BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Gulf South Conference announced the recipients for the 2024-25 Top Ten Award presented by Caldwell Architects. This year’s selections represent eight member institutions and eight different sports. It also marked the first time since the 2019-20 announcement that all ten selections are first time honorees.

This year’s group featured Alabama Huntsville’s Tommy Murr (men’s basketball) and Lili Wilken (women’s basketball), Auburn Montgomery’s Chloe Baynes (softball), Delta State’s Brett Burrell (baseball), Lee’s Ryan Lovelace (men’s cross cross/track & field) and Ashleigh Simes (women’s tennis), Trevecca Nazarene’s Ashlan Sensing (softball), Valdosta State’s Takeshi Taco (men’s tennis), West Alabama’s Marissa Mitchell (softball), and West Florida’s Keegan Lynch (men’s soccer).

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The award recognizes the top female and top male student-athletes for their athletic, academic, and extracurricular achievements, during the 2024-25 academic year. One men’s and women’s sport student-athlete will be also be awarded the Commissioner’s Trophy, which is the conference’s most prestigious individual honor and will be announced in-person at the GSC Awards Ceremony.

The GSC Top Ten Award recipients are selected with the assistance of an advisory committee representing Athletics Directors, Senior Woman Administrators (SWA), Athletic Communication Directors, Faculty Athletic Representatives, and Presidents from randomly selected GSC schools, which makes a recommendation to the Commissioner, who has the final decision.

For more information about each Top Ten recipient, click here. 

Honorees will be celebrated Thursday, May 29 in Pensacola, Fla., as part of the 2025 GSC Awards and Hall of Fame Ceremony presented by Caldwell Architects. The evening will be streamed at no charge, on the conference's YouTube channel.