The male Panther of the Year is going to MJ Flowers from the football team. The redshirt freshman running back from Cincinnati, Ohio, rushed for 854 yards and had 1,046 all-purpose yards. Both are the most in a season since 2016 when Devin Church ran for 1,066 yards and had 1,526 all-purpose yards. Flowers’ 854.
Giovana Larregui López was named as an AVCA All-American Team Honorable Mention for the second year in a row. The senior outside hitter from Carolina, Puerto Rico led the Ohio Valley Conference with 468 kills which makes her tied for the sixth most recorded kills in program history. Larregui López finished the season with 67.
Despite the loss in the first round of the NCAA tournament against the Marquette Golden Eagles, the Panthers had a historic 2023 season. Eastern won the Ohio Valley Conference regular season championship outright for the first time in 22 years. This season, Eastern started 10-0, securing wins over Louisiana Monroe, Valparaiso, Akron, Oral Roberts, UC.
The male Panther of the semester is going to MJ Flowers from the football team. The redshirt freshman running back from Cincinnati, OH rushed for 854 yards and had 1,046 all-purpose yards. Both are the most in a season since 2016 when Devin Church ran for 1,066 yards and had 1,526 all-purpose yards. Flowers’ 854 rushing.
The Golden Eagles went on a 10-2 run to close out the third and final set of the match to knock off the Panthers in their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 22 years on Thursday evening in Lafayette, IN. Eastern struggled to gain momentum throughout the entire game as the Panthers’ longest run was 4-0.