SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Samford earned four of the eight honors and Furman claimed two as the Southern Conference indoor track and field men’s and women’s specialty awards were announced Wednesday.
 
The awards were voted on by the league’s nine indoor coaches.
 
Samford graduate student Cagan Campbell was voted the men’s Most Outstanding Track Performer after scoring 25 points at the SoCon Indoor Track and Field Championships over the weekend. The Tuscaloosa, Alabama, native medaled in three events on the track, tying for first in the 60-meter dash and followed that up with a third-place finish in the 400-meter dash. Campbell capped his big Sunday with a win in the 200-meter dash. Campbell helped the Bulldogs to their fourth straight men’s team title.
 
The Bulldogs’ Hannah Daffin earned Most Outstanding Field Performer honors on the women’s side. The senior from Mobile, Alabama, won both of her events at the meet to net 20 points for Samford, claiming the shot put on Saturday for her second tile in three years and the weight throw on Sunday for her second straight championship in that event and Samford’s third in four seasons. Daffin helped the Bulldogs to their eighth straight women’s team title.
 
For the second straight season, Samford’s Rod Tiffin swept the SoCon Coach of the Year honors. He earned his fourth straight award on the men’s side after leading the Bulldogs to their fourth straight team title and claimed his seventh women’s citation in eight years after leading Samford to its eighth straight women’s title. That eight-year run of success marks the longest run in conference history of consecutive women’s titles won.
 
Furman’s Abigail Robertson was named the women’s Most Outstanding Track Performer after posting a pair of wins. The senior from Marietta, Georgia, claimed both distance events, winning Furman’s third straight title in the 3,000-meter run on Saturday before claiming the Paladins’ ninth straight title in the 5,000-meter run Sunday. Robertson is Furman’s second straight female Most Outstanding Track Performer and third in four years. Her 20 points helped the Paladins to a fourth-place team finish at the championship.
 
Furman’s Jenna Mulhern claimed Freshman of the Year honors on the women’s side. The rookie from West Chester, Pennsylvania, led all female freshmen at the championship with 13 points, all accrued on the track. Mulhern finished fourth in the 3,000-meter run on Saturday before turning in a runner-up finish in the 5,000-meter run Sunday. She is Furman’s second straight Freshman of the Year and third since 2018.
 
VMI’s Keyandre Midgett, who earned the Heath Whittle Award (Most Outstanding Athlete) as the top point-scorer at the SoCon Indoor Track and Field Championships at his home track at the Corps Physical Training Facility over the weekend, was voted the Male Most Outstanding Field Performer after posting a pair of podium finishes. The junior from Portsmouth, Virginia, won the triple jump on Sunday after finishing second in the long jump on Saturday. Midgett also finished second in the 60-meter hurdles en route to a meet-best 26 points scored. He is VMI’s second straight winner of the Heath Whittle Award and the Keydets’ first Most Outstanding Field Performer since 2016.
 
Western Carolina’s Dohnavon Hunt was named the men’s Freshman of the Year after handily outscoring every other freshman in the league at the championship. The Memphis, Tennessee, native scored 19.5 points, 11 clear of his nearest classmate, in helping the Catamounts to a runner-up team finish. Hunt helped WCU to a win in the 4x400-meter relay, running the opening leg, and earned another podium finish with a second-place showing in the 200-meter dash. He also finished fourth in the 60-meter dash and took fifth in the long jump.
 
 
 
Male Most Outstanding Track Performer
Cagan Campbell, Samford
 
Female Most Outstanding Track Performer
Abigail Robertson, Furman
 
Male Most Outstanding Field Performer
Keyandre Midgett, VMI
 
Female Most Outstanding Field Performer
Hannah Daffin, Samford
 
Male Freshman of the Year
Dohnavon Hunt, Western Carolina
 
Female Freshman of the Year
Jenna Mulhern, Furman
 
Men’s Coach of the Year
Rod Tiffin, Samford
 
Women’s Coach of the Year
Rod Tiffin, Samford