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Four Tar Heels Earn ACC Postgraduate Recognition
February 24, 2023 | Men's Basketball, Softball, Women's Gymnastics, Swimming & Diving, Academics
Four Tar Heels have been honored as 2023 Weaver-James-Corrigan-Swofford Postgraduate Scholarship Awards, as announced on Friday by the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Armando Bacot (men's basketball), Elizabeth Culton (gymnastics) Anton Down-Jenkins (swimming & diving), Destiny Middleton (softball) are among the ACC's 53 honorees.
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Down-Jenkins and Middleton are among the ACC Postgraduate Scholars and Culton is the recipient of a Jim & Pat Thacker Scholarship. Each will receive a $6,000 scholarship to use in the pursuit of graduate studies.
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Bacot is an honorary nominee, among a group of 11 recipients who plan to pursue professional careers in their sports.
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This year's class of postgraduate scholarship recipients will be highlighted in a one-hour show on ACC Network that will air in May.
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A center from Richmond, Va., Bacot is majoring in exercise and sport science.
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An all-around competitor from Durham, Culton is majoring in psychology.
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A diver from Wellingon, New Zealand, Down-Jenkins is majoring in advertising and public relations.
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A third baseman from Forsyth, Ga., Middleton is majoring in human development and family sciences.
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The ACC has selected postgraduate scholarship recipients annually since 1971. Over that time, the league has provided nearly $4.7 million to more than 1,000 ACC student-athletes.
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Armando Bacot (men's basketball), Elizabeth Culton (gymnastics) Anton Down-Jenkins (swimming & diving), Destiny Middleton (softball) are among the ACC's 53 honorees.
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Down-Jenkins and Middleton are among the ACC Postgraduate Scholars and Culton is the recipient of a Jim & Pat Thacker Scholarship. Each will receive a $6,000 scholarship to use in the pursuit of graduate studies.
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Bacot is an honorary nominee, among a group of 11 recipients who plan to pursue professional careers in their sports.
Â
This year's class of postgraduate scholarship recipients will be highlighted in a one-hour show on ACC Network that will air in May.
Â
A center from Richmond, Va., Bacot is majoring in exercise and sport science.
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An all-around competitor from Durham, Culton is majoring in psychology.
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A diver from Wellingon, New Zealand, Down-Jenkins is majoring in advertising and public relations.
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A third baseman from Forsyth, Ga., Middleton is majoring in human development and family sciences.
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The ACC has selected postgraduate scholarship recipients annually since 1971. Over that time, the league has provided nearly $4.7 million to more than 1,000 ACC student-athletes.
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