Peninsula College honored student-athletes for performance both on and off the athletic fields and courts.

The school announced its 2015-2016 athletic department awards June 14, when six Pirates were honored at the annual Board of Trustees awards ceremony.

The college honored four athletes who best exemplify leadership, sportsmanship, citizenship, academic achievement and athletic ability, and another two who showed perseverance in overcoming significant challenges.

Receiving the Wally Sigmar Award for soccer were Michele Whan and Manny Medina, and receiving the Art Feiro Award for basketball were Amanda Hutchins and Jeremiah Hobbs.

Whan, of Reno, Nev., was part of a women’s soccer program that won two division championships and placed second and third in the Northwest Athletic Conference. She was an NWAC All-Academic Team selection and also served as Director of Records and Finance for the student government at Peninsula College.

Medina, of Sparks, Nev., overcame an injury and returned to the pitch to help the Pirates win an NWAC men’s soccer championship last fall. He also was an NWAC All-Academic Team selection.

Hutchins, of Wasilla, Alaska, helped the Pirate women’s basketball team to an NWAC Championship in 2015 and a runner-up finish this year. Her team won back-to-back North Division titles and she was an NWAC All-Academic Team selection.

Hobbs, of Seattle, started for the men’s basketball team and helped that team win a division championship this year and a trip to the post-season both of his years at PC. He too made the NWAC All-Academic Team and he also served the student government as Director of Event Planning.

Peninsula’s other two award winners — Myu Ban of Kyoto, Japan, and Sephora Yayous, of Brussels, Belgium, both freshmen — received the Annie McMullen Award, which was established in 2011 to honor returning female athletes who have overcome challenges through hard work and dedication to be successful in their respective sport.

Ban was an all-star midfielder for the Pirate women’s soccer team and Yayous came off the bench for the Pirate women’s basketball team.

“Once again, we had an outstanding group of award winners,” Rick Ross, associate dean for Athletics and Student Life, said. “All four of our teams won division titles this year and we had an all-time high athletic department grade-point average, so these six athletes represent the cream of a very strong crop. We’re going to miss them a lot.”

All six athletes will have their names on plaques displayed in the PC gymnasium foyer.