The Red Brown Cup encompasses the student-athlete’s athletic,
academic and civic achievement. The WVU Athletic Council voted last year
to annually award the top male and female student-athletes.
A three-year letterwinner and a native of Sarnia, Ontario,
Asselin earned All-America honors for the second consecutive year after
guiding the cross country team to a fourth-place finish in the 2008 NCAA
cross country championship. She became WVU’s first ever individual BIG
EAST individual cross country champion last fall. She finished third in
the 3,000-meter race with a time of 9:22.05 at the BIG EAST Indoor
Championships this season and she ran anchor for the distance medley
relay team that took 10th place at the NCAA Indoor Championships.
Asselin is a member of the WVU Athletic Director’s Academic
Honor Roll and is a BIG EAST Academic All-Star with a 3.73 GPA in
exercise physiology. An ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II first
team honoree, she was also named to the All-Academic Team by the U.S.
Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. She also volunteers
her time with the West Virginia Flyers Indoor Track Club that trains
middle and high school children in the sport of track at the Jerry Lewis
telethon which benefits multiple sclerosis research.
Stanchek, a Cincinnati, Ohio, native, was a four-year starter at
left tackle for the Mountaineers and was a four-year letterwinner. His
45 career starts are second most in school history and he was a member
of the most successful senior class in school history (42-9). A
two-time-time Walter Camp Football Foundation All-American and an
All-BIG EAST first team performer, Stanchek helped the Mountaineers to
being ranked in the Top 25 for 49 weeks, 29 of those in the Top 10.
In the classroom, Stanchek is a two-time ESPN The Magazine
All-District selection, a member of the WVU Athletic Director’s
Academic Honor Roll and is a BIG EAST Academic All-Star while obtaining
his bachelor’s degree in physical education with a 3.5 GPA. He will
earn his master’s in special education this summer.
In the community, Stanchek has spoken to youth about staying in
school and avoiding drugs and has visited children in local hospitals.
The award is in memory of Robert “Red” Brown, former WVU
coach and athletic director.
Past winners of the Red Brown Cup:
Jim
Bishop, rifle (1988)
Tracey Thompson, volleyball (1989)
Don DeCarlo,
track (1990)
Scott Collins, wrestling (1991)
Rosemary Kosiorek,
basketball (1992)
Mike Compton, football (1993)
Rich Braham, football
(1994)
Lajuanda Moody, gymnastics (1994)
Bob Donker, track (1995)
Lisa Szymczak, basketball (1996)
Kristen Quackenbush, gymnastics
(1996-97)
Charity Wachera, track (1998)
Eric deGroh, football (1999)
Rebecca Burbridge, basketball (1999)
Greg Robinette, football (2000)
Steve Bohan, track (2001)
Krista Smith, volleyball (2002)
Amanda
Halovanic, gymnastics (2003)
Chrissie Abbott, soccer (2004)
Greg Jones, wrestling (2004-05)
Kevin Pittsnogle, basketball (2006)
Karrie
Hutchins, soccer (2006)
Janáe Cox, gymnastics (2007)
Jay Henry,
football (2007)
Nick Delic, swimming (2008), Kailee Goold, volleyball
(2008)