Stevie Mitchell Named 80th Annual McCahill Award Recpient

Former Marquette University men’s basketball player Stevie Mitchell is the recipient of the 80th annual Robert L. and William P. McCahill Award, the highest honor bestowed upon a Marquette student-athlete.

He will be honored at Fiserv Forum during the men’s basketball game against Creighton on Tuesday, Jan. 27.

“Stevie embodies everything the McCahill Award represents — a relentless commitment to excellence in every facet of life,” Vice President and Director of Athletics Mike Broeker said.  “He has achieved at the highest levels, both athletically and academically, while dedicating himself to making a positive impact in the communities he’s part of and his leadership, character, and service set a standard that reflects the very best of Marquette.”

Mitchell, the 2024-25 BIG EAST Men’s Basketball Scholar Athlete of the Year and a College Sports Communicators (CSC) First Team Academic All-American®, was a four-time member of BIG EAST All-Academic Team who graduated in May 2024 with two bachelor’s degrees in finance and information systems.

Mitchell was one of just two players in Marquette men’s basketball history to earn first team recognition,  was just the third men’s basketball player to be honored at least twice, and the 14^th student-athlete in Marquette history to earn recognition by the CSC on more than one occasion.

On the court, Mitchell was highly regarded for his defensive play as he was named a semifinalist for the Naismith DPOY award and was a finalist for the Lefty Driesell Award. He concluded his senior campaign 16^th in the nation in steals per game (2.3) and fifth all-time at Marquette in career thefts (222).

Mitchell, the BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete of the Year, owned a 3.974 grade-point average with a double major in finance and information systems and was selected for Alpha Sigma Nu-Spring 2025, which honors students from Jesuit colleges who distinguish themselves in scholarship, loyalty and service. In January, he was accepted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society for business students.

Mitchell was also named to the 2025 Poets&Quants Best and Brightest Business Majors list. The list honors the 100 most accomplished senior undergraduate business majors in the country, as determined by a Poets&Quants selection committee. This was the first time that a Marquette student has ever qualified for the list in its 10 years of publication.
It is the 79th time the McCahill Award has been given since the honor was not bestowed in 1962.

About the Robert L. and William P. McCahill Award:
The McCahill Award was named after Captain Robert L. McCahill, a former Marquette student-athlete who gave his life for his country at the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II in 1945. Established by his brother, Colonel William P. McCahill, also an MU student-athlete, the award was first presented in 1946 and has been awarded annually as the highest honor bestowed upon a Marquette student-athlete.

After Colonel McCahill’s death in 1999, Marquette University officially renamed the award to recognize the lifetime accomplishments of both Captain Robert and Colonel William McCahill.

The award is given annually to a student-athlete who has achieved in athletics, scholarship, and service to the university.

Past recipients of the award include Olympic silver medalist John Bennett (1954), two-time NBA All-Star Don Kojis (1961), Naismith Award-winner Butch Lee (1978), NCAA 10,000-meter run champion Keith Hanson (1986) and men’s basketball all-time scoring leader Markus Howard (2020).

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