentathlon with freshmen |
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Miguel Pina |
Men's Soccer |
Overtime goal notches 2-1 road win at North Central |
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Amanda Sigulas |
Softball |
Two-run RBI in seventh inning helps Central beat #10 Wis.-Eau Claire 2-1 |
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4x800 team |
Men's Indoor Track and Field |
Central holds off Wartburg to win race |
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| 2017 |
Kohle Helle |
Football |
In overtime, Helle's 2-point conversation gives Central 50-49 upset win at Whitworth. |
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Cole Decker |
Men's Outdoor
Track and Field |
At NCAA Division III Championships, Decker rallies from eighth place to second place in 10K. |
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Erin Manion |
Women's Soccer |
Game-winning goal to beat Wartburg 2-1 and secure No. 3 seed in conference tournament |
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Kiel Pederson |
Men's Soccer |
Game-winning goal in overtime to beat Wartburg 3-2 and clinch berth in league tournament |
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| 2016 |
Karlee Rock |
Softball |
Game-winning seventh-inning home run in NCAA tournament elimination game |
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Team |
Men's Basketball |
Three straight road wins in conference tournament, including an 11-point road win at conference champions in semifinals, puts Central in NCAA tournament |
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C.J. Pestano |
Wrestling |
Semifinal victory at national meet lands 125-pounder into title bout. |
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Team |
Volleyball |
Defeated league preseason favorite Buena Vista 3-1 on opening night. |
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