The 2025 Sammy Awards honored the achievements of the San José State Athletics Department and student-athletes for the 2024-25 school year.
Newcomer of the Year
Male – Josh Uduje, Men’s Basketball
Female – Simone Johnson, Track & Field
Webcor Best Team Performance
Men - Football vs. Stanford
Women – Women’s Basketball at San Diego State
Iron Spartan Award
Male – Cameron Cook, Men’s Soccer
Female – Therese Wesson, Cheer
Inspirational Award
Grace Smith, Women’s Water Polo
Beyond Sparta Award
Amari Hunt, Women’s Track & Field
Krazy George Spirit Award
Women’s Gymnastics & Women’s Swimming & Diving
The Spear Dedication Award
Balancing Goals and Deadline, Story by Jasmina Lara about Kennedy Mayo
Academic Team of the Year Award
Men – Men’s Golf
Women – Women’s Golf
Most Improved Academic Team
Softball
Provident Credit Union Most Improved Athlete
Male – Tyler Albanese, Baseball
Female – Moa Andersson, Women’s Golf & Olaya Bances Iglesias, Women’s Tennis
Dan Caputo Co. Best Individual Performance
Men – Zubair Firdaus, Men’s Golf – Alister MacKenzie Invitational
Women – Emilia Sjostrand, Track & Field – NCAA Outdoor Championships
Tomey/Vermeil/Walsh/Warner Class Act
Ellie Shorten, Women’s Swimming & Diving & Anna Salmon, Beach Volleyball
Dr. Harry Edward Social Activism Award
Jaena Bell, Beach Volleyball
Camdan McWright Relentless Award
Isabella Shallou-Enes, Women’s Soccer
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Male – Mitchell Keightley – Men’s Water Polo
Female – Lucia Lopez Ortega
Donor Network West ESPN Play of the Year
Carly Cummings Home Run Robbery at New Mexico
Habbas Law Leadership Award
Nolan Geoge, Baseball
Lawrence Fan Charge Award
Alessia Buffagni, Volleyball
El Camino Health Athlete of the Year
Male – Nick Nash, Football & Cameron Tarver, Men’s Track & Field
Female – Emilia Sjostrand, Women’s Track & Field
San José State President’s Award
Sophia Konieczny, Women’s Gymnastics
CEFCU Team of the Year
Men – Football
Women – Women’s Track & Field
#AllSpartans