MANSFIELD - Freshman
Cahsid Raymond (sprint football),
Abigail Taylor (women's track and field) and
Justice Smith (men's basketball), sophomore
Hannah Meyer (field hockey), junior
Skylar Brown (women's track and field) and senior
Assaf Lowengart (baseball) were honored as the 2021-22 Fall, Winter and Spring Male and Female Mansfield University Athletes of the Year at the virtual Mountie Awards on Wednesday night, May 25.
All six athletes were honored as Athletes of the Year for the first time in their career, with Raymond and Meyer earning Fall, Smith and Taylor winter, and Lowengart and Brown spring, for their outstanding performances on the field, court and track this year.
To view the video announcement, click on the image above.
Fall
Cahsid Raymond / Freshman / Quarterback / Philadelphia, Pa.
Started all eight games at quarterback as a freshman … named five-time CSFL Rookie of the Week and three-time CSFL Offensive Player of the Week … led CSFL in rushing yards per game … second in CSFL rushing touchdowns per game … number four in CSFL passing yards per game … rushed for 900 yards on 112 attempts to become program leader for rushing yards in a season … leader in rushing touchdowns in a season with 11 … ran for 80 yards versus Cornell (9/18) for second longest rush in program history … rushed for season-high 199 yards against St. Thomas Aquinas (10/8) to move into second place for rushing yards in a single game … threw for 1,210 yards to move into second place for passing yards in a season … completed an 83-yard pass against Cornell for longest completion in program history … notched second-best completion percentage in a single game with a season-high 81.6 percent against Penn (9/25) and fifth-best completion percentage in a season with 52.12 percent.
Led the Mounties to a 9-9 overall, 4-6 PSAC record ... Started in all 18 games on defense ... named to PSAC All-Conference second-team ... recorded three goals and five assists ... had season-high three assists against Seton Hill (10/9) ... made four defensive saves ... ranked seventh in PSAC in defensive saves ... played a total of 1102 minutes.
Winter
Justice Smith / Freshman / Guard / Lions, N.Y.
Started 27 of 28 games played in for a total of 978 minutes … named PSAC East Rookie of the Year … earned PSAC East 2
nd-Team All-Conference … set program-record for points in a single game with 56 (19-of-26) against Bloomsburg … finished one assist shy of a triple-double pulling in 12 rebounds and dishing out a game-high nine assists to earn PSAC East Player of the Week (02/02) … second in scoring (20.6 PPG), sixth in free throw percentage (.791), ninth in minutes (34.9 MPG), 10th in steals (1.6 SPG), 15th in rebounding (7.0 RBG) and assists (3.6 APG), and 16th in field goal percentage (.465) … finished the season with seven double-doubles … totaled 578 points, second all-time in program single-season history scored 37 points against Edinboro on Dec. 4 and 36 points against Millersville on Feb. 12 … scored in double figures in every game but four, including going over 20 points 13 times … had career-high 13 rebounds against West Chester (01/29).
Abigail Taylor / Freshman / Jumps / Millerstown, Pa.
Taylor collected a silver medal and All-PSAC honors in the triple jump after she broke her own school record hitting a 11.43m mark ... First Mansfield field athlete since 2010-11 to earn the distinction of All-Conference during the Indoor season ... originally broke the record in her very first indoor competition, landing a mark of 11.40 at the Bison opener ... followed that up with first-place finished at the Al Hall Freedom Games and Highlander Invitational, with jumps of 11.04 and 11.14 meters, respectively.
Spring
Assaf Lowengart / Senior / Utility / Timorium, Israel
Competed in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and 2021 European Championships for Team Israel … Named 2nd-Team All-PSAC, First-Team D2CCA and Honorable NCBWA All-Atlantic Region Utility Player … led the club in batting average (.356), hits (62), RBI (45), doubles (19), home runs (11), runs (43), slugging percentage (.678) and total bases (118). His marks for hits (10th), home runs (t-9th), total bases (6th), RBI (10th), slugging (10th), RBI (10th) and doubles (4th) were all in the top-10 in the entire PSAC … had a hit in 36-of-46 games, including 19 multiple hit games and four games of three or more base knocks … had multiple hits in every one of the Mountaineers' 7-game winning streak in late April … earned his first PSAC East Player of the Week honor on April 25 after going 7-for-16, (.438), with three home runs, nine RBI and five runs.
Skylar Brown / Junior / Sprints / Drexil Hill, Pa.
Qualified for PSAC Outdoor Championships in 4 events … Finished 2nd in 100 meter dash in PSAC Championship to earn silver with the second fastest time in program history (12.17) … Highest finish in program history in the event … Landed on the podium in the 200-meter dash with a 7
th-place finish with a time of 25.45 … helped lead the 4x100-meter relay team to a program-record time of 49.03 at the conference championships … 4x100 team finished 7
th to land on the podium … won the 100-meter dash at the LHU Invite with a time of 12.51 … placed 2
nd in the 100-meter at the Millersville Metrics (12.58) and second in the 200-meter at the Elliston Earlybird (26.50) … finished top-10 in the 100- and 200-meter dash eight times on the season.
