JACKSON, Miss. (Apr. 25, 2017) – Millsaps College held its annual Senior Athlete Award Ceremony last night, recognizing the accomplishments of the 2017 senior class of student-athletes. In addition to letters being awarded, four other award winners named. Brennan Gagen (Suwanee, Ga.) and Katie Connor (Memphis, Tenn.) were presented with the Archie Lamb awards, while Kala-Jewel Freeman (Pineville, La.) was honored with the Carla Webb award and Alex Foust (Ackerman, Miss.) was announced as the Paul Benton Award winner.
 
The Archie Lamb Award is given every year to the outstanding male and female student-athlete who best represents leadership, sportsmanship and character both on and off the field of play. Gagen was a starter on the men's basketball team in 2016-17, leading the team in scoring and assists and earning honorable mention All-Southern Athletic Association (SAA) honors. A two-time All-SAA Sportsmanship selection, Gagen has served on the Leadership Group and as an officer in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, served as an officer with the Chemistry Honorary Club and has been a Resident Assistant for the past two years.
 
A member of the women's basketball team, Connor averaged over 31 minutes a game last season and led the team in assists and steals. She was honored by the SAA this year by being named to the All-Sportsmanship team and was also a three-time SAA Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll honoree. At Millsaps she has been named to both the President's List and Dean's List and was a member of the Freshman Honor Society. Connor has also served in leadership roles for Kappa Delta, Psi Chi, Beta Beta Beta as well as being a member of AED and a Resident Hall Assistant.
 
Freeman was named the Carla Webb award winner, given annually to the top female senior athlete at Millsaps, after capping off a fantastic women's basketball career in 2016-17 when she led the Majors in scoring at 16.5 points per game while also ranking among the team leaders in rebounding, steals and blocked shots. For her efforts she was named a first team All-Southern Athletic Association performer, making it four-for-four in her career in receiving all-conference honors. Freeman finished her career as a 1,000-point scorer for the Majors, totaling 1,229 points. Off the court she was a member of the Millsaps Student-Athlete Advisory Committee for two years and also worked as a counselor at a YMCA Summer Camp in Louisiana.
 
A standout on the Millsaps football team, Faust was selected as the Paul Benton Award winner that goes to the top senior male athlete at Millsaps. From his defensive lineman position he has proven himself to be both an outstanding football player and an outstanding leader both on and off the football field. Finishing among the SAA leaders with nine sacks and 15.5 tackles for loss this past season, Foust was selected as a first team All-SAA performer for a second consecutive season. Also this past season, Alex was chosen for a very special honor as the first recipient of the Juan Joseph Award that honors the most outstanding returning football student-athlete that exemplifies the altruistic spirit on and off the field that Juan Joseph exhibited in his life. Alex has also succeeded in the classroom and has twice been recognized by the SAA as member of its Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll. Off the field at Millsaps, Alex is a member of Kappa Sigma and has served as the President of the Fellowship of Student-Athletes.

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