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Big South Recognizes Gardner-Webb Student-Athletes At Spring Meetings
June 02, 2022 | Cross Country, General, Swimming, Track & Field, Women's Soccer
HILTON HEAD, S.C. – Gardner-Webb had five student-athletes honored at the annual Big South Conference Awards banquet Wednesday night at the league's spring meetings.
The meetings are being held this week at The Westin Resort on Hilton Head Island.
The trio of Jonathan Frye, Faith Parandhamaia and Louise Schmidtgen received the George A. Christenberry Award, which is given annually to the league's student-athletes who attain the highest GPA during their undergraduate collegiate careers.
Gardner-Webb's Anna Fisher received the Bob McClosky Insurance Graduate Fellowship and Jennifer Escalera received the Sunbelt Rentals Scholarship.
Frye, who majored in biology/biomedical sciences at Gardner-Webb, Parandhamaia, who majored in business management, as well as Schmidtgen, who majored in international business/computer science, all completed their respective undergraduate degrees with perfect cumulative GPA's of 4.0.
The Big South Conference Graduate Fellowship Program was established by the league in the Fall of 2005 as a means of recognizing the academic excellence of Big South Conference student-athletes who intend to pursue postgraduate studies upon graduation from a Big South Conference institution.
Fish started all 48 contests she played at Gardner-Webb since joining the squad in 2019, and logged 4,183 career minutes of action. She helped the Runnin' Bulldogs reach the Big South Women's Soccer Championship game in 2019, in addition to recording an assist during the 2021 spring season against Charleston Southern. Fish will pursue her Masters of Physiology at North Carolina State University in the fall.
The Big South's Sunbelt Rentals Scholarship Program for minorities, women and veterans has been a part of the league for 14 years. The grant is awarded to students entering their final semester as an undergraduate student at a Big South member institution.
Escalera is a redshirt sophomore distance runner with Gardner-Webb Track & Field and Cross Country. The Rutherfordton, N.C., native competes in the 1,500-meter, 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter events in track for the Runnin' Bulldogs. She has run in each of the past two Big South Conference Cross Country.
Gardner-Webb has been a full member of the Big South Conference since 2008.
The meetings are being held this week at The Westin Resort on Hilton Head Island.
The trio of Jonathan Frye, Faith Parandhamaia and Louise Schmidtgen received the George A. Christenberry Award, which is given annually to the league's student-athletes who attain the highest GPA during their undergraduate collegiate careers.
Gardner-Webb's Anna Fisher received the Bob McClosky Insurance Graduate Fellowship and Jennifer Escalera received the Sunbelt Rentals Scholarship.
Frye, who majored in biology/biomedical sciences at Gardner-Webb, Parandhamaia, who majored in business management, as well as Schmidtgen, who majored in international business/computer science, all completed their respective undergraduate degrees with perfect cumulative GPA's of 4.0.
The Big South Conference Graduate Fellowship Program was established by the league in the Fall of 2005 as a means of recognizing the academic excellence of Big South Conference student-athletes who intend to pursue postgraduate studies upon graduation from a Big South Conference institution.
Fish started all 48 contests she played at Gardner-Webb since joining the squad in 2019, and logged 4,183 career minutes of action. She helped the Runnin' Bulldogs reach the Big South Women's Soccer Championship game in 2019, in addition to recording an assist during the 2021 spring season against Charleston Southern. Fish will pursue her Masters of Physiology at North Carolina State University in the fall.
The Big South's Sunbelt Rentals Scholarship Program for minorities, women and veterans has been a part of the league for 14 years. The grant is awarded to students entering their final semester as an undergraduate student at a Big South member institution.
Escalera is a redshirt sophomore distance runner with Gardner-Webb Track & Field and Cross Country. The Rutherfordton, N.C., native competes in the 1,500-meter, 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter events in track for the Runnin' Bulldogs. She has run in each of the past two Big South Conference Cross Country.
Gardner-Webb has been a full member of the Big South Conference since 2008.
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