DEXTER AND MERCER AMONG TOP HONOREES AT 2026 JAG AWARDS

INDIANAPOLIS – The IU Indianapolis Athletics Department held its finish of 12 months Jag Awards on Wednesday evening (Apr. 29) because the division honored prime performers at The Heirloom at N.Ok. Hurst. Eli Mercer (males’s tennis) and Kaylee Dexter (girls’s swimming) earned the Melvyn Garland Distinguished Student-Athlete Awards given yearly to prime performing seniors whereas Reagan Sohn (Dorothy Cheesman Award) and Isaac Wilson (Jaguars Athletics Club Academic Achievement Award) earned prime educational honors. 

Junior Grace Purichia and senior Logan Kelly earned Most Outstanding Jaguar Awards whereas Kally Kadzinski and Yassin Abdelghany earned Newcomer of the Year Awards. Freshmen Owen Nguyen and Jillian Tippmann had been named the division’s Freshmen of the Year. 

Kennedy Cowan and Noah Kummrow had been chosen as Iron Jaguar Award winners and Dexter was chosen because the Bob Lovell Service Award winner. In addition, graduating seniors acquired medallions to be worn at Commencement 2026. 

Below is the total record of honorees from Wednesday evening. 

Coaches Awards

    Men’s Basketball: Finley Woodward

    Women’s Basketball: Destini Craig

    Cheerleading: Logan Higley

    Men’s Cross Country: Luke Shappell

    Women’s Cross Country: Julie Smith

    Men’s Golf: Noah Kirsch

    Women’s Golf: Reagan Sohn

    Men’s Soccer: Noah Kummrow

    Women’s Soccer: Kailyn Smith

    Softball: Molly Kable

    Men’s Swimming and Diving: Isaac Wilson

    Women’s Swimming and Diving: Luca McGee

    Men’s Tennis: Jai Dutta

    Women’s Tennis: Calli Sokolowski

    Men’s Track and Field: Riley Nixon

    Women’s Track and Field: Paige Schulte

    Volleyball: Jordyn Pax

 

Iron Jaguar Awards

Kennedy Cowan, Softball

Noah Kummrow, Men’s Soccer

 

Freshmen of the Year

Men: Owen Nguyen, Men’s Tennis

Women: Jillian Tippmann, Volleyball

 

Newcomer of the Year Award

Men: Yassin Abdelghany, Men’s Swimming

Women: Kally Kadzinski, Women’s Tennis

 

Team GPA Awards

Men’s Tennis

Community Impact Award

Women’s Swimming & Diving Team

              

Bob Lovell Service Award

Kaylee Dexter, Women’s Swimming

 

Jaguar Athletics Fund Academic Achievement Award

Isaac Wilson, Men’s Swimming

Dorothy Cheesman Academic Achievement Award

Reagan Sohn, Women’s Golf

 

Mel Garland Distinguished Student-Athlete Awards

Men: Eli Mercer, Men’s Tennis

Women: Kaylee Dexter, Women’s Swimming

 

Most Outstanding Jaguar Award

Men: Logan Kelly, Men’s Swimming

Women: Grace Purichia, Volleyball

 

Katz, Sapper & Miller Jag Cup

Men’s Tennis