Claire Curzan and Chandler Morris Obtain UVA Top Honors

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Claire Curzan and Chandler Morris had been honored as Virginia’s prime athletes on the 2025-26 Hoos Choice Awards. Curzan earned the IMP Award as the highest feminine athlete, whereas Morris claimed the WINA Award as the highest male athlete.

The Hoos Choice Awards mirror performances from April 2025-March 2026

Curzan was named a finalist for the Honda Sport Award in Swimming & Diving for the second straight yr. She received six titles on the 2026 NCAA Championships, together with the 100 Back, 200 Back and 4 relay occasions. A 21-time CSCAA All-American, Curzan helped Virginia seize its sixth consecutive National Championship. She was additionally named the ACC Championship Most Valuable Swimmer after setting an NCAA report within the 200 Backstroke in considered one of her two particular person occasion victories that helped the Cavaliers earn their seventh-consecutive convention title.

As a staff captain and quarterback, Morris led Virginia to a program-record 11 wins together with a 13-7 win over Missouri within the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl, the primary UVA bowl victory since 2018. He accounted for two,245 yards of whole offense, posted the fourth-highest single-season completion proportion in program historical past (.647) and scored 21 whole touchdowns on a unit that ranked fourth within the ACC. Morris was named the TD Club of Richmond Quarterback of the Year and was a 2025 All-ACC honorable point out. He was additionally named a semifinalist for each the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award and the Dave O’Brien National Quarterback of the Year Award.

Chance Mallory (males’s basketball) was named Male Rookie of the Year and Sara Curtis (ladies’s swimming) was named Female Rookie of the Year.

An NABC All-District East Second Team choice, Mallory averaged 9.3 factors and three.7 rebounds in 36 video games off the bench. He ranked second in within the ACC in help/turnover ratio (3.0), eighth in steals (1.6 spg), fifteenth in assists (3.4 apg) and seventeenth in free throw proportion (77.5%). The second-year helped Virginia (30-6) to its sixth 30-win season in class historical past in addition to an look within the ACC Championship sport.

Curtis helped the Cavaliers win 4 relays on the NCAA Championships, together with swimming the anchor leg on the NCAA record-setting 400 Free Relay. She received two different medals at NCAAs, taking silver within the 50 Free and bronze within the 100 Free. She was the ACC Champion within the 50 Free, additionally selecting up relay titles within the 200 Free, 400 Free and 400 Medley Relays.

Dylan Dietrich (males’s tennis) acquired the ACC Male Scholar Athlete of the Year Award whereas Mèlodie Collard (ladies’s tennis) earned the ACC Female Scholar-Athlete Award.

Will Bettridge (soccer) earned the 1*15*41 Award, which is given to the person who finest displayed selflessness, dedication, college delight and management, all whereas contributing to the betterment of the division and shining a light-weight on these round them with positivity.

Men’s Swimming’s Maximus Williamson earned Comeback of the Year for his efficiency within the 200 Free on the NCAA Championships. After tying with teammate David King for eighth place in prelims, Williamson received the NCAA title from lane eight posting 1:30.03 within the remaining. He turned the primary freshman to win the 200 Free since 2016 and posted the second-fastest time ever for a freshman.

The Virginia soccer staff earned Male Play of the Year for Ja’Son Prevard’s game-sealing interception in UVA’s 46-38 2OT win over then-No. 8 Florida State. On fourth-and-12 from the Virginia 27-yard line, Florida State quarterback Thomas Castellanos threw a cross into the endzone. Prevard got here down together with his second interception of the sport to seal the win and ship a flood of Cavalier followers onto the sphere at Scott Stadium.

The Virginia 400 Free Relay (ladies’s swimming) received Female Play of the Year. Claire Curzan, Madi Mintenko, Anna Moesch and Sara Curtis received the occasion to shut out Virginia’s sixth consecutive NCAA staff title, making the primary time any staff has received six consecutive NCAA Championships in ladies’s swimming and diving. The 400 Free staff posted an NCAA report time of three:05.26 marking the fifth straight yr that Virginia received the occasion.

Virginia Director of Student Development, Ellen Cook was honored with the Bus Male Memorial Award for her dedication and devotion to Virginia Athletics in the course of the 2025-26 college yr.

Jeremiah Nubbe (males’s observe and subject) was acquired the Gus Tebell Memorial Award because the fourth-year male student-athlete with the very best scholastic common by means of his 4 years at Virginia, whereas Lauren Kenah (subject hockey) was the recipient of the Jettie Hill Memorial Award because the fourth-year feminine student-athlete with the very best scholastic common by means of her 4 years at UVA.

Kate Galica (ladies’s lacrosse) earned UVA’s Distinguished Athlete Scholarship Award whereas Victoria Safradin (ladies’s soccer) was the recipient of the Ralph Sampson Scholarship Award which is awarded to the rising fourth-year who demonstrates excellence in teachers.

Bailey Morris (soccer) was the recipient of the Bob Goodman Memorial Award for excellent scholar supervisor, whereas Rheis Granger (soccer) earned the Marlee Morgan Service Award. The award is given in recognition of a scholar supervisor within the UVA Department of Athletics who serves as an inspiration to others because of their perseverance, dedication and work ethic.

Virginia’s ACC Top VI for Service Award recipients for dedication to neighborhood service and outreach packages included Shelby Bavin (rowing), Cooper Rudolph (wrestling), Gillian Bushee (ladies’s observe and subject), Grayson Reid (soccer), Madi Mintenko (ladies’s swimming) and Football.

Cooper Rudolph (wrestling) earned the Male Flow Automotive Service Award whereas Shelby Bavin (rowing) received the Female Flow Automotive Service Award.

Team Awards
Baseball – Billy Word Memorial Award – Antonio Perrotta
Men’s Basketball – Sidney Young Memorial Award – Dallin Hall
Women’s Basketball – Coach’s Award for Excellence – Romi Levy
Men’s Cross Country – Coach’s Award for Excellence – Gary Martin
Women’s Cross Country – Coach’s Award for Excellence – Gillian Bushee
Field Hockey – Coach’s Award for Excellence – Mia Abello
Football – John Acree Memorial Award – James Jackson
Men’s Golf – F. Dixon Brooke Memorial Award – Ben James
Women’s Golf – William E. Eacho Memorial Award – Elsie MacCleery
Men’s Lacrosse – Henry Gaver Memorial Award – Joey Terenzi
Women’s Lacrosse – Coach’s Award for Excellence – Corey White
Rowing – Coach’s Award for Excellence – Riley Richardson
Men’s Soccer – Stanley Lerner Memorial Award – Umberto Pelà
Women’s Soccer – Coach’s Award for Excellence – Lia Godfrey
Softball – Coach’s Award for Excellence – Kelsey Hackett
Men’s Squash – Coach’s Award for Excellence – JP Tew
Women’s Squash – Coach’s Award for Excellence – Claire Minnis
Men’s Swimming & Diving – Brooke Maury Memorial Award – Matthew Heilman
Women’s Swimming & Diving – Diane Montgomery Greene Memorial Award – Carly Novelline
Men’s Tennis – Norton Pritchett Memorial Award – Ty Switzer
Women’s Tennis – Coach’s Award for Excellence – Melodie Collard
Men’s Track & Field – Henry Cummings Memorial Award – TBD
Women’s Track & Field – Z Society – The Lou Onesty Memorial Award – TBD
Men’s Indoor Track & Field – Coach’s Award for Excellence – Gary Martin
Women’s Indoor Track & Field – Coach’s Award for Excellence – Tatum David
Volleyball – Coach’s Award for Excellence – Kate Johnson
Wrestling – David Senft Memorial Award – Gable Porter