FRISCO – East Texas A&M University track and field sprinter Enoch Fosuhene has been named the Southland Conference Men's Athlete of the Year and Men's Track Athlete of the Year on Thursday, highlighting 16 all-conference honorees for the Lions during the outdoor season.
 
Fosuhene (Accra, Ghana) was also named the Most Valuable Performer at the Southland Outdoor Conference Championships last week, winning the conference title in the 100 meter dash, while finishing as the runner up in the 200 meter dash, and winning the bronze medals in the 4x100 meter relay and the 4x400 meter relays.
 
He is the third Lion since joining the Southland to be named men's athlete of the year and men's track athlete of the year, joining former Lions Ibrahim Fuseini in 2025 and J.T. Smith in 2023.
 
His season-best times in both the 100 meter dash and the 200 meter dash rank among the top 20 in the NCAA West Region. He ran a time of 10.06 seconds in the 100 meter dash last week, which is ninth in the region and tied for 18^th in the country.
 
The 16 all-conference honorees for this year's outdoor champions surpass the 13 during the 2023 Outdoor SLC Championships for the most at an indoor or outdoor conference championships in the Division I era.
 
Along with Fosuhene, the other six conference champions for the Lions at last week's meet in Nacodgoches are also named to first team all-Southland. On the men's side, Oguz Uyar (Cannakale, Turkey) in the 200 meter dash and Calen Jones (Duncanville) are the other two first team all-conference honorees.
 
For the Lion women, four are named to first team all-conference. Peyton Berry (Argyle) won the pole vault title, Romi Griese (Salzkotten, Germany) is the discus champion, Jenniel Jacobie (Piat Grand Rivière, Saint Lucia) took home the gold medal in the high jump, and Sandy Sakyi (Bremen, Germany) was the winner in the 100 meter hurdles.
 
Uyar is named to second team all-conference in the 100 meter dash. Fosuhene is a second-team all-conference honoree in the 200 meter dash, and Cheyne West (Rochester, England) won a silver medal in the 400 meter hurdles on the men's side. On the women's side, Amara Idinna (Viry-Châtillon, France) and Kira van den Ham (Bunnik, The Netherlands) were the second-team all-conference honorees in the high jump and pole vault, respectively.
 
Idinna was also a third-team all-conference honoree in the women's 100 meter hurdles and West won a bronze medal in the men's 110 meter hurdles.
 
Both the men's 4x100 meter relay and the men's 4x400 meter relay were named to third team all-conference. Fosuhene, Uyar, Kingsley Ayebide (Burutu, Nigeria), and Jayshon Hardimon (Lake Dallas) ran the 4x100 meter relay, while Fosuhene, West, Myles Redding (Waco – University), and Cam Wooley (Frisco – Liberty) made up the quartet in the 4x400 meter relay.
 
At the conclusion of the outdoor conference meet, Idinna was named the SLC Women's Freshman of the Year, West earned the co-Men's Freshman of the Year award, along with Fosuhene being named Men's Most Valuable Performer.
 
Women's Athlete of the Year, Most Valuable Performer and Outstanding Running Events Performer – Elizabeth Khatevi, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Women's Outstanding Field Events Performer – Mariam Buenanueva Saleme, Lamar
Women's Newcomer of the Year – Evaline Chepkoech, SFA
Women's Freshman of the Year – Amara Idinna, East Texas A&M
Women's Phil Olson Coach of the Year – Mike Heimerman, Northwestern State
 
Men's Athlete of the Year, Most Outstanding Running Events Performer and Most Valuable Performer – Enoch Fosuhene, East Texas A&M
Men's Outstanding Field Events Performer – Samuel Pavan, SFA
Men's Newcomer of the Year – Paul Kiprotich, SFA
Men's Co-Freshman of the Year – Cheyne West, East Texas A&M & Samson Black, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Leon Johnson Award (Men's Coach of the Year) – Robert Hansen, SFA
 
2026 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

Event	First	Second	Third
100 meter dash	Enoch Fosuhene, East Texas A&M	Oguz Uyar, East Texas A&M	Yoran Kabengele-Kabala, UNO
200 meter dash	Oguz Uyar, East Texas A&M	Enoch Fosuhene, East Texas A&M	Keldrick Turner, UNO
400 meter dash	Keldrick Turner, UNO	William Achee, NSU	Charlie Bartholomew, NSU
800 meter run	Raphael Aureau, HCU	Keyshawn Garcia, SFA	Dillon Smith, TAMUCC
1,500 meter run	Anthony Zapata, UIW	Ethan Malesich, UIW	Nirmit Dahiya, UTRGV
5,000 meter run	Paul Kiprotich, SFA	Ryan Binskin, SFA	Mathayo Bundotich, TAMUCC
10,000 meter run	Paul Kiprotich, SFA	Ryan Binskin, SFA	Mathayo Bundotich, TAMUCC
110 meter hurdles	SJ Marais, HCU	Dishawn Lamb, NSU	Cheyne West, East Texas A&M
400 meter hurdles	Jarvis Anderson, SFA	Cheyne West, East Texas A&M	Davis Wenthe, Lamar
3,000 meter steeplechase	Devon Judelson, SFA	James Butler, UIW	Ethan Malsich, UIW
4x100 meter relay	Eddy Vu, Keoante Gaines, Antoine Evans, Kalen Beavers -- NSU	Yoran Kabengele-Kabala, Olamipo Ladipo, Keldrick Turner, Daryl Bachmann -- UNO	Jayshon Hardimon, Oguz Uyar, Kingsley Ayebide, Enoch Fosuhene -- East Texas A&M
4x400 meter relay	Desmond Duncan, Kason Jones, Charlie Bartholomew, Will Achee -- NSU	Ethan Ellis, Tre Brown, Tyler Minter, Davis Wenthe -- Lamar	Cameron Wooley, Oguz Uyar, Enoch Fosuhene, Myles Redding -- East Texas A&M
High Jump	Calen Jones, East Texas A&M	Hunter Murphy, SFA	Julius Malone, HCU
Pole Vault	Brayden Hill, SFA	Lawson Fritsch, McNeese	Jonah Ulbricht, UIW
Long Jump	Roy Morris, NSU	Kenson Tate, Lamar	Elijah Rowe, NSU
Triple Jump	Bryson Williams, SFA	Joshua Gillis-Harry, HCU	Armando Rivera, TAMUCC
Shot Put	Josh Ty-Brown, SLU	Emmanuel Ekumma, TAMUCC	La'Darion Dudley, NSU
Discus Throw	Tarajh Hudson, NSU	Samson Black, TAMUCC	Emmanuel Ekuma, TAMUCC
Hammer Throw	Anthony Oliver, Lamar	Gerrit Viser, SLU	Samson Black, TAMUCC
Javelin Throw	Chase Hight, TAMUCC	Matic Vidmar, UTRGV	Jordan Bowling, TAMUCC
Decathlon	Sam Pavan, SFA	Mika Funck, UIW	Tommaso Franze, UIW

 
2026 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS

Event	First	Second	Third
100 meter dash	Juvonna Cornette, NSU	Jizzale Davis, UTRGV	Sileena Farrell, NSU
200 meter dash	Onyah Favour, SLU	Jizzale Davis, UTRGV	Kaliyah Poston, UTRGV
400 meter dash	Rushana Dwyer, NSU	Onyah Favour, SLU	Margaret Conteh, NSU
800 meter run	Evaline Chepkoech, SFA	N Vanee Anchike, UTRGV	Elizabeth Khatevi, TAMUCC
1,500 meter run	Evaline Chepkoech, SFA	Elizabeth Khatevi, TAMUCC	N Vanee Anchike, UTRGV
5,000 meter run	Elizabeth Khatevi, TAMUCC	Valentine Jemutai, SFA	Ashton Rainey, Lamar
10,000 meter run	Valentine Jemutai, SFA	Alicia Hy-Finnis, TAMUCC	Ashton Rainey, Lamar
100 meter hurdles	Sandy Sakyi, East Texas A&M	Dior Williams, UTRGV	Amara Idinna, East Texas A&M
400 meter hurdles	Talyna Ligier, UTRGV	Dasya Tolbert, UIW	Krystan Bright, Lamar
3,000 meter steeplechase	Neele Heyne, TAMUCC	Jeny Barcenas, McNeese	Garance Dubray, SFA
4x100 meter relay	Ashley Lingueno, Jizzale Davis, Dior Williams, Kaliyah Poston -- UTRGV	Timejha Furlow Jada Gibson, Kennedy Swann, Whitenee Teagle -- SFA	Samari Finney, Sileena Farrell, Juvonna Cornette, Maria Uoibang --NSU
4x400 meter relay	Samari Finney, Margaret Conteh, Rushana Dwyer, Kahliyah Anderson -- NSU	Aliyah Castillo, Jizzale Davis, Talyna Ligier, Treasure Vallerie --UTRGV	Breanna Vecerra, Miriam Kauer, Zoe Wilson, Onyah Favour -- SLU
High Jump	Jenneil Jacobie, East Texas A&M	Amara Idinna, East Texas A&M	Iradi Blasco, Nicholls
Pole Vault	Peyton Berry, East Texas A&M	Kira Van Den Ham, East Texas A&M	Alaine Hernandez, UIW
Long Jump	Samari Finney, NSU	Basia Mitchell, SFA	Jai'Lin King, UIW
Triple Jump	La'Zariah Bethany, UTRGV	Ke'Asia Hall, Lamar	Layloni Watson, HCU
Shot Put	Natalia Rankin-Chitar, TAMUCC	Efe Latham, UTRGV	Ryah Dates, NSU
Discus Throw	Romi Griese, East Texas A&M	Shakera Kirk, NSU	Shantangelo Williams, NSU
Hammer Throw	Breyunna Dowell, TAMUCC	Margaret Mannering, NSU	Jaslyn Russell, McNeese
Javelin Throw	Anisha Gibbons, NSU	Neelie Schiel, Lamar	Teodors Samac, NSU
Heptathlon	Mariam Buenanueva-Saleme, Lamar	Basia Mitchell, SFA	Isabella Gonzalez-Velazques, UIW