Athletics Honors Student-Athletes at End-of-Year Ceremonies

HONOLULU – Chaminade University Athletics honored the accomplishments of its student-athletes Wednesday at the 16th Annual Athletic Awards Ceremony held on the university campus. All 12 intercollegiate programs recognized their student-athletes for Most Outstanding, Most Inspirational and Scholar-Athlete. Also honored were the 52 departing seniors among all 12 programs. Chris Mata of baseball was named the Male Athlete of the Year after finishing with a record-.409 batting average, posting two separate hitting streaks of 12 games or more. Nikiji Dayse is the first cross country runner to earn the Female Athlete of the Year award after breaking the program's 6-kilometer...