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BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The presentation of top male and female athlete awards along with doling out the annual Order of Titans awards to deserving senior student-athletes highlighted the sixth annual "Victory With Honor Senior Banquet", held Tuesday night, May 2. To view the banquet on-demand, click here.

Women's soccer player Caelyn Steffens (Normal, Ill.-Normal Community) won the Barb Cothren Award, named in honor of longtime IWU coach and women's athletic administrator, while football player Charlie Hamilton (Springfield, Ill.-Sacred Heart-Griffin) received the Dennie Bridges Award, named for the longtime IWU coach and athletic director.

Men's cross country and track and field student-athlete J.D. Barrett (Tuscuola, Ill.-Tuscola) was named the recipient of the Jason Jones True Titan Award, presented to the senior student-athlete who represents the highest character as a member of the Titan Athletic Community. The award is named for the former Titan basketball and baseball standout, a 1991 graduate, who perished in a plane crash in April 2015. 

Softball player Madison Moore (Verona, Wis.-Edgewood) and men's track and field standout Keondre Schumacher (Bloomington, Ill.-University High) were the co-winners of the Steve Doran Award, presented to the senior student-athlete who performs the highest community service as a member of the Titan Athletic Community.The award is named for the 1979 graduate who was a Titan basketball player who became an oral surgeon locally and performed many humanitarian outreaches to perform oral surgery to the underprivileged in Haiti and Honduras. He died in December 2018 on a medical mission trip in Haiti. 

The "Order of Titans" honorary members at Illinois Wesleyan are chosen annually by members of the coaching and physical education staff and are selected on the basis of academic accomplishments, athletic contributions, and general citizenship. The awards were presented to male athletes only until 1975 and women have been included as honorees since 1976. Order of Titans members receive lifetime passes to IWU home athletic events. To view a full list of Order of Titans honorees, click here.

The 2023 Order of Titans winners are:
WOMEN - Kelly Carlson - basketball & lacrosse, Natalie Grubczak - softball, Jenna Li - soccer, Nina Mardjetko - softball, Kinlee Miller - track and field, Lauren Shanks - soccer, Caelyn Steffens - soccer, Rachel White - soccer.

MEN - J.D. Barrett - cross country & track & field, Christian Gatsos - track & field, Charlie Hamilton - football, Lucas Heflen - basketball, Carson Kiichle - lacrosse, Connor Kiichle - lacrosse, Cody Mitchell - basketball, Conor Murphy - football, Davis Nguy - track and field, Ethan Ruth - track and field, Keondre Schumacher - track and field, Anthony Wachal Jr. - football.