SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Te Manu Whakataki "Taki" Te Koi, who scored a career-high 20 points in her final women's basketball game, Kellie Hislop, who started the final 122 games of her softball career, and Mark Lewis, who helped lead the men's basketball to a strong finish and fourth place in the Pacific West Conference, were named the Female and Male Student-Athletes of the Year at Dominican University of California on Sunday.

Approximately 200 student-athletes, including the spirit squad, coaches, and staff from each of Dominican's 12 NCAA Division II sports were celebrated during a season-ending barbecue picnic at Forest Meadows Field.

Te Koi, a senior Biological Sciences major from New Zealand, chose to come to Dominican in 2008 following a basketball-playing trip to Marin County with her Rotorua High School team. While diving for a loose ball on the floor, Te Koi suffered a season-ending knee injury on Jan. 27, 2011. She missed the first seven games this season, but scored 35 points in her first three games once she returned and wound up starting 17 of the team's 18 PacWest games. Te Koi, the NAIA's California Pacific Conference Freshman of the Year in 2009, averaged 7.6 points per game as senior and led the team in 3-point shooting percentage.

Hislop has been a mainstay for the women's softball team, starting 155 of 157 games she played at Dominican, including all 47 this season. She had career single-season bests with 110 at bats and seven doubles this season and also led the team in RBIs. An Occupational Therapy major out Moreau Catholic High School, Hislop started and finished strong this season. She had two hits and three RBIs in the Lady Penguins' season-opening win over Metro State of Denver and made a couple of standout defensive plays at first base on the final day of the season on Senior Day against Notre Dame de Namur University.

Lewis, a business administration major who was Dominican's Student Body President as a junior, finished his senior year in style for the Penguins. They won eight of their last 11 games and Lewis scored 91 points in that span, including a career-high 19 at the University of Hawai'i, Hilo on Feb. 18. The 6-foot guard out of Canyon High School in Canyon Country played 102 games in his four-year career with the Penguins. He led the team this season in 3-point field goals and was second on the team in free throw shooting percentage. In his Dominican career he connected on 76 percent (119-of-157) of his foul shots.

Dominican also recognized its top scholar student-athletes of the year on Sunday. Senior soccer defender Katie Brown (Business) and junior volleyball player LaShelle Rullan (Occuptional Therapy) were the top scholars among the female student-athletes while senior Reed Upson (Business), the school's all-time leading scorer in lacrosse, and soccer goalkeeper Casey Gibson (Communications) were named the best scholars among Dominican's male student-athletes.

Members of the Penguins' coaching staff also handed out individual awards for student-athletes on their teams this season for being the “most outstanding” and “newcomer” plus winner of the “Coach's Award.” The recipients of those awards by sport were:

MEN'S SOCCER
Most Outstanding Player: David Mendez
Coach's Award: Sam Vella
Newcomer of the Year: Cory Vanderpool

WOMEN'S SOCCER
Most Outstanding Player: Shayna Elkins
Coach's Award: Katie Brown
Newcomer of the Year: Megan Hanson

WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Most Outstanding Player: Jessica Jones
Coach's Award: Kelsey Lardner
Newcomer of the Year: Katy Batchelder

MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Most Outstanding Player: Kevin So
Coach's Award: Josh Tegeler
Newcomer of the Year: Adam Scott

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Most Outstanding Player: Keara Teeter
Coach's Award: Kendra Woodglass
Newcomer of the Year: Ally Rosemond

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Most Outstanding Player: Kimi Nakamura
Coach's Award: Te Manu Whakataki "Taki" Te Koi
Newcomer of the Year: Sarah Nelson

MEN'S BASKETBALL
Most Outstanding Player: Xander McNally
Coach's Award: Mark Lewis
Newcomer of the Year: Jammall Clark

MEN'S GOLF
Most Outstanding Player: Kevin Santos
Coach's Award: Sean Kawaguchi
Newcomer of the Year: Tom Morris

WOMEN'S GOLF
Most Outstanding Player: Kari Young
Coach's Award: Noelle Mathew
Newcomer of the Year: Kimberly Harris

MEN'S LACROSSE
Most Outstanding Player: Austin Franks
Coach's Award: Reed Upson
Newcomer of the Year: Brian Raaka

WOMEN'S SOFTBALL
Most Outstanding Player: Kayleigh Klingberg
Coach's Award: Kellie Hislop
Newcomer of the Year: Leslie Mesa

WOMEN'S TENNIS
Most Outstanding Player: Irina Morozova
Coach's Award: Jamie Fernandez
Newcomer of the Year: Gaby Verspieren