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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Virginia Tech national champion Irena Sediva was named the 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Field Performer of the Year, as the league announced its track and field postseason award winners Friday.

Sediva, a sophomore from Pribram, Czech Republic, won the honor as voted upon by the league’s coaches. She won the national championship in the javelin last week at the 2015 NCAA Division Track and Field Championships held in Eugene, Oregon.

Sediva trailed going into her sixth and final throw at the NCAA meet, but she set a school and ACC record with a toss of 192 feet, 9 inches to claim the title over Texas Tech’s Hannah Carson. Sediva’s broke her previous school and ACC record of 192 feet, 5 inches.

Sediva won the javelin in every event in which she competed this spring. She set the school record in her first collegiate meet and then broke the ACC record in her second meet – a record that had stood for 17 years. She won a gold medal at the ACC Outdoor Track and Field Championships held in Tallahassee, Florida, with the throw of 192 feet, 5 inches, which not only set the school and ACC record, but also set an ACC Championships record and a facility record.

“She really had the perfect season,” associate head coach and throws coach Greg Jack said. “She went undefeated and she set all the records and then won the NCAA championship. It was just a perfect season.

“She’s got some meets coming up – her national meet in the Czech Republic is next week and the World University Games are coming up. I think she’s got gas left in the tank and throw further. I think she can achieve even better results of the conditions present themselves.”

Sediva's NCAA championship marked Tech’s 15^th individual crown as a school – all in track and field. Sediva became the seventh Hokie to win a national title and just the third female. Queen Harrison won three (one indoor, two outdoor) in 2010, and Dorotea Habazin won the hammer throw crown in 2011.

Clemson junior sprinter Tevin Hester was voted the 2015 ACC Men’s Outdoor Track Performer of the Year, while the Tigers’ Deja Parrish earned ACC Women’s Freshman of the Year honors. Mark Elliott was recognized as the ACC Women’s Coach of the Year.

Florida State senior distance runner Colleen Quigley was named the 2015 ACC Women’s Track Performer of the Year. The Seminoles’ Kendal Williams received the nod as ACC Men’s Freshman of the Year, while Bob Braman was voted the ACC Men’s Coach of the Year.

ACC Men’s Field Performer of the Year honors went to NC State senior Jonathan Addison.

Clemson’s Hester earned the men’s Most Valuable Track Performer award at the ACC Championships after matching the nation’s top all-conditions time in the 100 meters (9.87 seconds) and setting a meet record in the 200 meters (20.18). The Oxford, North Carolina native went on to earn first-team All-America honors in both events at the NCAA Championships with a sixth-place finish in each.

Florida State’s Quigley not only broke her own ACC record with her dazzling steeplechase run in the NCAA Championships, but also posted the third-fastest collegiate time ever. In addition to claiming an NCAA title, the St. Louis native also took an ACC Championships gold medal in the women’s 1,500 with a time of 4:14.06. Her time of 4:11.61 in the 1,500 on April 16 at the Mt. SAC relays ranked third nationally for the 2015 season.

NC State’s Addison, a multi-talented student-athlete who competes in both field and running events, made his mark in the NCAA Championships with a fourth-place long jump of 7.99 meters. That ranked as a season best for the Raleigh, North Carolina native, who placed among the top four of four events at the ACC Championships, including silver medal showings in both the long jump and the high jump.

Florida State’s Williams’ wind-aided time of 9.98 in the men’s 100-meter dash placed fifth at the NCAA Championships, and his season-best time of 20.26 in the 200 meters in the ACC finals earned a No. 6 national ranking. The Jacksonville, Florida freshman was also a vital part of the Seminoles’ 4x100 relay team that took the gold medal in the ACC Championships and placed ninth at the NCAAs.

Clemson’s Parrish claimed All-ACC honors with a sixth-place time of 23.21 in the women’s 200 at the ACC Championships, and was also part of the Tigers’ 4x100 gold medal relay team. The freshman from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, added a ninth-place finish in the 200 meters at the ACCs and was part of the Tigers’ 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams that competed in the NCAAs.

Florida State’s Braman picked up his 19^th ACC Coach of the Year award in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field. The Seminole men led the scoring in the ACC Championships for the 12^th time in 14 years and the 10th time under Braman’s watch, and then followed that by tying for 19^th place in the team standings at the 2015 NCAA Championships.

Elliott, in his second season at Clemson, led the Tigers to their fifth ACC Women’s Track and Field Championship in the past six seasons. Clemson swept both the ACC Indoor and Outdoor Women’s titles in 2015, and Elliott was named the ACC Coach of the Year for both seasons. This year’s women’s outdoor title was the Tigers’ seventh overall.

ACC Men’s Outdoor Track Performer of the Year – Tevin Hester, Clemson

ACC Men’s Outdoor Field Performer of the Year – Jonathan Addison, NC State

ACC Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Freshman of the Year – Kendal Williams, Florida State

ACC Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Coach of the Year – Bob Braman, Florida State

ACC Women’s Outdoor Track Performer of the Year – Colleen Quigley, Florida State

ACC Women’s Outdoor Field Performer of the Year – Irena Sediva, Virginia Tech

ACC Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Freshman of the Year – Deja Parrish, Clemson

ACC Women’s Outdoor Coach of the Year – Mark Elliott, Clemson

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