Vote For The Golden Male Student-Athlete Of 2010-11

by Avinash Kunnath on Jul 25, 2011 2:30 PM PDT in California Golden Bears Olympic Sports

SANTA CLARA, CA - JUNE 19: Nathan Adrian (L) and Adam Brown (R) fly off the blocks in the final heat of the 50 meter freestyle prelims at the XLIII Santa Clara International Invitational, a USA Swimming Grand Prix event, on June 19, 2010 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)

This is our last chance to take a look back at the 2010-11 season, which was a fine one to be a fan of the California Golden Bears. Although there was not much that happened on the football field and basketball court to get too excited about, there were plenty of exciting moments offered in almost every other facet of Cal sportsdom. This is your chance to remember those moments.

Today we start our CGB personalized awards. The winner receives many cheers, but really everyone's a winner here. Thanks go to norcalnick and Ohio Bear for their help creating and finding nominees for these awards.

After the jump, the nominees, so you can decide who to vote for in the poll below for the Golden Male Student-Athlete of 2010-11! Voting ends a week from today.

Male student-athlete

Nathan Adrian, swimming: Just another typical year for the Olympic gold medalist. Five first place finishes at the NCAA Championships. American record in the 50 yard freestyle (18.66 s) & pool record in the 100 yard freestyle (41.1 s), plus three relay first place finishes. Also a Pac-10 scholar-athlete with a 3.75 GPA in public health.

Mike Morrison, track and field: NCAA decathlon champion, setting a school record with 8118 points, beating the old mark set by Chris Huffins in 1993.

Ivan Rackov, water polo: Winner of the Peter J. Cuttino Award, given to the top male collegiate water polo player. National Player of the Year according to water polo coaches everywhere. 79 goals in 28 matches, 82 assists and 70 steals.

Tony Renda, baseball: 2011 Pac-10 Player of the Year. Batted .330 (7th in the Pac), 73 hits (3rd), 38 RBIs (9th), 9 stolen bases (9th).

Blaine Scully, rugby: Co-Captain of Cal rugby's 26th national championship team, selected to US Men's National Team.

A.J. Soares, soccer: 2010 Pac-10 Player of the Year, consensus All-American, semi-finalist for the Hermann Trophy. As a defender, he was one of the main contributors to a defense that allowed 13 goals during regular season for Cal's Pac-10 title team, also notched up 11 points and 5 goals.

Poll

Vote for the Golden Male Student-Athlete of 2010-11!

Nathan Adrian

170 votes

Mike Morrison

18 votes

Ivan Rackov

18 votes

Tony Renda

1030 votes

Blaine Scully

19 votes

A.J. Soares

24 votes

1279 votes | Poll has closed

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I went with Nathan, but all three have incredibly impressive resumes… Ivan at “79 goals in 28 matches, 82 assists and 70 steals” is jaw-dropping efficiency for H2O polo if I’m not mistaken…

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by CruzinBears on Jul 25, 2011 3:54 PM PDT reply actions

*but all of these

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by CruzinBears on Jul 25, 2011 3:54 PM PDT up reply actions

i also voted for Adrian, but Rackov definitely deserves more than just 2 votes…. (not to take anything from Renda, but Rackov’s stats are just gaudy)

by GoldenBear8933 on Jul 25, 2011 5:26 PM PDT up reply actions

It’s a crazy deep field. Four guys on the list are either literally competing at Olympic levels or capable of doing so. And the other two just happened to be voted Pac-10 players of the year in their sport.

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by norcalnick on Jul 25, 2011 5:50 PM PDT up reply actions

rackov’s season stats are like my stats throughout my entire high school water polo career. straight ridiculous.

by j.lee on Jul 25, 2011 11:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Nathan Adrian is a stud

What an incredible career.

Keeping January 2 open. You know, just in case.
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by Ohio Bear on Jul 25, 2011 4:19 PM PDT reply actions

What the hell?

Where is DA GOOCH!?

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by Another Successful Tedford QB on Jul 25, 2011 4:35 PM PDT reply actions

I love Jorge and expect to see him next year, but the baseline minimum for earning a spot on the final ballot this year is winning Pac-10 Player of the Year.

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by norcalnick on Jul 25, 2011 5:54 PM PDT up reply actions

This guy is probably the least well known but being a decathlete is one of the hardest accomplishments out there.. My head says Adrian but my heart says Mike Morrison… JACK OF ALL TRADES !!!!

by Cal_Fan2 on Jul 25, 2011 6:19 PM PDT reply actions

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