2022 Banneret Awards: Men’s Team of the Year

It’s time for the 2022 Black & Gold Banneret Awards!

Each year we pass out a bunch of awards honoring the best athletes, coaches, teams, and moments of the previous UCF Knights athletic year. Our staff votes, and so do you, the fans.

Here’s how it works: We, the staff, put together our nominees for each award. You can listen to our nominations podcast episode here. Over the next couple of weeks, we will open fan voting for each award. Each staff member gets one vote, and the winner of the fan vote will get one vote. If there is a tie, the fan vote will be the tiebreaker. We will announce the winners in two weeks.

Our 2022 Black & Gold Banneret Awards continue with Men’s Team of Year. Here are your nominees:

UCF Golf

• Made NCAA Regional as 11 seed in New Haven Regional
• 5 Top-5 finishes, the most since 2018-19
• Won the Hartford Hawks Invitational back in September.
• Finished in ninth place at the New Haven regional

UCF Baseball

• 35-25 record overall
• Finished 2nd in AAC regular season
• Finished one win away from the AAC Championship game
• Win over eventual National Champion Ole Miss
• Win over top-16 national seed Miami

UCF Football

• Overcame injuries to multiple starters to finish 9-4 on the season
• Won Gasparilla Bowl over Florida, marking the first time UCF had ever beaten the Gators
• 7-0 record at home