The Doc Martie and Ruth Russell Awards are given out annually to the University of Nevada’s top male and female senior student-athletes.
The awards are named for J.E. “Doc” Martie, a former Nevada men’s basketball coach (1923-29, 1930-39) and administrator, and Ruth I. Russell, a former director of women’s athletics (1948-69).
Student-athletes are nominated by their head coaches and must be in their final year of eligibility and in good academic standing. The award winners are chosen in a vote by the athletics department staff.
Here is a listing of the male and female student-athletes who have won these prestigious awards:
| DOC MARTIE AWARD WINNERS | 1960 | Chuck Walker | Basketball | | 1961 | Val York | Basketball/Baseball | | 1962 | Jim Whitaker | Baseball/Football | | 1963 | Bob Pederson | Football/Track & Field | | 1964 | Bob Donlan | Baseball | | 1965 | Al McDaniel | Football | | 1966 | Fred Williams | Track & Field | | 1967 | Lane Monroe
| Skiing/Football
| 1968
| Mike Sala
| Baseball
| 1969
| Craig Congdon
| Baseball
| 1970
| Tom Reed
| Football
| 1971
| Bert Serrano
| Boxing/Gymnastics/Track
| 1972
| Dick Allen
| Basketball
| 1973
| Bill Marioni
| Football/Boxing/Track
| 1974
| Dave Webber
| Basketball
| 1975
| Greg Grouwinkel
| Football
| 1976
| Pete Padgett
| Basketball
| 1977
| Mike Rippee
| Football
| 1978
| Jeff Tisdel
| Football
| 1979
| Alex Willis
| Football
| 1980
| Manny Rodriguez
| Football
| 1981
| Frank Hawkins
| Football
| 1982
| Lane Maestretti
| Track & Field
| 1983
| Billy Allen
| Basketball
| 1984
| Tony Zendejas
| Football
| 1985
| Kirk Triplett
| Golf
| 1986
| Mark McVeigh
| Football
| 1987
| Eric Beavers
| Football
| 1988
| Jeff Davis
| Football
| 1989
| Tony Logan
| Football
| 1990
| Jon Baer
| Basketball
| 1991
| Neil Hulbert
| Football
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| Matt Williams
| Basketball
| 1992
| Kevin Soares
| Basketball
| 1993
| Eric Morris
| Basketball
| 1994
| Chris Vargas
| Football
| 1995
| Eathan O'Bryant
| Basketball
| 1996
| Alex Van Dyke
| Football
| 1997
| Faron Hand
| Basketball
| 1998
| John Dutton
| Football
| 1999
| Geoff Noisy
| Football
| 2000
| Trevor Insley
| Football
| 2001
| Josh Smith
| Football
| 2002
| Corey Jackson
| Basketball
| 2003
| Erick Streelman
| Football/Baseball
| 2004
| Garry Hill-Thomas
| Basketball
| 2005
| Kevinn Pinkney
| Basketball
| 2006
| B.J. Mitchell
| Football
| 2007
| Nick Fazekas
| Basketball
| 2008
| Marcelus Kemp
| Basketball
| | 2009 | Matt Bowman | Baseball | | 2010 | Luke Lippincott | Football | | 2011 | Colin Kaepernick | Football | | RUTH I. RUSSELL AWARD WINNERS
| Year | Name
| Sport
| | 1996 | Heather Zoerner
| Volleyball
| | 1997 | Kristi Harris
| Tennis
| | 1998 | Lise Mackie
| Swimming & Diving
| | 1999 | Alana Whitnack
| Volleyball
| | 2000 | Limin Liu
| Swimming & Diving
| | 2001 | Angie Yoon
| Golf
| | 2002 | Jenni Ashcroft
| Track & Field
| | 2003 | Erin Kelly
| Track & Field
| | 2004 | Alana Condon
| Golf
| | 2005 | Alyssa Chin
| Swimming & Diving
| | 2006 | Salaia Salave'a
| Volleyball/Basketball
| | 2007 | Kali Baker
| Cross Country/Track & Field
| | 2008 | Jordan McPherson
| Softball
| | 2009 | Dellena Criner | Basketball | | 2010 | Katie Holverson | Softball | | 2011 | Tahnee Robinson | Women's Basketball | |
