KUTZTOWN, Pa. – Kutztown University’s Andrew Dunn Jr. of the wrestling team and Sara Keeny of the softball team have been voted as the 2019 KU Athletes of the Year.
Dunn joins his head coach, Robert Fisher, as an end-of-year award winner for the Golden Bears as Fisher took home Coach of the Year honors to highlight the 2018-19 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) team champion wrestling program.
A rising redshirt-junior, the Bethlehem native claimed the 285-pound national championship at the 2019 NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships on March 9 in Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the fifth national champion in program history. Dunn, ranked fourth in the nation in his weight class at the conclusion of the regular season, won a Super Region I title before going a perfect 4-0 with three victories over fellow nationally-ranked wrestlers at nationals. He also earned All-PSAC recognition and was voted the team MVP last season.
Dunn defeated defending national-runner up and top-ranked Kameron Teacher of Notre Dame (Ohio), 7-6, in the semifinals and held off Nebraska-Kearney’s Jarrod Hinrichs 2-1 in the national title bout to become the fifth national champion in Kutztown program history. Dunn finished the season with an overall record of 26-2, including 24-0 against Division II competition, in leading the Golden Bears to a program-best 10th place finish at the national championships.
Keeny is the first softball student-athlete to win the award since the program had a three-year run of the accolade from 2007-09.
A recent graduate of Kutztown, Keeny put a cap on one of the greatest KU softball careers in style. Becoming just the second player in program history to record a season batting average in excess of .500, Keeny produced school single-season records with a .518 batting average and 100 hits. She also stole 45 bases –second most in a season at KU– on her way to NFHCA All-America First Team, D2CCA All-America First Team, D2CCA Atlantic Region Player of the Year, PSAC East Athlete of the Year and All-PSAC East First Team honors.
The Warminster, Pennsylvania native started all 56 games as Kutztown went 36-20 and was one of the final three teams remaining in the PSAC Championship tournament. Keeny set new career-highs in games played/started, runs scored (62), hits, doubles (15), triples (7), home runs (1), RBIs (29), stolen bases, slugging percentage (.531) and on base percentage (.561). She vaulted ahead of Ashley Fitzgerald for the program’s all-time hits record with 289 and ended her career ranked tied for first in triples (14), second in batting average (.440), second in stolen bases (134) and tied for third in runs (172).
In the classroom, Keeny is a Dean’s List student and earned a KU Chambliss Academic Achievement Award Copper Medal in 2019.
Members of the KU athletic department staff voted upon the nominees to determine KU’s year-end awards.
KU Male Athlete of the Year Award Winners
Year Winner
1987 Mike Cantrel, Track & Field
1988 Marty Eggleston, Basketball
1989 Butch Hills, Basketball
1991 Bart Wasiolek, Cross Country/Track
1992 Mark Steinmeyer, Football
1993 Todd Wiley, Cross Country
1994 Mike Fantanarosa, Football/Track
1995 John Mobley, Football
1996 John Mobley, Football
1997 Andy Bausher, Baseball
1998 Ryan Vogelsong, Baseball
1999 Chris Spinozzi, Baseball
2000 Paul Schmitt, Track & Field
2001 Tim Bausher, Baseball
2002 Glenn Woolard, Baseball
2003 Scott Eisenhart, Track & Field
2004 Justin Collins, Track & Field
2005 Matt Keller, Baseball
2006 Mike McCardell, Baseball
2007 Joe Kemmerer, Wrestling
2008 Elfren Quiles, Football
2009 Joe Kemmerer, Wrestling
2010 Stephen Dennis, Basketball
2011 Kevin Morton, Football
2012 Kevin Morton, Football
2013 Kevin Morton, Football
2014 Ziad Haddad, Wrestling
2015 Ziad Haddad, Wrestling
2016 Josh Johnson, Basketball
2017 Jordan Morgan, Football
2018 Brandon Raguz, Track & Field
2019 Andrew Dunn Jr. (Bethlehem, Pa./Bethlehem Catholic (Virginia Tech)), Wrestling
KU Female Athlete of the Year Award Winners
Year Winner
1987 Fran Metz, Basketball
1988 Sharon Toth, Softball
1989 Gwen Kerr, Field Hockey
1990 Lisa Marrella, Field Hockey
1991 Missy Boettger, Basketball/Softball
1992 Shayn Mosley, Field Hockey, Diving
1993 Daphne Hoyt, Cross Country/Track
1994 Lorie Erie, Softball
1995 Deidre Lynn Rhodes, Track & Field
1996 Deidre Lynn Rhodes, Track &Field
1997 Tara Crozier, Track and Field
Claudine Gruver, Swimming
1998 Tara Crozier, Track & Field
1999 Amy Wahl, Basketball
2000 Kristi Braine, Track & Field
2001 Megan Seefeldt, Cross Country/Track
2002 Kellie Evans, Softball
2003 Missy Klein, Volleyball
2004 Jessie Didier, Volleyball
2005 Kerstin Kloeffer, Tennis
2006 Laura Kline, Field Hockey/Track
2007 Steph Denlinger, Softball
2008 Ashley Fitzgerald, Softball
2009 Steph Denlinger, Softball
2010 Steph Jeppesen, Swimming
2011 Melissa McQuade, Basketball
2012 Kayla Jones, Bowling
2013 April Doyle, Track & Field
2014 Erin Reynolds, Field Hockey
2015 Sam Costello, Soccer
2016 Anna Behm, Field Hockey
2017 Alaina Curry, Soccer
2018 Emily Zwiercan, Soccer
2019 Sara Keeny (Warminster, Pa./William Tennent), Softball
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