University of North Carolina Athletics
Student-Athletes Honored At UNC All-Sports Banquet
April 19, 2004 | General
April 19, 2004
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - With the school year winding down, the University of North Carolina honored its student-athletes and handed out awards Monday evening at the school's annual All-Sports Banquet. With approximately 700 members of UNC's 28 varsity teams in attendance at the Dean E. Smith Center, Jordan Walker (women's soccer) and Whitley Benson (baseball) were announced as recipients of the Mildred McCaskill Award, which goes to two UNC seniors who demonstrate excellence in athletics, scholarship and service to the community.
ACC Top Six For Service Awards were presented to Gena Bittner (women's swimming), Ray Fumo (men's soccer), Kim Lyko (rowing), Katy Tran (field hockey), Doug Justice (football) and David Werry (men's lacrosse). The awards recognize six student-athletes from each Atlantic Coast Conference school who demonstrate dedication to community service and outreach programs.
The John Lotz Award, new for the 2003-04 school year, went to Katie Sorensen from the rowing team. Given in honor of Lotz, a former assistant men's basketball coach and assistant athletic director at UNC, the award recognizes a student-athlete who has demonstrated a passion to succeed under adverse circumstances, overcoming difficulties while maintaining a positive attitude.
Jessi Perruquet (women's swimming) and Yuri Suguiyama (men's swimming) were announced as winners of the ACC Student-Athlete Award, given annually to one male and one female from each ACC school.
"We honor our teams for their outstanding athletic performances all year, but this is an opportunity to recognize our student-athletes for what they do in the classroom and the community," said UNC Director of Athletics Dick Baddour. "I always leave this banquet so impressed by our Carolina student-athletes and all that they accomplish. They're great representatives of our university."
 Lotz Award winner Katie Sorensen (second from right) with Vicki Lotz (far right), wife of the late John Lotz, for whom the award is named. Also pictured are the Lotz's daughter, Laci, and her husband, Jake. |
The ceremony also included recognition of winners of several awards announced over the last few months. Seniors Becky Acker (swimming), Alice Schmidt (track and field/cross country) and Perruquet were honored as recipients of ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarships, and Jeb Terry (football) was honored for earning an ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Award.
Walker was recognized as the recipient of an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, and Bittner was recognized as the recipient of the Tatum Award, a University honor that goes to a student-athlete who has performed with distinction in his or her sport and has contributed to the university community through participation in outreach activities.
addour presented Scholar-Athlete Awards to one outstanding member of each UNC team. Recipients of Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete Awards for 2003-04 were: Whitley Benson (baseball), Phillip McLamb (men's basketball), Candace Sutton (women's basketball), Scott Price (men's cross country), Shalane Flanagan (women's cross country), Kerry Falgowski (field hockey), Adam Shupe (men's fencing), Carolyn Hack (women's fencing), Andre Williams (football), Richard Treis (men's golf), Ashley Prange (women's golf), Maddy Curley (gymnastics), Paul Spellman (men's lacrosse), Meghan Kelly (women's lacrosse), Grace Wallenborn (rowing), Grant Porter (men's soccer), Jordan Walker (women's soccer), Jessica Graziano (softball), Yuri Suguiyama (men's swimming and diving), Becky Acker (women's swimming and diving), Jessi Perruquet (women's swimming and diving), Ben Aiken (men's tennis), Lee Bairos (women's tennis), Andy Craycraft (men's indoor track and field), Anissa Gainey (women's indoor track and field), Kevin Watson (men's outdoor track and field), Alice Schmidt (women's outdoor track and field), Tammy Foxworth (volleyball) and Venroy July (wrestling).
