GRADY SHIELDS OF TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY was named the Newcomer-of-the-Year.

Shields, a freshman from Newcastle, Texas, earned second place finishes in the long jump (23-3/4) and the high jump (6-5 1/2) at the SCAC championships. Both marks are TLU records. Shields also finished sixth in the pole vault with a mark of 10-11 ½.

Shields earned five of the six votes, followed by Trinity's Raphael Martin who earned one vote.