SEATTLE (June 14) ­ Track and field national champions Danielle Ayers-Stamper and Chris Randolph of Seattle Pacific University were selected as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference female athlete and male co-athlete of the year, respectively, for all sports during 2004-05.

Chris Randolph was named the GNAC male Co-Athlete of the Year for all sports. He earlier had been named the indoor and outdoor track athlete of the year.

Ayers-Stamper (Jr., Lacrosse, Wa.) becomes the third SPU female to earn the award in four years. Randolph (Jr., Lone Tree, Co./Denver Christian) shared his award with Bobby McAlister, a soccer All-American from Seattle University.

"Both Chris and Danielle truly had remarkable years," said their coach, Jack Hoyt. "In the decathlon and heptathlon, staying healthy is half the battle, and what they accomplished did not come without an awful lot of hard work.

"For Chris to win the decathlon, he was forced to take his body right to the edge," said Hoyt. "And late in the season, I wondered if Danielle had crossed that line, with all that she was doing. She needed some rest before nationals, but got through it."

Randolph, winner of the NCAA Division II decathlon title, swept the indoor and outdoor track GNAC athlete of the year awards. At last month's national meet he set a GNAC record with a score of 7309 points.

Danielle Ayers-Stamper is this year's GNAC female Athlete of the Year. She swept the GNAC indoor and outdoor athlete of the year awards.

Randolph also finished second in the conference outdoor meet in the 400 meters, fourth in the long jump and seventh in the high jump. In the indoor meet, he won GNAC titles in the 400, high jump and long jump.

Ayers-Stamper earned four All-American awards, two in the national indoor meet and two in the outdoor national championships, and also swept the GNAC indoor and outdoor athlete of the year awards.

At the NCAA indoor meet, she won the high jump title and finished fourth in the long jump. She also finished second in the national outdoor heptathlon with a GNAC record score of 5,606 and seventh in the 100 hurdles. Ayers-Stamper won a total of six GNAC titles, including the 60 hurdles, high jump and long jump indoors and the 100 hurdles, high jump and long jump in the outdoors. In all, she set a total of seven GNAC records, including four outdoor (100 hurdles, high jump, long jump, heptathlon) and three indoor (60 hurdles, high jump, pentathlon).

The Falcons' Stephanie Huffman (track and field) won the GNAC's top individual honor in 2001-02 and Kerie Hughes (basketball) did so in 2002-03.