PRAIRIE VIEW, Tx. – Prairie View A&M Athletics named Lainey Niederhofer and Thierry Garcon its 2026 President’s Award winners and recognized standout performers across its varsity programs at the annual sports banquet, capping the most decorated year on The Hill in nearly two decades. Niederhofer, a kinesiology major from the softball team, and Garcon, a finance major on the men’s track and field team, both posted 3.88 GPAs to share the President’s Award for top senior cumulative grade-point average. The award is presented each year by PVAMU President Dr. Tomikia P. LeGrande and Athletic Director Anton Goff. The banquet closed a year that produced a 2025 SWAC football championship under head coach Tremaine Jackson, a SWAC volleyball regular-season title, and a men’s basketball run that delivered the program’s first NCAA Tournament victory.…