Post by runaggierun on Mar 26, 2008 7:38:03 GMT -5
SCHOLAR ATHLETES HONORED AT LUNCHEON
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Eighty-seven Aggie athletes honored for having a 3.0 or higher
Scholar Athletes
GREENSBORO, March 25, 2008 – On Tuesday, North Carolina A&T senior linebacker Davion Hemphill became the first student-athlete in the nine-year history of the Student-Athletes’ Academic Excellence Luncheon to give the keynote speech.
If he did nothing else, he certainly paved the way for other student-athletes to do the same in the future with an outstanding speech that focused on N.C. A&T student-athletes giving back to the community that supports N.C. A&T athletics.
“We should be leaders on our campus, in our community and on our sports teams,’’ said Hemphill. “It is our responsibility to give back more than we have been given. It is up to us to help someone beat the odds like many of us did.”
Hemphill was one of 87 student-athletes honored at the Student Union’s Exhibition Hall for accumulating a 3.0 GPA or higher. “I can’t hide my excitement when I look out in this room and see how many student-athletes are here,’’ said interim director of athletics Wheeler Brown. “There are more than a third of our student athletes in this room right now. That is tremendous. But there is room for more.”
The Aggie cheer squad took the mantle for the most student-athletes recognized with 15 names called. Football (13), baseball (12) and softball followed (11).
Percentage wise, the Aggies swim team took the honor. More than 85 percent of Shawn Hendrix’s team was recognized followed by the Courtney Stith’s bowling team, which had 80 percent of their roster recognized. Softball and women’s tennis were the other sports who had more than 50 percent of their roster made up of scholar athletes.
Hemphill reminded his fellow Aggie student-athletes while there accomplishments on the field and in the classroom are remarkable, they should always remember they are carrying the legacy of Aggie Pride. “If a legacy is to continue, it must give back. I once heard someone say, ‘Kindness is like a cat. Once you give it away, it always comes back.’ “
www.ncataggies.com/A&T%20Athletics/aggieacademics08.htm
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Eighty-seven Aggie athletes honored for having a 3.0 or higher
Scholar Athletes
GREENSBORO, March 25, 2008 – On Tuesday, North Carolina A&T senior linebacker Davion Hemphill became the first student-athlete in the nine-year history of the Student-Athletes’ Academic Excellence Luncheon to give the keynote speech.
If he did nothing else, he certainly paved the way for other student-athletes to do the same in the future with an outstanding speech that focused on N.C. A&T student-athletes giving back to the community that supports N.C. A&T athletics.
“We should be leaders on our campus, in our community and on our sports teams,’’ said Hemphill. “It is our responsibility to give back more than we have been given. It is up to us to help someone beat the odds like many of us did.”
Hemphill was one of 87 student-athletes honored at the Student Union’s Exhibition Hall for accumulating a 3.0 GPA or higher. “I can’t hide my excitement when I look out in this room and see how many student-athletes are here,’’ said interim director of athletics Wheeler Brown. “There are more than a third of our student athletes in this room right now. That is tremendous. But there is room for more.”
The Aggie cheer squad took the mantle for the most student-athletes recognized with 15 names called. Football (13), baseball (12) and softball followed (11).
Percentage wise, the Aggies swim team took the honor. More than 85 percent of Shawn Hendrix’s team was recognized followed by the Courtney Stith’s bowling team, which had 80 percent of their roster recognized. Softball and women’s tennis were the other sports who had more than 50 percent of their roster made up of scholar athletes.
Hemphill reminded his fellow Aggie student-athletes while there accomplishments on the field and in the classroom are remarkable, they should always remember they are carrying the legacy of Aggie Pride. “If a legacy is to continue, it must give back. I once heard someone say, ‘Kindness is like a cat. Once you give it away, it always comes back.’ “
