Wittenberg University senior Sam Gardner was recently honored with a couple individual awards during the seventh annual Tiger Awards, which recognizes excellence in athletic and academic performance by Wittenberg student-athletes during the 2011-12 school year. The goal of the annual event is to highlight and showcase accomplishments across the department of athletics.
Gardner is son of John and Sally Gardner of Noblesville and a graduate of Guerin Catholic High School. The 6-foot-5-inch, 200-pound Gardner plays forward for the men’s basketball team. He is majoring in political science.
Gardner won the Tiger Spirit Award, given to the one male and one female student-athlete who best supports and encourages fellow student-athletes, and the male Academic-Athlete Award. Gardner and his teammates on the men’s basketball team won the Most Outstanding Men’s Team of the Year Award.