Osaretin Osagie Named NE10 Sport Excellence Award Winner

Southern Connecticut State University males’s observe & subject All-American Osaretin Osagie was named the 2026 Northeast 10 Conference Outdoor Track & Field Sport Excellence winner, as introduced by the NE10 on Friday, June 19. 

Osaretin Osagie had one other outstanding season for Southern Connecticut, on and off the observe. Osagie was named to this second NE10 Academic All-Conference group within the Spring after he earned NE10 Academic Distinction for each the Fall 2025 semester and the Spring 2026 semester. Majoring in User Research and Interface Studies, Osagie boasts a 3.45 grade-point common. 

He recorded 5 gold medals throughout the NE10 Outdoor Track & Field Championship and the New England Championship. Osagie was named the NE10 Most Outstanding Track Performer for his spectacular efficiency within the 400 meter hurdles, through which he broke the meet document, the SCSU Program Record and ranked within the prime 10 of NCAA DII. He certified for the NCAA DII Outdoor Track & Field Championships, for the third straight season, the place he completed fifteenth in 400 meter hurdles and earned All-America Second Team honors. For his profession, Osagie is a five-time NE10 Champion and eight-time medalist whereas additionally incomes All-America honors in 2025 and 2026. 

Among the student-athletes named to the NE10 Academic All-Conference groups, the Sport Excellence Award is given to 1 particular person from every of the league’s spring/full-year sports activities. To be eligible for Sport Excellence honors, a student-athlete will need to have been named to the All-Conference group of their respective sport, spent at the very least two consecutive full-time semesters at their establishment and have maintained a minimal cumulative GPA of three.30 or higher (for each undergraduate and graduate work).

Osagie is the third student-athlete to obtain the award this season, becoming a member of ladies’s swimming & diving’s Molly Kennedy and cross nation’s Courtney Henchcliffe to obtain the award through the 2025-26 season.