University of North Carolina Athletics
Wilkinson Awarded a 2002 Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship
February 27, 2002 | Women's Lacrosse
Feb. 27, 2002
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Nineteen Atlantic Coast Conference scholar-athletes, including University of North Carolina women's lacrosse standout Porter Wilkinson, have been named recipients of the 2002 Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Awards, as announced by Commissioner John Swofford.
The scholarships are given to selected student-athletes who have academic work as full-time graduate students. Each recipient will receive $5,000 to use towards their graduate education. Each student-athlete has performed with distinction both in the intentions of continuing classroom and in their respectivesports, and demonstrated exemplary conduct in the community.
Wilkinson (Charlottesville, Va.), is a two-time All-America and All-ACC honoree and a three-time member of the Dean's List and ACC Honor Roll. She also is a member of Phi Beta Kappa who was an IWLCA Academic All-America choice in 2001. She has started 50 of the 51 games in which she played in her 3+ years at UNC. She was named second-team Academic All-District III by CoSIDA and won the UNC Scholar-Athlete Award for women's lacrosse in 2001.
The awards are named in honor of the late Jim Weaver and Bob James as well as Gene Corrigan, past ACC commissioners. The league's first commissioner, James H. Weaver, served the conference from 1954 to 1970 after serving as the director of athletics at Wake Forest University.
His early leadership and uncompromising integrity is largely responsible for the excellent reputation enjoyed by the ACC today.
ob James, a former University of Maryland football player, was named commissioner in 1971 and served for 16 years. During his tenure, the league continued to grow in stature and became recognized as a national leader in academics and athletics, winning 23 national championships while maintaining excellence in the classroom.
Eugene F. Corrigan assumed his role as the third full-time commissioner on September 1, 1987 and served until August of 1997. During Corrigan's tenure ACC schools have captured 30 NCAA national championships and two national football titles. In the fall of 1990, Corrigan engineered the successful addition of the league's newest member, Florida State University.
Prior to 1994, the Weaver-James postgraduate scholarships had been given as separate honors. The Jim Weaver award originated in 1970 to honor exceptional achievement on the playing field and in the classroom, while the Bob James award started in 1987 also to honor outstanding student-athletes.
Clemson, Duke, Florida State and Maryland led the league in selections this year with a total of three. Georgia Tech had two student athletes selected while North Carolina, NC State, Virginia and Wake Forest each had one representative on the list of honorees.
The following is a complete list of the Weaver-James-Corrigan scholars: Clemson - Chad Carson (football), Katherine Carson (women's soccer), Kyle Young (football), Duke - Maria Hannemann (women's golf), Sean Kelly (cross country/track & field), Angie North (field hockey), Florida State - Geary Bland (men's track), Alida Gallovits (women's tennis), Chris Pope (football), Georgia Tech - Kyleen Bell (volleyball), Regina Tate (women's basketball), Maryland - Gillian Cole (gymnastics), Jennifer Potzman (Softball), Carla Tagliente (Field Hockey), North Carolina - Porter Wilkinson (women's lacrosse), NC State - Katie Sabino (cross country/track & field), Virginia - Megan Roesch (swimming), Wake Forest - Rachel Burns (women's track) Maren Burns (women's tennis).
The 19 students will be honored Tuesday, April 4, 2000, in Greensboro, N.C. at a luncheon hosted by the Nat Greene Kiwanis.
