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Michigan State Announces Major Athletic Award Winners

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Aerial Powers named Alderton Female Athlete of the Year.

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Five Michigan State University student-athletes have been recognized for excellence both on the playing field and in the classroom, earning the school’s highest athletic awards for 2015-16.

The awards include the George Alderton Male and Female Athletes of the Year, Big Ten Conference Medals of Honor, Chester Brewer Leadership Award and Dr. James Feurig Achievement and Service Award. A panel of administrators and coaches selected the winners.

Men’s basketball senior Denzel Valentine (Lansing, Michigan) was named the George Alderton Male Athlete of the Year, while redshirt junior forward Aerial Powers (Detroit, Michigan) of the women’s basketball team earned George Alderton Female Athlete of the Year honors.