The ¡¯s highest individual honor, the Jack Bonham Award, was presented to Olivia Davies of , Kaylee Glagau of and Spyros Chakas of at the 11th annual H Awards on April 23.
The tie for the women¡¯s award marks just the fourth tie since the award was first presented in 1974. Davies is the second basketball student-athlete in the last three years to win the award and 11th all-time. Glagau is just the second beach volleyball recipient joining Katie Spieler in 2016.
Chakas is the fifth men¡¯s volleyball honoree in the last six years along with Jakob Thelle (2023), Rado Parapunov (2021), Colton Cowell (2020), Stijn van Tilburg (2018), and 11th all-time.
UH¡¯s first Bonham Award recipient, Joey Estrella, was on hand to present the awards on its 50th anniversary.
Considered the most prestigious award in UH athletics, the Jack Bonham Award is named for the late assistant athletics director who was killed in 1974 in a plane crash in American Samoa. Since 1974, the Bonham Award is given annually to the top male and female senior student-athlete who “best exemplifies the ideals for which Jack Bonham stood for in the areas of athletic excellence, academic achievement, public service, leadership and character.”
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