OMAHA, Neb. - The Omaha Sports Commission has announced that Iowa Western Women's Soccer and Football have been named finalists for the 2024 OSCAS Team of the Year Award Sponsored by Scorevision & Score Board Media. These are the first-ever OSCAS nominations for Iowa Western Athletics.
Both teams capped off their seasons by winning back-to-back national championships in the Fall. Women's Soccer ran through their competition to a perfect record of 18-0-0, claiming the 2023 NJCAA national championship on a golden goal by Forward Nicole Navarro Aguilar. The win marked the second consecutive national championship for the Reivers and third overall; running its winning streak to a school-record 36 victories in a row. A full recap of women's soccer's championship run can be found here.
Iowa Western Football captured their second NJCAA national title in a row with a convincing 61-14 victory over perennial powerhouse East Mississippi at historic War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, AR. The 61 total points finished just shy of the 66 that Northwest Mississippi posted in the 2015 NJCAA National Championship against D3's Rochester Community & Technical College. A recap of the 2023 NJCAA Football Championship game can be found here.
The OSCAS will be held on Thursday, May 30th, 2024 at the Relevant Center in Elkhorn, NE. Tickets and voting for the event can be found at https://omahasports.org/oscas with the voting polls running from April 9th to April 26th.
Here are the 2024 finalists:
Female Coach of the Year
- Kirsten Bernthal Booth, Creighton University Volleyball
- Renee Saunders, Skutt Catholic High School Volleyball
- Trish Sidlik, Bellevue University Volleyball
- Anne Prince, Elkhorn North High School Basketball
Steve Pivovar Sports Media of the Year Sponsored by Omaha World Hearld
- Terry Leahy, iHeart Media, UNO Hockey
- Mike Sautter, Hurrdat Sports
- John Bishop, NRG Media
- Mike Patterson, OWH
- Adam Krueger, KMTV 3
Team of the Year Sponsored by Scorevision & Score Board Media
- Millard South High School Wrestling
- IWCC Women's Soccer
- Westside High School Football
- IWCC Football
- Bennington High School Football
Moment of the Year Sponsored by MECA
- #15 Creighton University Men's Basketball win over #1 UCONN
- Bud Crawford's unified title win
- Gretna Basketball's winning shot in the Metro Tournament
- Omaha Supernovas Professional Volleyball Opening Night
- Westside's Caleb Benning handing off to RJ Eckhardt on a punt-return touchdown
Male Amateur Athlete of the Year
- Anthony Rezac, Westside High School Football
- Xavier Watts, Notre Dame Football
- Baylor Scheierman, Creighton University Basketball
- Ryan Kalkbrenner, Creighton University Basketball
- Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest University Basketball
Female Amateur Athlete of the Year Sponsored by Renaissance Financial
- Jordyn Bahl, Oklahoma University (UNL) Softball
- Britt Prince, Elkhorn North High School Basketball
- Kendra Wait, Creighton University Volleyball
- Lademi Davies, Westside High School Track & Field
- Kamryn Meyer, University of Nebraska Omaha Softball
Male Coach of the Year Sponsored by Colliers
- Greg McDermott, Creighton University Basketball
- Paul Limongi, Westside High School Football
- Kam Lenhart, Bennington High School Football
- Nate Olson, Millard South High School Wrestling
- Kyle Jurgens, Skutt Catholic High School Basketball
