Bio

With 20 Athletes of the Month recognized at the banquet, it was not easy to pick a Male and Female Athlete of the Year. However, this year's winners were freshman men's tennis player Bruno Nhavene and sophomore track and field standout Arantxa Cortez.

Cortez came to Cowley from Lima, Peru where she competed for her country nationally at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games. She continued her success at Cowley where as a freshman she was the indoor national champion and outdoor All-American in the pole vault.

She was recently named the indoor conference and region champion in the pole vault for a second straight year as she helped Cowley place second as a team in the conference.

She went on to finish as the national runner-up in the pole vault and is currently ranked second in the event in the outdoor season.

The graphic design major has a GPA of 3.39.