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STONY BROOK, N.Y. -- The Stony Brook Athletic Department held its annual awards ceremony, "The Wolfies" on Monday night in the Island Federal Arena and several student-athletes received hardware.
 
The 2019 Senior Athletes of the Year were Ryland Rees (Port Coquitlam, British Columbia) of men's lacrosse and Shania Johnson (Frederick, Md.) of women's basketball.
 
Rees finished the 2019 campaign as the America East's Defensive Player of the Year and also garnered First Team All-Conference honors. He led the Seawolves in both ground balls (36) and caused turnovers (15) after the regular season and was sixth in the league in the latter category. The Boston Cannons of MLL selected him with the 27^th overall pick in this year's draft.
 
Johnson was selected to the All-Met Second Team by the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association this season after ranking fourth in the nation in assists and 15^th in 3-pointers. In November, she broke the America East record with 15 assists against New Paltz and claimed three other school records during her final season with Stony Brook. She was also named to the Dawn Staley Award Midseason Watch List, given to the best guard in the country in women's NCAA Division I college basketball.
 
The 2019 Junior Athletes of the Year were baseball's Nick Grande (Smithtown, N.Y.) and women's lacrosse's Ally Kennedy (North Babylon, N.Y.).
 
Grande leads the America East in three different categories, topping the pace in on-base percentage (.458), runs scored (53) and hits (63). He's also second in the league in slugging percentage and third in batting average on a Seawolves team that is one win away from its fifth regular-season title in program history.
 
Kennedy had a 100-point season for the Seawolves, scoring 84 goals and dishing off 16 assists. She led the nation in shots on goal per game (7.25) and second in shots per game (8.85). The Long Island native also was third in goals with 84 on the year and 10^th in free position goals as she led the Seawolves to a seventh consecutive America East title and a NCAA First Round victory over defending national champion James Madison.
 
Track and Field's Luke Coulter (Jamesport, N.Y.) and Women's Soccer's Sofia Manner (Helsinki, Finland) took home Sophomore Athlete of the Year honors.
 
Coulter ran a school-record time of 1:50.24 in the 800m this spring, which is good for third in the conference. The America East Track Performer of the Week on April 3 also finished third at the America East Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 1:52.24 in the event. During his indoor season, he broke the 1000m school record at the indoor IC4A Championships with a time of 2:22.53.
 
Manner was named to the America East All-Conference First Team, garnering Goalkeeper of the Year honors as well. She finished the 2018 season with the league's best save percentage at .794 and recorded seven clean sheets for the Seawolves. She allowed just two goals in her final six regular-season appearances en route to an America East Regular Season Championship during the 2018 campaign.
 
The 2019 freshman of the year honors went to Miles Latimer (Fairfax, Va.) of the men's basketball team and Jamie Wei (Chiayi City, Taiwan) of women's tennis.  
 
Latimer led the Seawolves in 3-point shooting, draining 37.4 percent of his shots from long range. He finished the regular season at 10.6 points per game. He played a crucial part in the team's win at UAlbany, draining a go-ahead basket in the final minute of regulation and then blocking the a game-winning attempt as the horn expired in overtime.
 
Wei finished 15-3 at No. 1 Singles and 12-5 at No. 2 Doubles for a Seawolves tennis squad that made the Missouri Valley Championship Match for the first time in program history. She was named the MVC Singles Player of the Week back on March 5 and named to the MVC All-Select Team.

Senior Michael Thompson (Wallkill, N.Y.) of track and field and senior Ana Carrion-Rodriguez (La Linea, Spain) of women's tennis were the winners of the Male and Female Senior Scholar-Athlete awards. Thompson completed his career with a 3.75 GPA as a biology major, while Carrion-Rodriguez posted a 3.9 GPA in a Spanish Language and Literature and Politics double major.

Sophomore TJ Morrison (Yonkers, N.Y.) from football and senior Julie Johnstonbaugh (Neshanic Station, N.J.) of women's soccer were presented the Athletic Director's Award by Stony Brook Director of Athletics Shawn Heilbron for their embodiment of Stony Brook Athletics' ideals and core values.
 
A brand new award in 2019, redshirt-sophomore Andrew Garcia (Harlem, N.Y.) won the Comeback Athlete of the Year Award. After sitting out from playing competitive basketball for two years, he came back to play in all 33 games this season, averaging 22 minutes per contest. At the end of it all, he earned America East Sixth Man of the Year honors.
 
The Male and Female Danni Kemp Teammate Award, was given to student-athletes nominated by their teammates. The award is named in honor of Danni Kemp, the softball student-athlete that passed away in 2017 from brain cancer. Her parents, Cliff and Melinda Kemp presented the awards on Monday night to senior Chris Pedone (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.) of men's lacrosse and sophomore Danielle Petrovich (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.) of softball.
 
Senior Darian Sorouri (Wilmington, Del.) of Track and Field and graduate student Emily Costello (Webster, N.Y.) received the Seawolves Impact Award. These honors are given to a student-athlete who has demonstrated exceptional contributions to his or her sports on the playing surface as well as within the campus and community.
 
Another new award in 2019, the Noah Farrelly Spirit of the Seawolf award, is given to a male and female student-athlete who exemplifies the passion and pride for their Stony Brook Athletics experience that Noah felt in his short time here. The winners were Carrion-Rodriguez of women's tennis and junior Cameron Avery (Christchurch, New Zealand) of cross country/track and field.
 
Junior Sam Kamara (Carteret, N.J.) of football and senior Katelyn Corr (Suffield, Conn.) of softball received the male and female NSCA All-American Award. The award recognizes an individual's athletic accomplishments and their dedication to strength and conditioning.