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.

Nhavene has reached tremendous heights as a member of the Cowley College men's tennis team after coming to Cowley from Mozambique.

Regarded as one of the nation's top singles and doubles players, he teamed with Boruch Skierkier to win the fall doubles title at the ITA Cup in Rome, GA.

Nhavene has helped the Tigers to a No. 1 ranking and a record of 11-1 in the spring season. Individually, he is ranked seventh with a record of 19-1 in singles play and, along with Skierkier, forms the top doubles tandem in the country with a record of 21-2.

He has his team in the hunt for its first national championship since 1991.