CHARLOTTE, N.C. - After the conclusion of Queens' first season as a Division I institution, the athletics department has rolled out the winners of their post-season honors. For the 10th straight year, the presentation of awards are being sponsored by InterCon Building Corp. InterCon has been an outstanding sponsor for the Royals as their generosity helped support the building of Byrum Hall, the tennis courts, and the Queens Sports Complex.
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Additional department awards will be released weekly during the month of June and early-July as Queens will announce winners of the Royals Sportsmanship Award, Male and Female Comeback Athletes of the Year, Pamela Davies Male and Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year, and the Male and Female Senior Athletes of the Year. There will also be awards presented for Team Comeback Wins of the Year, Team Upset Wins of the Year, Individual Championship Performances of Year, and Team Championship Performances of the Year, among others.
Mark Kelso "Just Show Up" Award
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Presented by the Department of Athletics to a student-athlete who has made a difference in the Queens community by 'showing up'. Particular emphasis will be on demonstrated acts of university-wide involvement and impactful visibility within the greater Queens community. This award was initiated as result of Dr. Mark Kelso's Hunter-Hamilton Love of Teaching Award speech at fall convocation in 2017. Dr. Kelso is a political science and international studies professor and a loyal supporter of Queens Athletics.
Winners – Jan Delkeskamp (Men's Swimming) & Colby Dugdale (Women's Lacrosse)
During the academic year, Delkeskamp has served our Queens community in a multitude of ways. In addition to being a valuable member of the seven-time national champion men's swimming team, he has served as a familiar face at numerous athletic events for seemingly all of Queens' home athletic events, constantly supporting and cheering on Royals athletics as a whole. His friendliness, high energy, and love for the institution has been on notice in the least, and is a large part of the reason he is epitomizes what this award entails. He is also an ambassador for the McColl School of Business involved in many events and activities with the school.
"Colby is leading our team in community service, she attends countless sporting events and she is the first to show up at practice everyday", said head women's lacrosse coach,
Kelly McQuilkin." Our program is better because Colby is apart of it. She's supportive and challenges her teammates at the same time. She embodies the Queens spirit of not to be served but to serve."
Men's Finalists
Women's Finalists
