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Knapton, Hymanson take home top honors at 2021 virtual A Night at the Lied
Nebraska Athletics recognized many of its top performers during the 2020-21 academic year with A Virtual Night at the Lied.
May 11, 2021 10:38 pm
LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Athletics) – Nebraska Athletics recognized many of its top performers during the 2020-21 academic year with A Virtual Night at the Lied. The event recognizes the outstanding performances in competition, classroom and community outreach and was highlighted by the live announcement of the major award winners, including the Male and Female Student-Athlete of the Year, the Best Male and Female Athlete and the Outstanding Male and Female Newcomer.
May 11, 2021
Lincoln – Nebraska Athletics recognized many of its top performers during the 2020-21 academic year with A Virtual Night at the Lied. The event recognizes the outstanding performances in competition, classroom and community outreach and was highlighted by the live announcement of the major award winners, including the Male and Female Student-Athlete of the Year, the Best Male and Female Athlete and the Outstanding Male and Female Newcomer.
Seniors
Evan Hymanson (Men’s Gymnastics) won the most coveted awards at the 31st annual event, as they were selected as the 2021 Female and Male Student-Athletes of the Year, respectively, by a vote of the faculty members of the Intercollegiate Athletics Committee.
Abigail Knapton (Swimming & Diving) were honored Friday as winners of NCAA postgraduate scholarships for the 2020-21 winter season.
Both Hymanson and Knapton will receive a $10,000 scholarship, as two of the 42 athletes (21 male, 21 female) across 17 total sports to capture the prestigious national honors. The NCAA awards up to 126 postgraduate scholarships to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are at least in their final year of intercollegiate athletics competition.
Hymanson has been a standout performer for the Husker men’s gymnastics program over the last four seasons. He captained the Huskers to a fourth-place finish at the 2021 NCAA Championships, the third time NU reached the NCAA Team Finals during his career. In the classroom, he is four-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar. Hymanson was a first-team CoSIDA Academic All-District selection in 2020 and has been on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor
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