ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell seniors Udeme Akpaete, Nahshon Garrett and Marisa Siergiej took home the Charles H. Moore Outstanding Senior Varsity Athlete Award on Tuesday evening at the school's annual senior athletics banquet. Luke Hagy and Taylor Standiford both earned the Ronald P. Lynch Senior Spirit Award, given to student-athletes whose leadership on and off the field model the ideals of the Big Red athletics department. Angelica Gangemi was recognized with the Mario St. George Boiardi '04 Leadership Award for most embodying leadership, athleticism and a strong work ethic. Benjamin Greenberg was given the Cornell Athletics Inspiration Award for accomplishments on and off the field that inspire not only his teammates and coaches, but also his or her fellow classmates, professors and the entire Cornell family.

Akpaete has been one of the Big Red's strongest sprinters from the time she walked onto the team as a freshman, earning two NCAA All-America honors entering the 2016 NCAA Outdoor championship season. She has nine Ivy League Heptagonals titles to her name — four individually and five as a member of a relay team—and has accumulated 15 All-Ivy nods. She was named the Heps Most Outstanding Performer outdoors in 2015 after winning the 200 and 400 meter races and anchoring the 4x100 and 4x400 championship relays. She set schools records in the 200 and 400, an Ivy record in the 4x100 and a meet record in the 4x400 during the meet. With her incredible speed, Akpaete helped Cornell's 4x400 team to indoor and outdoor ECAC championships, appearances at the NCAA East Preliminary Round in 2014 and 2015 and second-team All-America honors at the 2015 NCAA Championships. She holds seven school records – the 400 meters and 4x400 relay indoors and the 200 and 400 meters and the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relays outdoors.

A four-time NCAA All-American and 2016 national champion, Garrett graduates as one of the greatest wrestlers in Cornell history. He became the sixth Cornellian to earn All-America honors four times (127th in NCAA history). The two-time Ivy League Wrestler of the Year and a four-time EIWA champion ended his career with a 149-12 career record, good for second on the school's wins list. A four-time first-team All-Ivy selection, he earned both the Coaches Award (Most Outstanding Wrestler) and the Sheridan Award (most career points scored at the championship) at the 2016 EIWA Championship, also earning the Sheridan Award in 2015 as a junior. His .925 win percentage ranks eighth all-time at Cornell, his 92 career bonus wins ranks second and his 3.675 dominance ranking sits seventh. Garrett closed his career on a high note, earning his first NCAA title with a 7-6 win over Iowa's Cory Clark to cap off a 37-0 senior year, matching Kyle Dake's 2012-13 campaign for the most wins without a loss in a season in Cornell history. He was invited to the U.S. Olympic Trials in freestyle, advancing to the second round.

Siergiej is among the most decorated players in Cornell field hockey history, ending her Big Red career by becoming the program's first All-American in 13 seasons when she was named to the NFHCA second team. She was a two-time first-team All-Mideast Region All-American, and was named a unanimous first-team All-Ivy honoree in each of her final two seasons. As a senior, she became the first-ever Cornell field hockey player to earn an Ivy League Player of the Year honor, taking home the conference's Defensive Player of the Year award.  Siergiej was selected to participate in the NFHCA Senior All-Star game and was named to the 2015 ECAC Field Hockey All-Star first team. Over the course of her four seasons, she anchored some of the best defenses in program history and ended her career ranked second in school history for goals (38), just two shy of Linda Miller's school record, and fifth overall in points (85).

Hagy was a three-time All-Ivy League selection, including a first-team pick as a senior, after becoming the first Ivy football player to reach 2,000 rushing and 1,500 receiving yards in a career. He also became the first Cornell player to lead the Big Red in rushing all four seasons. Hagy ended his Cornell career in the top five all-time in all-purpose yardage and top 10 in rushing, touchdowns, receptions and receiving yards. An Academic All-Ivy League selection and a member of the Dean's List in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hagy has been nominated multiple times for academic all-district honors. He was featured in a Cornell recruiting video to help matriculate incoming students to this year's freshman class. Besides being a spokesman for the Big Red football team as a captain, his leadership in a number of other avenues has been impressive. He serves as co-president of the Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC), helping spearhead various community service projects. Included was the Bench Press for a Cure, which raised money for the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes, as well as the Big Red's Got Talent show that raised funds for a local food bank. He served as a student-athlete ambassador in the "We Don't Say" campaign and serves on University panels regarding mental health, sexual violence prevention and other public health issues on campus. He was elected treasurer of the Red Key Society and was tapped by both Quill and Dagger and Sphinx Head Honor Societies. He was one of two Ivy League football players that made up the finalists for the All-State Good Works Team.

A four-year starter and two-time captain of the field hockey squad, Standiford set the school mark for career assists (40), breaking a school record that had stood for 18 years. An outstanding player at center midfield and the team's stick-stopper for penalty corners, she broke her own school record for single-season assists with 13 as a senior. She finished the 2015 campaign ranked third in the conference and seventh in the nation with 0.76 assists per game. Standiford graduates owning three of the top 10 spots for assists in a single season (13 in 2005; 12 in 2014; 9 in 2013). Off the field, Standiford is a leader in every sense of the word. She is a member of the Red Key Honor Society, as well as a member of College Mentors for Kids. She envisioned and served as the co-chairperson for Cornell's first-ever Leadership in Athletics Conference held last fall. Academically, Standiford is one of just five Cornell field hockey players to be named to the NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad in each of her four seasons and was named Academic All-Ivy this past fall.

Gangemi is the fencing program's first four-time NCAA qualifier on the strip, placing in the top 25 nationally in each of her four seasons with the foil, with a high finish of 13th as a senior. A second-team All-Ivy selection as a senior after finishing fourth at the Ivy championships and 10th at the NCAA regionals, Gangemi won nearly 78 percent of her collegiate bouts, finishing her career with a record of 205-59. Following her junior year, she was selected to represent the United States at the World University Games held in Gwangju, South Korea, where she finished 43rd overall in the women's foil competition. Academically, she is an outstanding student, carrying a 3.74 grade point average while majoring in Spanish with a minor in Latin American Studies. She has already been accepted to Rutgers New Jersey Medical School for matriculation in fall 2016. She is also the lead undergraduate research assistant in the Cornell Infant Studies Lab where she investigates the relationship between spatial language exposure and the development of spatial skills in children. Off the strip, Gangemi is active in school and community activities, service projects, and served as the co-president of SAAC. She is also a member of the Red Key Society, and serves as the club's Big Brother/Big Sister Chair. Gangemi is also involved in Big Red Buddies, serving as a weekly volunteer in one of the toddler classrooms at the Cornell Child Care Center. She is a mentor for the Cornell Filipino Association, as well as a member of the Big Red Leadership Institute.

Greenberg becomes just the third winner of the Inspiration Award since it was first handed out in 2009. A walk-on to the sprint football team, Greenberg entered Cornell after helping found the Bronx Science HS Football Club because his school didn't offer the sport. After four seasons of incredibly hard work with the Big Red sprint team, he won the team's Most Improved Award as a senior offensive lineman. Greenberg worked with the Big Red varsity football team as a manager and student assistant under Travis Burkett to further his dream of eventually joining an NFL front office, continuing his passion for a sport that began as a young child. He is not only a multiple-time Dean's List recipient in the classroom, but he has been able to shine outside of it as well. Greenberg's deep involvement in the welfare of student-athletes led him to become involved in the We Don't Say Campaign, talking about his own experience with a speech difference. He has also been active in anti-bullying campaigns, drawing from his own past experiences to help others.