ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell seniors Gabe Dean, Catie Smith and Rudy Winkler took home the Charles H. Moore Outstanding Senior Varsity Athlete Award on Tuesday evening at the school's annual senior athletics banquet. Miles Norris and Grace Tucker 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. Paula Voorheis was recognized with the Mario St. George Boiardi '04 Leadership Award for embodying leadership, athleticism and a strong work ethic.

A two-time NCAA champion and four-time All-American, Dean graduates as one of the top wrestlers in collegiate history. A three-time national finalist at 184 pounds, Dean posted a career record of 152-7 with 101 bonus wins, both school records, and never finished lower than third at nationals. He is one of just 11 wrestlers in more than 100 years to win four Eastern wrestling titles and was a two-time Ivy League Wrestler of the Year. The four-time, first-team All-Ivy League pick was the 2014 Ivy and EIWA Rookie of the Year, and he was a two-time Coaches Trophy Award winner as the most outstanding wrestler at the EIWA meet. Dean is also just the third four-time Southern Scuffle champion and the sixth three-time Las Vegas Invite champ. He was part of teams that won four EIWA and Ivy League titles and posted a cumulative 52-10 dual meet record in his four seasons, posting four top-eight NCAA team finishes. Dean's signature win came against Penn State's two-time defending national champion Ed Ruth at the Southern Scuffle as a freshman, snapping Ruth's 84-match win streak.

Smith, a two-time All-American, finished her career at Cornell as one of the best defenders in women's lacrosse program history. A 2017 Tewaraaton Award candidate as a senior and an IWLCA first-team All-American, Smith finished as the Big Red's leading take-away defender for three consecutive years. As a senior, she set Cornell's single-season caused turnover record and led the Ivy League in that category for the second straight year (42). Smith was named the 2017 Ivy League Defender of the Year and the ECAC 2017 Co-Defensive Player of the Year after leading the conference in caused turnovers. The Berwyn, Pa., native is just the second player in program history to reach 100 career caused turnovers and finished second all-time with 105. Smith was named first-team All-Ivy in 2016 and 2017 and was named to the 2017 Ivy League All-Tournament team. The 2017 tri-captain was the backbone of a Cornell defensive unit that continually ranked in the top 10 nationally in scoring defense and never gave up more than 12 goals in a game for the first time since the 2003 season. Smith helped Cornell to two consecutive NCAA tournament appearances and consecutive Ivy League Tournament Championship games, helping the Big Red win the program's first-ever title in 2016. Smith was an expert one-on-one defender throughout her career and caused multiple turnovers in 31 of her 67 games. She was also named Academic All-Ivy in 2016 and earned four Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week honors during her career.

A four-time NCAA All-American heading into this year's outdoor championships, Winkler wrapped up his Ivy League career with his third straight title in both the hammer throw (outdoors) and weight throw (indoors). His hammer throw title made him the fifth in Ivy history, and first from Cornell, to claim three hammer throw titles. Winkler's winning mark in the weight throw at this year's indoor Heptagonals was the third-best in Ivy League history and made him the fourth Ivy League athlete to claim at least three weight throw titles. The wins as a senior came after he represented the United States in the hammer throw at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where he finished 18th. The 2016 and 2017 USTFCCCA Northeast Field Athlete of the Year is also a two-time indoor Heps MVP of Field Events and earned that distinction at the 2016 outdoor conference championships as well. He was the 2016 NCAA runner-up in the hammer throw and placed eighth in 2015 to claim two All-America honors outdoors. Indoors, Winkler placed fourth in the weight throw at this year's NCAA Championships to earn first-team All-America honors after finishing 10th in 2016 to earn second-team honors. Winkler finishes his career as the school (251-10) and Ivy League record holder in the hammer throw (246-5), while also holding the best mark in school history in the weight throw (76-6 1/4) and the third-best all-time Heps meet mark in the weight throw (75-7 3/4). Winkler was also named Academic All-Ivy in 2016 to go along with his six first-team honors between the weight and hammer throw.

A two-year captain of the football team, Norris has been a true leader in every sense of the word. On the field, he has been an impact defender at linebacker, posting 134 tackles with 11.0 for a loss (5.5 sacks), three pass breakups, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and a blocked kick in 30 career contests. Off the field, Norris has been involved in a number of projects that continue to enrich the Cornell community. He is a member of both the Sphinx Head Senior Society and the Red Key Athletic Honor Society and has been an active participant in the Big Red Readers program. He serves on the Engaged Cornell Student Advisory Group and spent the past semester interning in the University's Department of Financial Affairs. In the summers, he has interned for both Northwestern Mutual and Robert W. Baird & Co. Norris is expected to graduate in the fall after using up a fifth year of eligibility.

A committed leader and extremely hard worker, Tucker is the embodiment of a true Cornell student-athlete. In the boathouse she serves as a role model for her younger teammates by consistently pushing herself each day in practice with a high level of focus and intensity to improve on the water. A member of the third varsity eight during her first two seasons, she moved into the varsity four as a junior, before earning the stroke seat of the varsity eight in her final campaign. On campus, Tucker has found numerous ways to become involved in both the student-athlete and Cornell communities. She is an active member of the Red Key Honor Society, as well as the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, serving as the Cornell Cup chair. Tucker is also a CALS Ambassador and a member of Cayuga's Watchers, a student-led organization designed to mitigate the harms associated with high-risk drinking while promoting student safety at Cornell University.

Voorheis cemented herself in the women's hockey record books as a senior, recording the second-best single season save percentage in program history (.944). The Shanty Bay, Ontario native recorded career bests as a senior in both save percentage and goals against average (1.59), numbers that ranked her third and eighth overall in the nation. She became the second goaltender in program history to reach the 2,000 save mark in her career, finishing with 2,238 saves – an NCAA-era record at Cornell and the second-most all-time in program history. She graduates ranked second all-time in save percentage (.925), third all-time in goals against average (2.14), and fourth all-time in wins (42) and shutouts (nine). As a freshman, Voorheis was named to the ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team. A two-time second-team All-Ivy honoree, she was also named the 2017 ECAC Hockey Mandi Schwartz Student-Athlete of the Year, becoming the first player in Cornell history to earn the honor, and the 2017 Sarah Devens Scholarship award winner. She earned a spot on the 2016-17 Academic All-Ivy Team, is a three-time ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team member and has twice represented Cornell on the Commissioner's List as the program's top scholar. Voorheis has earned a spot in Cornell's 400 Club for posting a semester grade point averages of 4.0 or better and has been instrumental in leadership opportunities around campus. She volunteered as part of the team's Cub Club program, the Do It for Daron campaign and the Bridges to Community program that included a spring break service trip to Nicaragua. Voorheis interned last summer at the Royal Victoria Health Center Foundation in Toronto, helping run the logistics of the charitable activities of the foundation.