MONROE, La. – ULM sophomore high jumper
Ali Eren Unlu has been named the Sun Belt Conference Men's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year following a vote of the conference's head coaches. He also was selected to the SBC Men's Indoor All-Conference First Team.
ULM also had 10 individuals selected to the All-Conference teams across seven events.
A native of Istanbul, Turkey, Unlu won the Sun Belt Conference Indoor high jump championship, clearing a personal-best and indoor school-record 7-3 (2.21 meters), winning the event by 3 1/2 inches (0.09 meters). He has cleared at least 7-0 1/2 in every indoor meet this season, winning four of his five meets and finishing second in the remaining meet.
Unlu is the first Warhawk track & field athlete to be selected to the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships since Alton Clay finished as national runner-up in the weight throw in 2018.
Unlu is seeded 10th going into the National Championships. He is scheduled to compete at 2 p.m. CST/1 p.m. MST Saturday at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The women's distance medley relay team of
Kimone Campbell,
Brittney Roberson,
Amanda Radava and
Paula Vaquera Cervantes was selected to the SBC Women's Indoor All-Conference First Team after winning the DMR in 11:49.82 at the SBC Championships.
Eunice Ilunga Mbuyi was a Second-Team selection after finishing runner-up in the triple jump at 42-0 1/2 (12.81 meters) and
Claudine Raud-Gumiel was a Third-Team choice after finishing third in the pentathlon with a school-record 3,791 points.
In addition to Unlu on the men's side,
Jay Louison-Roe,
Jakob Fudge and
Joseph McEvoy were selected to the Third Team. Louison-Roe was third at the SBC Championships in the triple jump at 48-9 (14.86 meters), Fudge was third in the weight throw at 60-5 3/4 (18.43) and McEvoy was third in the heptathlon at 5,136 points.
Men's Indoor Track & Field Postseason Awards
High-Point Scorer: Kirami Yego, South Alabama
Track Performer of the Year: Kirami Yego, South Alabama
Field Performer of the Year: Ali Unlu, ULM
Freshman of the Year: Colby Eddowes, Arkansas State
Newcomer of the Year: Myles Thomas, Arkansas State
Coach of the Year: Jim Patchell, Arkansas State
Women's Indoor Track & Field Postseason Awards
High-Point Scorer: Sedrickia Wynn, Texas State
Track Performer of the Year: Sedrickia Wynn, Texas State
Field Performer of the Year: Camryn Newton-Smith, Arkansas State
Freshman of the Year: Rahel Broemmel, Arkansas State
Newcomer of the Year: Jacqueline Pokuaah, UL Lafayette
Coach of the Year: Jim Patchell, Arkansas State
2023 Sun Belt Women's Indoor All-Conference First Team
Sedrickia Wynn, Texas State
Scovia Ayikoru, Georgia Southern
Cheyenne Melvin, Arkansas State
Pauline Meyer, Arkansas State
Miranda Stanhope, James Madison
Alexis Glasco, Coastal Carolina
Sofia Molina, Georgia Southern
Megan Bolton, Georgia Southern
Naj Watson, Georgia Southern
Kimone Campbell, ULM
Brittney Roberson, ULM
Amanda Radava, ULM
Paula Vaquera, ULM
Kiara Risher, South Alabama
Macie Majoy, Marshall
Jacqueline Pokuaah, UL Lafayette
Jada Branch, App State
Colette Uys, South Alabama
Bodine Degli-Umberti, South Alabama
Mathilde Canet, Texas State
2023 Sun Belt Women's Indoor All-Conference Second Team
Devine Parker, Georgia Southern
Ta'La Spates, UL Lafayette
Smilla Kolbe, Southern Miss
Rahel Broemmel, Arkansas State
Kayla McCray, UL Lafayette
Moseiha Bridgen, UL Lafayette
Alexandra Johnson, UL Lafayette
Kylee Mastin, Marshall
Marlee Porter, Marshall
Abby Herring, Marshall
Sydney Smith, Marshall
Katherine Stuckly, Texas State
Diana Goodman, Marshall
Hannah Morris, Arkansas State
Eunice Ilunga Mbuyi, ULM
Lauryn Small, Texas State
MaryAnn Adebayo, Marshall
Safiya John, Southern Miss
2023 Sun Belt Women's Indoor All-Conference Third Team
Amilia Wise-Sweat, Coastal Carolina
Molly Jones, Coastal Carolina
Adele Magaud, South Alabama
Sydney Clemens, Coastal Carolina
Trinity Benson, Southern Miss
Trinity Flagler, Southern Miss
Savi'a Varnell, Southern Miss
Destiny Charles, Southern Miss
Brittney Roberson, Coastal Carolina
Ella Lehmann, Coastal Carolina
Camryn Newton-Smith, Arkansas State
Rachel Lloyd, James Madison
Imani Moore, Georgia Southern
Zayna Fray-Samuel, Coastal Carolina
Claudine Raud-Gumiel, ULM
2023 Sun Belt Men's Indoor All-Conference First Team
Myles Thomas, Arkansas State
Dominick Yancy, Texas State
Omar Austin, Southern Miss
Hannes Fahl, Arkansas State
Kirami Yego, South Alabama
Daniel Harrold, Texas State
Brian West, Texas State
Taahir Kelly, Texas State
Avery Veiseh, Texas State
Giacomo DeLuca, South Alabama
Jalen Boyd, South Alabama
Lance Cunigan, South Alabama
Ali Eren Unlu, ULM
Bradley Jelmert, Arkansas State
Courtney Thomas, Arkansas State
Jeremy Nelson, UL Lafayette
Jacob Tracy, Arkansas State
Aimar Palma Simo, Arkansas State
Sebastian Reyneke, South Alabama
2023 Sun Belt Men's Indoor All-Conference Second Team
Kashie Crockett, UL Lafayette
Nathan Fergusson, UL Lafayette
Lasse Funck, Arkansas State
Ryan Parson, Arkansas State
Jacob Pyeatt, Arkansas State
Teagan Flanagan, South Alabama
Will Glass, Arkansas State
Trejun Jones, UL Lafayette
Javed Jones, UL Lafayette
Joseph Patterson, UL Lafayette
Louden Boudreaux, UL Lafayette
Peyton Chiasson, UL Lafayette
Dorian Curry, South Alabama
Timothy Gale, UL Lafayette
Chris Preddie, Texas State
Rylan Theyard, UL Lafayette
Sebastian Loschner, South Alabama
Francois Prinsloo, South Alabama
Simon Thor, Texas State
2023 Sun Belt Men's Indoor All-Conference Third Team
Ashton Callahan, Texas State
Bervensky Pierre, Texas State
Brett Armbruster, Marshall
Grayson Young, Arkansas State
Colby Eddowes, Arkansas State
Okheme Moore, Southern Miss
Donald Butler, Southern Miss
Landon Chalden, Southern Miss
Kazuma Bowring, Marshall
Ethan Bowens, Marshall
Matthew Scheneberg, Marshall
Zayne Palomino, Southern Miss
Jay Louison-Roe, ULM
Willem Coertzen, Arkansas State
Jakob Fudge, ULM
Joseph McEvoy, ULM
