Miami Student-Athletes of the Year Announced
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The recipients of the 2014-15 University of Miami student-athletes of the year awards were announced Tuesday night at the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Barbeque.
National champion diver Sam Dorman earned the University of Miami Male Student-Athlete of the Year Award. All-American volleyball player Savanah Leaf and All-American tennis player Stephanie Wagner shared the University of Miami Donna E. Shalala Female Student-Athlete of the Year Award.
“Congratulations to Sam, Savanah and Stephanie on being recognized with this very deserving honor,” Miami Director of Athletics Blake James said. “They define what it means to achieve excellence athletically and academically, and are wonderful representatives of our University.”
A redshirt senior in 2014-15, Dorman won the first NCAA Championship by a Miami diver since 2011 when he shattered the NCAA 3-meter springboard record in March at the 2015 NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships in Iowa City, Iowa.
Dorman who also earned All-American recognition in the 1-meter by placing second in that event, became the 13th Miami diver to win a national championship under head coach Randy Ableman. Dorman, from Tempe, Ariz., scored 529.10 points—greater than 30 points better than the previous record –en route to 2015 ACC Men’s Diver of the Year honors.
Leaf, a senior last season, was named an AVCA Second Team All-American and a Capitol One Academic All-American, as well as the ACC Player of the Year and a First Team All-ACC selection. Leaf also set the program record for kills in a match a when she recorded 31 in a five-set victory over UCF in the first round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament.
After earning her bachelor’s degree from Miami, Leaf began her professional volleyball career in Turkey and Puerto Rico. The San Anselmo, Calif. native is one of two nominees from the ACC for the 2015 NCAA Woman of the Year Award.
Wagner, who returns to Miami as a senior this year, became the seventh player in program history to reach the semifinals of the NCAA Singles Championship. An ITA All-American and First Team All-ACC selection, Wagner also garnered ITA National Player to Watch and ACC Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year accolades.
A native Amberg, Germany, Wagner was ranked in the ITA top 11 the entire spring and finished at No. 9 in the country. She also concluded the season at No. 21 nationally in doubles with teammate Lina Lileikite, after the pair participated in the NCAA Doubles Championship.
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