By PATRICK MEEHAN, Centenary Assistant AD for Communications
Centenary’s Brandon Henschel was named Collegiate Athletic Trainer of the Year by the Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association at the annual Awards Luncheon recently in Baton Rouge.
Henschel is in his third year as the head of the Centenary Athletics Sports Medicine department. He was presented the award in front of his statewide colleagues by Lance Champagne, the Athletic Training Supervisor with Ochsner LSU Health.
The Louisiana Athletic Trainers’ Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization comprised of healthcare professionals dedicated to safety in sports and the advancement of athletic training within the state of Louisiana.
Henschel, a native of Iron River, Mich., came to Centenary from ULM, where he served as an assistant athletic trainer with football, volleyball, beach volleyball, softball, and men’s basketball teams from March 2023 to July of 2024. Henschel earned his bachelor’s degree in athletic training from Central Michigan University in 2022, with minors in public health and substance abuse education.
MEN’S GOLF: Junior Aubrey Snell has been named to the 2025-26 Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana Men’s College Golf team.
Ten men were recognized on either the first team or second team, while five golfers made up the women’s All-Louisiana squad. Snell was joined on the second team by ULM’s Louis Anceaux, LSU’s Noah McWilliams (of Benton), Tom Watson of UNO, and LSU’s Árni Sveinsson.
Snell, a former Parkway High School star, is the first Centenary golfer to be named All-Louisiana since former Gent Andrew Bennett earned first-team honors in 2024 for the first time in his career.
Snell turned in another impressive season as he tallied four top-10 finishes and finished in the top 15 five times. He also had one top three finish and season-low round was a 69. Snell competed in seven tournaments (16 rounds) and posted a season stroke average of 73.6. He earned a top 25 finish in the conference championships as he shot an 8-over 188 to tie for 23rd.
The 2025-26 LSWA All-Louisiana Men’s and Women’s Golf teams were selected by a statewide vote of school sports information directors.
SPRING SPORTS: The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference has announced its spring All-Sportsmanship teams. Each head coach was asked to elect one competitor who displayed the highest standard of sportsmanship throughout the 2026 spring season.
- Baseball: Lenny Forth, Sr., Flower Mount, Texas
- Men’s golf: Jeff Borchert, Sr., Katy, Texas
- Women’s golf: Amber Shaw, So., Hughes Springs, Texas
- Softball: Hilary Pillaro, Jr., Centerville, Louisiana
- Men’s track & field: Bryan Washington, Sr., Dallas, Texas
- Women’s track & field: Grayson Shugart, Jr., Dallas, Texas
ACADEMICS: Eight Ladies and Gents were recently named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® At-Large teams.
The Centenary representatives were Cooper Harris, lacrosse; Jordyn Templeton and Amber Shaw, women’s golf; Colton Mayer, men’s golf; and Anna Ichiba, Skyla Cruz, Olivia Montgomery, and Olivia Stratmann, gymnastics.
Contact Patrick at pmeehan@centenary.edu