Fairell, Moore and Marosites bring home top honors during seventh annual Frosty Awards

VIDEO: Full Ceremony

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Carson-Newman football's Desmond Fairell (Miami, Fla.), track's Devon Moore (Baxley, Ga.) and women's basketball's Kayla Marosites (Elizabethton, Tenn.) brought home top honors as the Frosty Award winners for Male and Female Athlete of the Year, respectively, Tuesday evening at the Seventh Annual Frosty Awards ceremony which was streamed live on the Eagle Sports Network 

The winners, finalists and award history is all below. 

Male Athlete of the Year, Devon Moore - Track & Field, Desmond Fairell - Football

VIDEO: Male Athlete of the Year Finalists 

One of the elite sprinters in the country, Moore was named the SAC's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. He posted the fourth-best time in 60 and the 10th-best 200-meter time winning conference championships in both. The Baxley, Ga. native was a three-time SAC Athlete of the Week and won the program's first Indoor USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week on Jan. 14.

Fairell has put his name in the record books on Carson-Newman's all-time interceptions list. Fairell finished his Carson-Newman career with 19 career picks, that's the third most all-time. The seven interceptions Fairell has this year are tied for the third most for a single-season in school history. Fairell led the South Atlantic Conference in interceptions, he is eighth nationally.

Other finalists: Rondrow Peebles (Football), Tom Forster (golf)

Past winners:

2014: Ross Frame (Men's Soccer)

2015: Andy Hibbett (Football)

2016: Damian Baker (Football)

2017: Charles Clark (Basketball) 

2018: Tanner Stepp (Track and Field) 

2019: Luke Greer (Cross Country)

2020: Devon Moore (Track and Field), Desmond Fairell (Football) 

Female Athlete of the Year, Kayla Marosites - Basketball

VIDEO: Female Athlete of the Year Finalists 

Capping off a masterful career, Kayla Marosites became the program's first unanimous All-American earning laurels from the WBCA and D2CCA. She was also a CoSIDA Academic All-American. Overall, she won 17 awards during her senior season. In 2019-20, Marosites reset her own program record with 24 double-doubles. She is one of five players in program history to post 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in a career. The Elizabethton, Tenn native finished her career second on C-N's career list for rebounds, fifth in three-pointers and seventh in scoring.

Other Finalists: Mary Northcutt (Swimming), Erin Edwards (Volleyball), Morgan Ballard (Volleyball) 

Past Winners: 

2014: Kelli Hensley (Softball)

2015: Rachel Harper (Volleyball)

2016: Margaret Stansberry (Swimming)

2017: Lauren Wade (Women's Soccer) 

2018: Lauren Wade (Women's Soccer) 

2019: Averi Williams (Women's Soccer) 

2020: Kayla Marosites (Basketball) 

Team of the Year - Volleyball

VIDEO: Team of the Year Finalists

Winners of the Southeast Region and South Atlantic Conference Tournament, the Orange and Blue won 28 matches, the third-most in school history. The Eagles beat two ranked teams for the first time and notched 18 sweeps. C-N closed the season 21-3 over the final two months. Carson-Newman received 28 votes in the final AVCA poll, its highest finish in program history. The Eagles dropped one set en route to a conference tournament championship and one frame during a run to a Southeast Region title for the second time in five years.

Other Finalists: Football, Men's Soccer, Women's Basketball

Past winners:

2014: Men's Soccer

2015: Volleyball

2016: Volleyball

2017: Women's Soccer and Softball

2018: Women's Soccer

2019: Women's Soccer

2020: Volleyball

Comeback of the Year - Softball at Tusculum 

VIDEO: Comeback of the Year Finalists Video

Tusculum led 5-2 heading into the top of the seventh inning before Carson-Newman's softball program put together a rally for the ages.  With the bases loaded and two out, Taylor Scott slashed a single back up the middle to level the score.  C-N would score six more times with two away to cap a wild nine-run frame that sealed an 11-7 win. 

Other Finalists: Men's Basketball v. Lenoir-Rhyne, Men's Golf at the UNG Invite, Football at Limestone 

Past winners:

2014: Women's Basketball and Whitney Kyle at Newberry

2015: Women's Golf at the SAC Championships

2016: Men's Basketball at Newberry

2017: Women's Tennis v. Newberry

2018: Volleyball v. Anderson 

2019: Women's Basketball at Newberry

2020: Softball at Tusculum 

Female Performance of the Year, Kayla Marosites - Women's Basketball 

VIDEO: Female Performance of the Year Finalists Video

Kayla Marosites became the first player in Lady Eagle history to register a 20-point, 20-rebound night propelling Carson-Newman to a win over King. She matched her own program record with 22 rebounds on the night finishing with 27 points. She came within an assist of a triple-double while going 9-for-18 from the field.  

Other finalists: Erin Edwards (Volleyball v. Augusta), Morgan Ballard (Volleyball v. Queens), Manon Compagner (Swimming at NCAA Meet)

Past Winners: 

2014: Tiana Mills (track and field)

2015: Kristen Pickett (Volleyball)

2016: Alli Webster (Softball)

2017: Elizabeth England (Golf) 

2018: Maggie Melhorn (Swimming) 

2019: Haris Price (Basketball)

2020: Kayla Marosites (Basketball)

Upset of the Year - Baseball v. #1 Tampa 

VIDEO: Upset of the Year Finalists Video

Carson-Newman scored early tallying the first three runs of the game and going on top 9-1 after three innings before putting the flames out in the ninth to top No. 1 Tampa 11-7 on Feb. 15. It is the second time in school history that the Eagles took down a team ranked first in the country. Four Eagles produced a multi-hit day led by Tyler Thompson at the top of the lineup with a 3-for-4 afternoon.

Other Finalists: Women's Soccer v. #6 Lincoln Memorial, Volleyball v. #22 Wingate, Football at #11 Bowie State

Past Winners: 

2014: Men's Basketball v. #7 LMU

2015: Men's Basketball v. #1 LMU

2016: Women's Basketball v. #6 Columbus State

2017: Baseball v. #15 Catawba 

2018: Baseball v. #2 Belmont Abbey 

2019: Baseball v. #9 Newberry

2020: Baseball v. #1 Tampa 

Male Newcomer of the Year, Braxton Westfield - Football

VIDEO: Male Newcomer of the Year Finalists Video

Westfield became Carson-Newman's first first-team all-conference and all-region wideout in a decade. For the year, Westfield has 36 catches for 680 yards.  He set an option-era record for receptions with a 10-catch, 139-yard day against Lenoir-Rhyne.  Westfield found the end zone 11 times this season, the second most receiving touchdowns by an Eagle in a single season all-time and the most in the option era. 

Other finalists: Alex Hodge (Golf), Bram Kaarsgaren (Soccer), EJ Bush (Basketball)

Past Winners: 

2014: Ross Frame (men's soccer)

2015: Tanner Stepp (Track and Field)

2016: Kevin Snead (Track and Field)

2017: Shaun Jones (Basketball)

2018: Dillon Cate (Baseball)

2019: Mike Wroth (Baseball)

2020: Braxton Westfield (Football)

Male Performance of the Year, Tom Forster - Golf 

VIDEO: Male Performance of the Year Finalists 

Tom Forster tallied a new career-best outing and the fourth tournament win of his career with a 15-under showing at the North Georgia Fall Invitational in October. The senior's 201 through the three rounds is the second-lowest 54-hole score in South Atlantic Conference history. The Northamptonshire, England shot under par in all three rounds of the event, including a seven-under showing in the second round with a 65, matching his career-low for a single round.

Other Finalists: Caleb Howell (Swimming at BMC Championships), Rondrow Peebles (Football v. West Florida), Christian Shouse (Track and Field at SAC Championships) 

Past Winners: 

2014: De'Andre Thomas (football)

2015: Charles Clark (Men's Basketball)

2016: Andrew Hall (Men's Golf)

2017: Charles Clark (Men's Basketball)

2018: Tom Forster (Men's Golf) 

2019: Tom Forster (Men's Golf)

2020: Tom Forster (Men's Golf) 

Play of the Year - Braxton Westfield (Football)

VIDEO: Play of the Year Finalists 

Braxton Westfield made this improbable catch to get in the end zone against Lenoir-Rhyne. 

Other Finalists: Romain Kelly's one-handed catch (Baseball), Southeast Region Clinching point (Volleyball), Tobias Karlsen's free kick (Men's Soccer)

Past Winners: 

2014: Rachel Harper (volleyball)

2015: Rurik Pereira (Men's Soccer)

2016: Zack Pangallo (Men's Basketball)

2017: Jake Headrick (Men's Golf)

2018: Tanner Stepp (Track and Field) 

2019: Devon Moore (Tracak and Field)

2020: Braxton Westfield (Football) 

Female Newcomer of the Year, Kaina Roerhkasse - Volleyball

VIDEO: Female Newcomer of the Year Finalists

The Sioux Falls transfer made a big splash in her first season at Mossy Creek. She ranked seventh nationally in total blocks and 11th in the country in blocks per set for a team that ranked second in America in rejections. Roehrkasse pounded out 15 kills and a .667 hitting percentage to anchor a five-set Carson-Newman victory over Emmanuel on Sept. 7. The hitting clip was the highest by an Eagle with double-digit kills since All-American Jenna Wilson in 2014. 

Other Finalists: Makayla McCarthy (Softball), Qua Hines (Basketball), Lira Mathes (Soccer) 

Past Winners: 

2014: Combined male and female newcomer of the year was presented to men's soccer's Ross Frame

2015: Elizabeth England (Women's Golf)

2016: Jules Herrity (women's soccer)

2017: Lauren Wade (women's soccer) 

2018: Kayla Marosites (women's basketball) 

2019: Allison Rager (Softball)

2020: Kaina Roehrkasse (Volleyball)

Coach of the Year, Stephen Lyons - Men's Soccer

VIDEO: Coach of the Year Finalists 

On its way to a 10th South Atlantic Conference regular season title, the men's soccer team attained its highest national ranking in four years, sitting at No. 13 near the end of October. It ran with a pair of four-match streaks without a loss and went 1-0-1 against nationally-ranked sides, the win coming over a No. 15 Coker side. The SAC Coach of the Year's group amassed a 10-4-3 record, the first double-digit wins season since 2015.

Other Finalists: Jordan Taylor (Swimming), Mike Turner (Football), Ashley Tiernan (Volleyball) 

Past Winnners: 

2014: Richard Moodie (men's soccer)

2015: Vickee Kazee-Hollifield (Softball)

2016: Richard Moodie (women's soccer)

2017: Vickee Kazee-Hollifield (Softball) 

2018: Simon Duffy (Women's Soccer) and Mike Mincey (Women's Basketball) 

2019: Simon Duffy (Women's Soccer) 

2020: Stephen Lyons (Men's Soccer)

Male Freshman of the Year, Christian Shouse - Track and Field 

VIDEO: Male Freshman of the Year Finalists

In an historic freshman season, Shouse was named the USTFCCCA's Region Field Athlete of the Year. He becamed the fourth C-N athlete to net the laurel and first since 2016. The rookie won a pair of SAC titles in the long jump and the high jump finishing third in the pole vault. An all-region pick and the SAC's Field Athlete of the Year, he produced the highest point total of any athlete in the Southeast in the heptathlon for the year.

Other Finalists: Robert Zemturis (Swimming), Troy Dendy (Football), Ids Waterbolk (Tennis) 

Past Winners: 

2014: No award given

2015: No award given  

2016: Carson Wise (football)

2017: Tom Forster (Golf)

2018: Devon Moore (Track and Field) 

2019: Matt George (Swimming) 

2020: Christian Shouse (Track and Field) 

Female Freshman of the Year, Braelyn Wykle - Basketball and Manon Compagner - Swimming

VIDEO: Female Freshman of the Year Finalists 

Wykle produced one of the top freshman campaigns by a Carson-Newman women's basketball player. The Greeneville, Tenn. native was named a second-team all-region selection, the lone underclassmen to earn the plaudit in the Southeast. She became the program's sixth SAC Freshman of the Year earning first-team all-conference honors, the first SAC player to do both in 13 seasons.

At the BMC Championships, Compagner won an All-Conference honor in the 50-yard freestyle and won bronze in the 100-yard butterfly. She also took third in the 100-yard freestyle with a lifetime-best time. Compagner won All-American honors as part of the 200-yard medley relay at National Championships by finishing eighth in the 'A' final. And stood poised to collect two more All-America swims before the national health crisis cancelled the remainder of the event.

Other Finalists: Kailee Morgan (Swimming), Shannon Smith (Softball)

Past Winners: 

2014: No award given

2015: No award given

2016: Varin Ness (women's soccer)  

2017: Lacie Rinus (Softball)

2018: CJ Jensen (Swimming) 

2019: Maeve Cummins (Golf) 

2020: Manon Compagner (Swimming) and Braelyn Wykle (Basketball)

Team Performance of the Year, Volleyball v. USC Aiken

VIDEO: Team Performance of the Year Finalists

Carson-Newman knocked USC Aiken from the undefeated ranks in straight stanzas on Oct. 11 at Holt Fieldhouser. The Pacers were one of 10 teams across all divisions to be without a blemish entering play the weekend and held the seventh-longest active winning streak in the NCAA. The Eagles limited the Pacers to a .000 attack percentage thanks to 11 blocks while C-N racked up a .292 efficiency mark being led by 15 kills from Marnie Streeter.

Other Finalists: Women's Basketball v. Catawba, Football v. Tusculum, Men's Golf at the UNG Invite 

Past Award Winners

2014: No award given

2015: No award given

2016: No award given

2017: Men's Golf at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate 

2018: Women's Soccer v. Columbus State 

2019: Men's Golf at the Aflac Cougar Invite 

2020: Volleyball v. USC Aiken