NORFOLK, Va. – Jennie Simms (Women’s Basketball) and Zach Rutherford (Baseball) were named the Old Dominion University Alumni Association Athletes of the Year, while Lee Dumaliang of Sailing and Raquel Couto of Women’s Swimming were named the 2017 recipients of the Jack Wilkins/James Howard Scholar Athletes of the Year at the annual Old Dominion University Athletic honors banquet Monday night.
An Honorable Mention AP All-American, Simms became the first ODU women's basketball All-American since Shareese Grant in 2005. Simms, the nation's second-leading scorer at 26.0 points per game, was also named the Conference USA Player of the Year and landed on the All-C-USA First Team for the third consecutive year.