University of North Carolina Athletics
Five Tar Heels Honored With Arthur Ashe Awards
May 12, 2005 | Field Hockey
May 4, 2005
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Five North Carolina student-athletes have been named Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars, as selected by Black Issues in Higher Education magazine. Courtney Bumpers (gymnastics), Ilsa Leon (women's lacrosse), Katy Tran (field hockey), Olivia Trusty (gymnastics) and Alison Yin (softball) received the award, which honors undergraduate students of color who excel academically and athletically.
To be selected, students must participate in an intercollegiate sport, maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.2 and be active on campus and/or in the community.
Bumpers, a junior from Stone Mountain, Ga., won the 2005 NCAA Championship in the floor exercise with a perfect 10.0 in the final after tying for the title in 2004. She was named Southeast Region Gymnast of the Year and was the EAGL (East Atlantic Gymnastics League) all-around co-champion as UNC claimed the crown. An environmental sciences major, she is a three-time EAGL All-Academic Team selection and will represent UNC at the 2005 NCAA Leadership Conference this summer.
Leon, a senior from Fairless Hill, Pa., has played in all 18 games this season and started 11 at defensive midfield. A biology major with a minor in chemistry, she is the squad's Academic Team Captain, an emergency room volunteer and a member of Carolina Outreach. She was the recipient of the team's Athletic Director's Scholar-Athlete Award for 2004-05.
Tran, a junior from Grantville, Pa., started at goalkeeper in every game last season as UNC won the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship. She earned All-ACC and All-ACC Tournament honors and led the conference with an 0.77 goals against average. A biology/exercise and sport science double major, Tran is a recipient of the 2005 ACC Top Six for Service Award and coordinates UNC's freshman student-athlete mentoring program, among other campus and community involvement.
Trusty, a senior from Baltimore, was named EAGL Senior of the Year after earning all-conference honors in vault, uneven bars, floor exercise and all-around. She is the recipient of an ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship and a four-year member of the EAGL All-Academic team. A member of the 2005 EAGL championship team, she is a political science major.
Yin, a junior from Glendale, Calif., has a 7-4 record and a 2.16 ERA this season as a pitcher. Working toward a double major in English and journalism, she is active in the community with Ronald McDonald House, Amnesty International and NCPIRG (North Carolina Public Interest Research Group). She has been honored as an NFCA (National Fastpitch Coaches Association) Scholar-Athlete and has earned spots on the Dean's List and ACC Honor Roll.
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