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Georgia Holds Annual Student-Athlete Awards Banquet

April 27, 2015 | General



Student-Athletes arrive on the red carpet at the annual Student-Athlete Awards Banquet.

Award Presentation Videos:
C. Conley | K. Williams | L. Herring | M. Lucas | M. Thornton | N. Fink
April 27, 2015

Georgia Holds Annual Student-Athlete Awards Banquet
ATHENS, Ga. -- The University of Georgia Athletic Association hosted its annual Student-Athletes Awards Banquet on Monday, April 27. The event was highlighted by swimmers Nic Fink and Maddie Locus announced as Georgia's nominees for the Boyd McWhorter SEC Postgraduate Scholarship.

Former volleyball player, Georgia alum and current SEC Network and ESPN host and analyst Maria Taylor hosted.

Seniors Chris Conley (football) and Lauren Herring (women's tennis) were named Georgia's nominees for the SEC Brad Davis Community Service Postgraduate Scholarships, while seniors Nathan Pasha and Gaby Smiley were named recipients of the UGA Athletic Association Sportsmanship-Ethics Award.

Marcus Thornton was chosen as the Georgia Male Student-Athlete of the Year, while Kendall Williams claimed the Georgia Female Student-Athletes of the Year award.

The equestrian team and the men's tennis team were recognized as the recipients of the Faculty Athletics Representative's award, after earning the highest team grade point averages of 3.40 and 3.26, respectively, during the 2013-14 academic year.

Other special award winners include:

el Marilyn Vincent Scholar-Athlete Award:
Morgan Justiss, Equestrian

elDick Bestwick Scholar-Athlete Award:
Derek Onken, Men's Swimming

elClifford Lewis Leadership Award:
Jill Maloney, Women's Soccer

elDick Copas Leadership Award:
Nemanja Djurisic, Men's Basketball

elHornsby Howell Community Service Award:
Malcolm Mitchell, Football

Scholar-Athlete Awards
These awards are presented to a student-athlete, or athletes, from each team who had the highest GPA at the conclusion of the last academic year.
Baseball DJ Smith
Men's Basketball Taylor Echols
Women's Basketball Marjorie Butler
Equestrian Kate Skoglund
Football Marshall Morgan
Men's Golf Jaime Lopez Rivarola
Women's Golf Sammi Lee
Gymnastics Lindsey Cheek
Men's Swimming Ty Stewart & Derek Onken
Women's Swimming Maddie Locus & Chantal Van Landeghem
Men's Tennis Garrett Brasseaux
Women's Tennis Lauren Herring
Men's Track & Cross Country Kisean Smith
Women's Track & Cross Country Rachael Doverspike
Soccer Liliana Rios
Softball Tiesha Reed
Volleyball Gaby Smiley



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Players Mentioned

Lindsey Cheek

/ Equestrian

Sammi Lee

/ Women's Golf

Chantal Van Landeghem

Free/Fly
/ Swimming & Diving

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