LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference announced today the three finalists for the 2021 SCAC Man of the Year award. The award recognizes the conference’s senior male student-athlete who has best distinguished himself throughout his collegiate career in the areas of academic achievement, athletic excellence and service and leadership. Past Winners
Member schools were permitted to submit two nominations if at least one of the nominees was a man of color or international student-athlete.
This year’s finalist include: Shim Eliya of Centenary College, Tyler Cauley of Texas Lutheran University and Cameron Krimbill of Trinity University.
To be nominated, student-athletes must have completed intercollegiate eligibility in his primary sport by the end of the 2021 spring season, received his undergraduate degree prior to the conclusion of the summer 2021 term and had a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 2.500 (4.000 scale) with the noted exception due to COVID-19 pandemic. A student-athlete who received an extension waiver or a season of competition/participation waiver in his primary sport due to cancellation of a 2020 and/or 2021 athletics season or championship may be nominated for the 2021 Man of the Year, provided he otherwise satisfies nomination criteria.
The 2021 Southern Collegiate Athletic Man of the Year will be selected and announced later this month.
Scroll below to read a quick bio on each of the three finalists:
Shim Eliya, Centenary College
Men's Soccer
- Biology major with a 3.56 GPA
- Three-Time SCAC Academic Honor Roll Honoree (2018-2020-21)
- Centenary Dean’s List (2018-21)
- NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient (2020-21)
- Tri-Beta Biology Honors Society
- Chi Sigma Lota Honors Society
- United Health Foundation Scholar
- Zeak Monroe Creative Writing Award
- SCAC Tournament Champion (2020-21)
- SCAC All-Tournament Team (2020-21)
- Team Captain (2020-21)
- SCAC Character & Community Award (2021)
- Beauty Out of Dust - Co-Founder (2020-21)
- Centenary Multicultural Student Association (2018-20)
- Centenary Black Student Union (2017-21)
- Shreveport Green Volunteer (2020)
- The Fuller Center for Housing (Northwest Louisiana) Volunteer
Tyler Cauley, Texas Lutheran University
Baseball
- Accounting major with a 3.59 GPA
- Five-Time SCAC Academic Honor Roll Honoree (2017-21)
- SCAC Baseball Elite 19 Award Winner (2021)
- CoSIDA Academic All-American nominee (2021)
- CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-American (2020)
- Three-time CoSIDA First Team Academic All-District (2019-21)
- SCAC Offensive Player-of-the-Year (2021)
- Four-time All-SCAC First Team selection (2017-2019, 2021)
- TLU Male Student Athlete-of-the-Year nominee (2021)
- Three-time ABCA All-Region selection (2018-19, 2021)
- Three-time D3baseball.com All-Region selection (2018-19, 2021)
- ABCA Third Team All-American (2018)
- D3baseball.com Third Team All-American (2018)
- NCAA Tournament - National Runner-Up (2018)
- SCAC Freshman-of-the-Year (2017)
- Two-time SCAC Tournament Champion (2018 and 2021)
- SCAC Regular Season Champion (2019)
- Two-time SCAC All-Tournament selection (2018, 2021)
- Three-time NCAA Tournament participant (2018-19, 2021)
- Two-time Team Captain (2019-21)
- TLU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee - Member (2017-20)
- Pumpkin Patch Seguin Leader (2017-21)
- Day of the Dogs Group Leader (2017-20)
Cameron Krimbill, Trinity University
Men's Tennis
- Accounting major with a 3.80 GPA
- Three-Time SCAC Academic Honor Roll Honoree (2019-21)
- Trinity University Dean’s List (Two Semesters)
- Four-time ITA Scholar-Athlete
- SCAC Co-Player-of-the-Year (2021)
- Two-time All-SCAC First Team (2019, 2021)
- SCAC All-Tournament Team - Singles & Doubles (2019)
- Two-time ITA All-American (2020-21)
- ITA Fall Regional Singles Champion (2019)
- Two-time ITA Fall Regional Semifinalists - Doubles
- SCAC Singles Player-of-the-Week
- Four-time SCAC Doubles Team-of-the-Week
- NCAA Quarterfinalist Team Member (2021)
- SCAC All-Sportsmanship Team (2019)
- Trinity Student-Athlete Advisory Committee - Member (2019-20)
- Volunteer Peer Tutor (2019-21)
- St. Mary's Food Bank Volunteer (2020-21)
- TU Smashers Volunteer (2019-20)
- San Antonio Children's Hospital Volunteer (2019)
- Tiffany's House of Hope, Inc. Volunteer (2018)
