Krebs, Matthews Named 2019 Ernest T. Sigler Award Winners
7/9/2019 3:00:00 PM | General, Men's Basketball, Rowing
CHICAGO, Ill. -- University of Michigan graduated senior rower Emily Krebs (Lake in the Hills, Illinois/Huntley) and graduated senior basketball forward Charles Matthews (Chicago, Illinois/St. Rita) were named the winners of the 2019 Ernest T. Sigler Award by the University of Michigan Club of Greater Chicago on Tuesday (July 9).
The Award is presented annually to U-M's best male and female student-athletes from the Chicago area.
Krebs is the first rowing program recipient of this award, which has been given since 1977. The distinction comes after she helped lead the Wolverines to the program's first Big Ten Championship since 2012, and a third-place finish at the NCAA Championships with a program-record 119 points. Krebs rowed bow in the first varsity four boat (1V4) at both events. She helped the four win silver at the Big Ten Championships and it followed up by beating its No. 5 seeding to place fourth at the national regatta. Krebs was part of the Big Ten Boat of the Week, Michigan's 1V4, on April 23. Krebs graduated from U-M with a degree in biomechanical engineering, and she is a three-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
After transferring from Kentucky, Matthews was instrumental in scout team preparations as a sophomore, helping U-M eventually win the 2017 Big Ten Tournament title. In his first eligible season, he helped the Wolverines to a program-record 33 wins, a second straight Big Ten Tournament title, the NCAA Final Four and national title game. After testing the NBA Draft waters, Matthews returned to Ann Arbor for his senior campaign. Posting 12.2 points and 5.0 rebounds per game, Matthews helped the Maize and Blue to a second straight 30-win season, a third straight trip to the Big Ten Tournament championship game and a third straight NCAA Sweet 16 appearance. He received All-Big Ten honorable mention as well as a second straight Academic All-Big Ten award. In his two active seasons, he helped U-M amass a 63-15 record.
The award is named after Ernest T. Sigler, who served as the executive director of the U-M Club of Greater Chicago for 35 years.
Ernest T. Sigler Award Winners
1977: Dominic Tedesco, Football
1978: Robert J. Creek, Gymnastics
1979: Matt Horwich, Tennis
1980: George Lilja, Football
1981: Kurt Becker, Football
1982: Robert Thompson, Football
1983: Art Balourdos, Football
Dan Pelekoudas, Basketball
1984: Mike Mallory, Football
1985: Doug Mallory, Football
1986: Andre McIntyre, Football
1987: Mike Husar, Football
1988: Derick Walker, Football
1989: Chris Calloway, Football
1990: Erick Anderson, Football
1991: Dave Ritter, Football
1992: Corwin Brown, Football
1993: Robert Pelinka, Basketball
1994: Trezelle Jenkins, Football
1995: Thomas Guynes, Football
1996: Blake Sloan, Ice Hockey
1997: Tai Streets, Football
1998: Bubba Berenzweig, Ice Hockey
Aaron Shea, Football
1999: Tim Dehr, Gymnastics
Elizabeth Kampfe, Track and Field/Cross Country
2000: Robert Fraumann, Football
Jeanne Shin, Field Hockey
2001: Kurt Anderson, Football
Shannon Melka, Volleyball
2002: Dan Rumishek, Football
Molly Powers, Field Hockey
2003: Tony Pape, Football
Chantel Reedus, Volleyball
2004: Jason Avant, Football
Al Montoya, Ice Hockey
Therese Heaton, Soccer
2005: Jason Avant, Football
Samantha Findlay, Softball
2006: Eric Tannenbaum, Wrestling
Katie Lieberman, Gymnastics
2007/2008: Tim Jamison, Football
Katie Bruzdzinski, Volleyball
2009: Adam Harris, Track and Field
Casey Taylor, Track and Field
2010: David Moosman, Football
Angela Findlay, Softball
2011: Thomas Kelley, Gymnastics
Lexi Zimmerman, Volleyball
2012: David Molk, Football
Caitlin Dauw, Swimming
2013: Evan King, Tennis
Katie Zurales, Gymnastics
2014: JT Compher, Ice Hockey
Lyndsay Doyle, Softball
2015: Eric Jacobson, Baseball
Kristen Dodge, Tennis
2016: Graham Glasgow, Football
Kelly Christner, Softball
2017: Ty Isaac, Football
Brienne Minor, Tennis
2018: Micah Beller, Track and Field/Cross Country
Olivia Karas, Women's Gymnastics
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