MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Basketball's Courtney Whitson and baseball's Briggs Rutter were the big winners at the 13th Annual Raiders' Choice Awards on Thursday night which was broadcast on Facebook.com, the Blue Raiders' YouTube channel and TrueBlue TV. The year-end "Academy Awards" style show at Tucker Theatre highlighted all the academic and athletic accomplishments of the Blue Raider student-athletes for the 2023-24 academic year.
Whitson and Rutter were honored with the True Blue President's Award, which is the highest honor bestowed upon a current MTSU student-athlete who epitomizes all that is good in intercollegiate athletics. Presented annually to one male and one female student-athlete, the President's Award recognizes outstanding academic and athletic accomplishments, university/community service and leadership.