Vote for Male Most Outstanding Athlete

Fans are invited to vote for the 2018-19 Bradley Varsity Club Male Most Outstanding Athlete from a field of four finalists

Bobby Parker, Associate AD for Communications General 7/24/2019 8:00:00 AM

PEORIA, IL – With the 2018-19 athletics year officially completed and the spring awards season in the books, it is time to select Bradley University's Varsity Club Male and Female Most Outstanding Athletes and fans once again are invited to participate in the selection process.

Following one of the most-successful seasons across the department in Bradley Athletics history, a total of eight student-athletes, four men and four women, have advanced to the final ballots for the Varsity Club Male and Female Most Outstanding Athletes and fans are being given two days to visit the department's official Twitter account - @BradleyBraves - to vote for their favorite finalists in each gender. This week's fan vote concludes with the four male finalists. The fan vote for the four female finalists was conducted Monday and Tuesday and a new Twitter poll for the men's vote now is open through 11:59 p.m. Thursday night. The two winners will be announced Monday.

Visit the Braves on Twitter to cast your votes: @BradleyBraves

2018-19 Bradley Varsity Club Most Outstanding Athlete
Male Candidates

Luke Shadid, Baseball

All-Missouri Valley Conference second team
Bradley Baseball A.J. Robertson MVP, Rod Thompson Hitting Award, Troy Guidotti Hustle Award
Led The Valley in runs scored per game (0.98) and in runs produced per game (1.62)
Led the Braves in batting (.344), while sharing the team lead with 12 doubles
Started at shortstop and hit leadoff in all 50 games, helping the Braves to a 31-19 overall record and tie for fourth in the MVC standings at 11-10

Darrell Brown, Men's Basketball

NABC All-District 16 second team
All-Missouri Valley Conference second team
Cancun Challenge All-Tournament Team
MVC Player of the Week (Feb. 11)
Led the Braves in scoring (14.8 ppg), assists (3.2 apg), 3FGM (79), 3FG% (.444) and total steals (33)
Led the Braves to a 20-15 overall record, 9-9 MVC record and MVC Tournament championship, the program's first since 1988

Michael Ward, Men's Cross Country/Track

Completed distance double sweep of the 3,000m and 5,000m championships at the 2019 MVC Indoor Track Championships
Cross Country NCAA All-Midwest Region
All-MVC – cross country; indoor 3,000m; indoor 5,000m; outdoor 1,500m; outdoor 5,000m
NCAA Outdoor Track Championship qualifier in the 10,000m
MVC Track Athlete of the Week (Jan. 29)
Helped the cross country team to the MVC championship and a runner-up finish in the NCAA Midwest Regional to qualify for the NCAA Championship for the first time in program history
Set the school record in the 3,000m (7:57.22) for the second-best time in MVC history and set the school record in the 10,000m (29:16.20)

Drake Bushong, Men's Golf

All-Missouri Valley Conference by finishing ninth at the MVC Championship and in the league with an overall 73.26 scoring average
Bradley's top finisher in five of the team's 10 tournaments
Tied for second at the Zach Johnson Invitational, one of his three top 10 finishes
Helped the Braves to two tournament team championships and a fourth-place team finish at at the MVC Championship

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