UVU’s Remy given top WAC student-athlete award

Courtesy UVU Athletics
Utah Valley's Gabe Remy , center, competes in a race during the 2025 outdoor track season.ARLINGTON, Texas – Utah Valley’s men’s track and field athlete Gabe Remy and UT Arlington volleyball athlete Brianna Ford were each recognized as the 2024-25 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Joe Kearney Award winners. Named in honor of longtime WAC commissioner Joe Kearney, the awards are given annually to the top male and female student-athletes in the WAC during the preceding academic year.
Remy won three events during the 2025 WAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Arlington, capturing the 100-meter dash (10.09), the 200-meter dash (20.41) and running with the victorious 4×100-meter relay team (39.31) from Utah Valley. Remy claimed second team All-America accolades with the Wolverines 4×100-meter relay team that finished 10th at the 2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships with a time of 38.90. Remy is the fourth Wolverine to earn the award and the second from the track & field program, following Michael McPherson in 2015.
Remy captured a total of five career conference championship event victories, adding a 2024 WAC Indoor Championships 60-meter dash (6.69) crown and a 2024 WAC Outdoor Championships triumph with the Utah Valley 4×100 relay team (39.21) to his career accolades.
Ford helped lead UTA to its first volleyball conference tournament championship since 2002 with a thrilling five-set win over Grand Canyon in the 2024 WAC Volleyball Tournament title match. Ford was named WAC Player of the Year and an AVCA All-America honorable mention selection with career bests in hitting percentage (.304), digs per set (2.90) and kills per set (4.47) as a graduate student in 2024.
Ford was a four-time all-conference performer at UTA, earning All-WAC First Team accolades each of her final three seasons (2022-24). Ford also added seven WAC Player of the Week citations during her career with the Mavericks. Ford was the second UTA winner of the Joe Kearney Award, joining men’s track and field student-athlete Lucas Van Klaveren in 2024.