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In addition to team success, a plethora of BYU student-athletes and coaches were honored for their outstanding performances this season, including two national award winners. Lists of this year's national awardees, All-America recognitions and conference honorees are below.


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Gabi Garcia Fernandez

AVCA Player of the Year

A junior from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabi Garcia Fernandez was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association National Player of the Year. In the midst of an incredible junior campaign that was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Garcia Fernandez averaged 5.46 points per set and .918 aces per set to lead the NCAA in both categories. The versatile star also ranked 11th in kills per set (4.00), 19th in blocks per set (1.00), 23rd in attacks per set (7.98) and 25th in hitting percentage (.343). Even with six regular-season matches and the postseason canceled, Garcia Fernandez still managed to tally 56 aces to break the BYU single-season aces record. Named an All-American for the third-straight season, the junior was also tabbed MPSF Player of the Year after leading the Cougars to a 17-1 overall record, 6-0 conference record and a No. 1 final national ranking.


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Ed Eyestone

USTFCCCA Coach of the Year

In his 20th season as head coach at BYU, Ed Eyestone guided the men’s cross country team to its first national championship in program history, becoming the first person in NCAA cross country history to win an individual title (1984) and coach a team to win a national championship. For his efforts, Eyestone was named the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Coach of the Year, joining Sherald James (1993) as the only two BYU men’s cross country coaches to win the award. The Cougars also won their fifth-straight West Coast Conference title and seventh in eight years behind three All-Americans, five All-Region performers and eight All-WCC athletes.

All-America Recognitions

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Clark Barrington

Football

Pro Football Focus All-Freshman Honorable Mention
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Erica Birk-Jarvis

Women’s Cross Country

USTFCCCA First Team
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Michael Bluth

Men's Track & Field

USTFCCCA DMR
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Whitney Bower

Women’s Volleyball

VolleyballMag Honorable Mention & Freshman Honorable Mention
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Anna Camp-Bennett

Women's Track & Field

USTFCCCA DMR
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Daniel Carney

Men’s Cross Country

USTFCCCA First Team
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Mikayla Colohan

Soccer

United Soccer Coaches First Team
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Kennedy Cribbs

Women’s Swim & Dive

CSCAA First Team
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Alena Ellsworth

Women's Track & Field

USTFCCCA DMR
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Lauren Ellsworth-Barnes

Women's Track & Field

USTFCCCA DMR
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Zach Eschenberg

Men’s Volleyball

AVCA Honorable Mention
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Elise Flake

Soccer

United Soccer Coaches First Team
espnW First Team
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Gabi Garcia Fernandez

Men’s Volleyball

AVCA First Team
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Talem Franco

Men's Track and Field

USTFCCCA Mile & DMR
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Davide Gardini

Men’s Volleyball

AVCA First Team
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Jacob Heslington

Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field

USTFCCCA Cross Country First Team
USTFCCCA 5000m
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Alyssa Jefferson

Soccer

United Soccer Coaches Third Team
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Peter Kuest

Men’s Golf

PING First Team
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Mary Lake

Women’s Volleyball

VolleyballMag Third Team
AVCA Honorable Mention
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Conner Mantz

Men’s Cross Country

USTFCCCA First Team
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Zach McWhorter

Men's Track & Field

USTFCCCA Pole Vault
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McKenna Miller

Women’s Volleyball

VolleyballMag Third Team
AVCA Honorable Mention
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Whittni Orton

Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field

USTFCCCA Cross Country First Team
USTFCCCA DMR & 3000m
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Matt Owens

Men's Track & Field

USTFCCCA DMR
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Keenan Pili

Football

Pro Football Focus All-Freshman Honorable Mention
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Rhett Rasmussen

Men’s Golf

PING Honorable Mention
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Elise Romney

Women's Track & Field

USTFCCCA Pole Vault
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Jared Shaw

Men’s Swim & Dive

CSCAA First Team
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Wil Stanley

Men’s Volleyball

AVCA First Team
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Max Tooley

Football

Pro Football Focus All-Freshman Honorable Mention
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Courtney Wayment

Women’s Cross Country

USTFCCCA First Team
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Peyton Wilgar

Football

Pro Football Focus All-Freshman Team
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Colten Yardley

Men's Track & Field

USTFCCCA DMR

Conference Awardees

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Mikayla Colohan

Soccer

WCC Player of the Year
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Anastaysia Davis

Women’s Cross Country

WCC Freshman of the Year
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Ed Eyestone

Men’s Cross Country/ Track & Field

MPSF Coach of the Year
WCC Coach of the Year
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Gabi Garcia Fernandez

Men’s Volleyball

MPSF Player of the Year
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Sara Hamson

Women’s Basketball

WCC Defensive Player of the Year
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Mary Lake

Women’s Volleyball

WCC Libero of the Year
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Conner Mantz

Men’s Cross Country

WCC Champion
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Katie McBratney

Women’s Swim & Dive

MPSF Freshman of the Year
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McKenna Miller

Women’s Volleyball

WCC Player of the Year
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Sadie Miner

Women's Gymnastics

MRGC Vault Specialist of the Year
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Shawn Olmstead

Men’s Volleyball

MPSF Coach of the Year
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Whittni Orton

Women’s Cross Country

WCC Champion
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Jennifer Rockwood

Soccer

WCC Coach of the Year
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Tyce Routson

Men’s Swim and Dive

MPSF Coach of the Year
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Mickey Strauss

Men’s Swim & Dive

MPSF Diver of the Year
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Diljeet Taylor

Women’s Cross Country

WCC Coach of the Year
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Jake Toolson

Men's Basketball

WCC Newcomer of the Year