ATHENS, W.Va. – The Concord University Athletic Department is pleased to announce the First Annual Concord Athletics Champions Gala set for April 23 at 7 p.m. in the Alexander Fine Arts Building Main Theater on campus.
The champions gala will recognize the accomplishments of Concord student-athletes and athletic programs during the 2024-25 school year. The event is only open to Concord athletes and coaches or by invitation only. However, the event will be streamed on mountaineast.tv/concord.
Awards will be presented to both male and female athletes and includes: athlete of the year, breakthrough athlete of the year, play of the year, senior class award, newcomer of the year and scholar-athlete of the year. Some awards are not gender specific and include the team of the year, mountain lion pride award, best individual record-breaking performance and the perseverance award.
The awards listed above were voted on by Concord's 11 head coaches plus athletic department personnel.
Additionally, each Concord coach will recognize a player of the year within their specific program.
And the Concord Athletic Department will honor those student-athletes that were named All-Mountain East Conference, All-Atlantic Region, All-American, Academic All-MEC and CSC Academic All-District, Academic All-American and Athletic Director's Honor Roll members. The community service team of the year will be honored along with the female and male sports programs that carried the highest GPA during the school year.
Dress for the Concord Athletics Champions Gala is formal and begins with a red carpet event.
Over the next week, the Concord Sports Information Department will be releasing the three finalists for each award that was voted on.
