Smoky Mountain Today

From now until Jan. 2, the Carson-Newman Athletic Communications Department will debut the Frosty Award nominees for the fall semester.  These are the fall nominees for Coach of the Year. Friday, we'll unveil the candidates for Team of the Year. 

The 10th annual Frosty Awards will take place May 2 and honor athletic excellence in Carson-Newman's athletic department. 

Categories: 

• Team Performance of the Year 
• Female Newcomer of the Year
• Male Newcomer of the Year
• Coach of the Year
• Team of the Year
• Play of the Year
• Male Freshman of the Year
• Female Freshman of the Year
• Upset of the Year
• Comeback of the Year
• Male Performance of the Year
• Female Performance of the Year
• Female Athlete of the Year 
• Male Athlete of the Year

Coach of the Year

Ashley Tiernan: Guiding a nine-match turnaround, Tiernan led the Eagles to a South Atlantic Conference Mountain Division Championship, the SAC Tournament title match and a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Winning 27 matches, the unit recorded the fourth-most victories for a single-season in school history and five different players earned postseason honors.

Mike Clowney: Mike Clowney oversaw the third-largest win turnaround in Carson-Newman football history. The Eagles went from a one-win team in 2021 to a winning record in 2022. Carson-Newman closed the year with a three-game winning streak. All told, 13 Eagles earned All-SAC honors under his tutelage. 

Mike Spooner: In just his second season as the head coach, Spooner was able to lead the men's cross country team to 8th place in the region, the team's highest ranking since 2003. The season was highlighted by three All-Conference runners, and two All-Region runners. The regular season's best finish came at the Asics Invitational, a race featuring multiple D1 schools, where the Eagles finished third out of 13 on both the men's and women's side. The men's team improved to 5th in the SAC after finishing 9th in the conference last year. 

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