The winner must display outstanding sportsmanship and
leadership, representing WVU well in all aspects. Winners are selected
by the WVU Athletic Council.
Czaikowski, a two-year captain from Tottenham, Ontario, won the
60 meter hurdles at the 2007 ECAC indoor track championship. She also
took second place in the 100 meter hurdles at the 2007 Big East outdoor
track championship and captured second-place honors in the 60 meter
hurdles at the 2007 Big East indoor track championship. Czaikowski was a
Big East champion in the 100 meter hurdles at the 2006 Big East outdoor
track championship. A Big East Academic All-Star, Athletic Director’s
Academic Honor Roll selection and a member of the 2006-07 Big East/Aeropostale Scholar-Athlete list, Czaikowski is pursuing a
master’s degree in elementary education.
Mozes, a starter on four New Year’s bowl teams from
Washington, Pa., earned consensus All-America honors in 2006. He was the
2006 Rimington Trophy winner, an Outland Trophy finalist, Lombardi Award
semifinalist, three-time first team all-Big East selection and
participated in the Senior Bowl. Mozes was a part of the winningest
senior class in WVU history that finished with a 38-12 record during his
career. A member of the Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll and
Big East Academic All-Star who earned second team Academic All-America
honors, Mozes graduated last December with a degree in communications.
The award was started to honor the retirement of Fred Schaus,
who had outstanding success as a Mountaineer basketball player, coach
and athletic director.
Past winners of the Fred Schaus Captain’s
Award: Herbie Brooks, basketball (1989); Tammie DeAngelis, rifle (1990);
Aileen Convery, swimming (1991); Ann-Marie Pfiffner, rifle (1992);
Garett Smith, rifle (1993); Dean Morrison, wrestling (1994); Jean
Foster, rifle (1995); Seldon Jefferson, basketball (1996); Sandy
Shumate, volleyball (1996); Charles Emanuel, football (1997); Marcos
Scrivner, rifle (1998); Shawn Foreman, football (1999); Jessica
Nonnemacher, gymnastics (2000); Katie Barnes, soccer (2001); Kyle
Kayden, football (2002); Avon Cobourne, football (2003); Merissa
Sexsmith, cross country/track (2003); Grant Wiley, football (2004); Kate
Bulger, basketball (2004); Rasheed Marshall, football (2005); Laura
Kane, soccer (2005); J.D. Collins, basketball (2006); Susan Davis, cross
country/track (2006).