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SOU ROUNDUP Raider football honored three times at Oregon Sports Awards SOU QB Dodge captures school's third Ad Rutschman honor Comment By SOU Sports Information DailyTidings.com By SOU Sports Information Posted Jun. 13, 2015 at 2:00 AM By SOU Sports Information Posted Jun. 13, 2015 at 2:00 AM » Social News BEAVERTON — Austin Dodge, Craig Howard and the entire Southern Oregon University football team were all winners at the Oregon Sports on Thursday night at the Nike World Headquarters. Dodge, the record-setting quarterback for SOU's NAIA champion football team, took home the Ad Rutschman Small College Athlete of the Year award, which went to a Raider for the third time in six years. Mitchell Lofstedt, a former Raider wrestler, won it in 2010 and '13. SOU's Brock Gutches was also a finalist after becoming the seventh NAIA wrestler to win four titles this season. Howard, who led the Raiders to their first title in his fourth year as head coach, shared the Slats Gill Award for Sportsman of the Year with University of Oregon football coach and SOU alum Mark Helfrich. SOU football shared the George Pasero Award for Team of the Year with the University of Oregon football and track and field teams. The 63rd annual show took place inside the Stanford Theatre at the Tiger Woods Center and was hosted by Neil Everett, an anchor for ESPN's Sportscenter who is a Portland native and University of Oregon alum. Dodge ended his Raider career by setting nearly every NAIA career passing record, including touchdown passes (154), passing yards (17,250), completions (1,253) and yards of offense per game (373.7). While leading SOU to a school-record 13 wins as as senior, he averaged 373.8 passing yards per game with 52 TDs compared to 11 interceptions, and in the last three rounds of the playoffs averaged 453 passing yards with 11 TDs. SOU's 55-31 win over Marian (Ind.) also marked his 20th 400-yard performance. Howard, who owns a 34-14 record at SOU, brought the Raiders a championship when they had never before advanced past the quarterfinal round. He is the first Raider to earn the Slats Gill Award. Sayre honored Matt Sayre, whose dramatic transformation of Southern Oregon University athletics led in 2014-15 to the most fruitful year in department history, has been rewarded for his efforts with the Cascade Conference Athletic Director of the Year award, the league office announced Friday. The news comes a day after SOU landed at No. 6 in the final NAIA Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings, the top finish ever by an institution representing the CCC. Sayre, the first Raider AD to win the award since Shirley Huyett shared it in 1996, will be put forth as the conference's nomination for NAIA Athletic Director of the Year. In his fifth year as head of the department, Sayre watched every Raider program advance to the postseason for the first time in school history, introduced the first two new sports at SOU since 2000, oversaw two major facility renovation projects and helped SOU break athletics fundraising records for the third year in a row. "The honor speaks to the quality of our student-athletes and the high standards held by our coaches," Sayre said. "It was a great year for SOU athletics and we're all humbled by the attention we're getting and thank the Cascade Conference family." SOU's ascent in the national ranks correlates directly with the appointment of Sayre, who spent 18 months as the interim athletic director before taking over in earnest in May 2010. The department's finishes in the NAIA Directors' Cup — which awards points based on performances at the NAIA Championships across the board — in the five years prior to him taking over were 88th, 47th, 57th, 100th and 92nd. In the last five years the Raiders have taken 29th, 27th, 18th, 32nd and sixth. By SOU Sports Information DailyTidings.com By SOU Sports Information Posted Jun. 13, 2015 at 2:00 AM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction » STAY INFORMED Email NewsLetter Sign Up Today Sign up for our newsletter and have the top headlines from your community delivered right to your inbox. fantasy football Fantasy Footabll Breakdown of Top TEs Jun. 14, 2015 at 2:10 am Buying, Selling OTA Fantasy Buzz Jun. 13, 2015 at 7:00 am Rookies Making Immediate Impact in OTAs Jun. 10, 2015 at 7:00 am Fantasy Outlook for Packers Stars Jun. 10, 2015 at 2:43 am Fantasy Football Outlook for Saints Stars Jun. 8, 2015 at 8:55 am Predicting Fantasy Football's Biggest Busts Jun. 6, 2015 at 7:00 am Southern Oregon Directory Featured Businesses Loading... 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