Behind The Bulldog Energy Award

STARKVILLE – Through six seasons in Starkville, assistant soccer coach Kat Stratton has kept one tradition going: Big Dawg Energy. After head coach Kevin O’Brien’s first win at Mississippi State earlier this season, Stratton approached him outside the locker room to pitch the tradition and help decide the player who embodied the team’s core values the most that night. “I think one of the biggest things is that we have a standard. We call it the D.A.W.G.S. Mentality and each letter stands for a principle,” Stratton said. What makes the Big Dawg Energy award different is that it isn’t solely…