Carbone to Receive 2021 Hartman Award

ATHENS, Ga. --- Jennifer Carbone Zuccaro, former University of Georgia gymnast, as well as a highly successful pediatric intensive care cardiologist in New York, has been named the recipient of the 2021 Hartman Award.  She will be recognized on the field at the football game against Missouri on Saturday, November 6.

Named for the late Bill Hartman, Georgia's longtime kicking coach and chairman of the Georgia Student Educational Fund, the Hartman Award is one of the greatest honors given to a former UGA student-athlete. The Hartman Award has been presented annually since 1992 and recognizes former Georgia student-athletes who have demonstrated excellence in their profession and/or in service to others by 20 or more years of superior performance after graduation. Only former varsity athletes who have received a baccalaureate degree from Georgia can be considered for the award.

Jennifer Carbone Zuccaro continues to bring honor to the University of Georgia and the Georgia gymnastics program in her multi-faceted roles of mother, physician, and community leader.

Graduating from the University of Georgia in 1993, Carbone was a leader and competitor on four SEC Championship teams and the record- breaking 1993 NCAA National Championship team. As a scholar-athlete, she earned SEC and NCAA post-graduate scholarships upon graduation. Carbone attended Emory University Medical School, was a chief resident at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, before earning a double fellowship in emergency pediatric cardiology at UCLA Medical Center.

Upon the birth of her two daughters, Danielle and Sienna, Jenn and her husband, Rick, returned to the Utica, New York area to live closer to family.  The consummate leader and team player, Carbone understood the value of creating a work-life balance for her family. Currently, Carbone is a pediatric intensive care cardiologist at Upstate University Hospital as well as a published researcher.  She is board certified in Pediatric Cardiology, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, and Pediatrics.

While supportive of her two talented daughters with their multitude of activities, Carbone is active in her community raising awareness and money for the American Heart Association.  Her husband, Rick, is a very talented musician and the Zuccaro Family often donates instruments to local schools for their music programs.

Bill Hartman Award Winners

2019       Carla Williams
2018     John Mangan
2017     William Butch Mulherin
2016     Jenny McDowell
2015     Ernie Johnson, Jr.
2014     Gordon Smith
2013     David Boyd
2012     Rosey Gilliam III
2011     Jack Bauerle
2010     Teresa Edwards
2009     Frank Ros
2008     Kathy McMinn
2007     Mack Guest
2006     Keith McSwain
2005     Judge Aaron Cohn
2004    William Young
2003     Dr. Robert E. Dicks III
2002     Dr. Thomas Lyons
2001     Dr. Thomas Lawhorne
2000    Dr. Becky Birchmore Campen
1999    Hilton Young, Jr.
1998    Dr. Andy Roddenbery
1997    Jimmy Gabrielsen
1996    Lt. Gov. Pierre Howard
1995    Billy Henderson
1994    Dan Magill
1993    Tom Cousins & Gov. Carl Sanders
1992    Billy Payne & Fran Tarkenton

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