Aouani, La Tella rack up SLC awards
Published 12:05 am Tuesday, February 23, 2016
BEAUMONT – Iliass Aouani swept through all the awards he was eligible for and Silvia La Tella added in the Female Freshman of the Year honor for the Lamar track and field teams when the Southland Conference announced its indoor track and field awards.
Aouani was up for the league’s male Athlete, Outstanding Track Performer and Freshman of the Year honors, and he took them all. He had an outstanding performance at the indoor championships on Feb. 15-16 with two individual titles and was the anchor leg for the champion distance medley team.
He is LU’s third straight Southland Conference Indoor Athlete and Outstanding Performer after Sam Stabler took the awards in both 2014 and 2015. He was also the league’s high point scorer for the third straight season as well (22.5 points).
La Tella was picked as the league’s female freshman of the year after she broke the school record twice in the triple jump during the season and placed second in the event at the Southland Conference championships. Her silver medal mark of 40 feet, 6.75 inches notched her a second-team all-conference honor.
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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