Sheedy, Jackson Earn Pac-10 Medals
June 10, 2009
WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--Arizona's Craig Sheedy and Lara Jackson from the swimming and diving program were among recipients of the 2008-09 Pacific-10 Tom Hansen Conference Medal winners announced today.
A Conference Medal is awarded annually to each member institution's outstanding senior male and female student-athlete based on the exhibition of the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership.
The Pac-10 recently renamed the award the Tom Hansen Conference Medal in honor of Hansen, who is retiring at the end of June after serving 26 years as Commissioner of the Pac-10.
The Tom Hansen Conference Medal winners will be honored at the State Farm Pride of the Pac-10 Breakfast held in Los Angeles in conjunction with the Pac-10 Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments next March.
Sheedy was named a winner of the prestigious NCAA Walter Byers Scholarship last month, one of the NCAA's top honors for student-athletes. Jackson is a multiple All-American and NCAA champion who was on two winning relays at the NCAA Championships and won the 50 free with an American, U.S. and NCAA-record swim.
Members of UA's distinguished swimming and diving program have won eight of the last 10 Conference Medals in the past five years.
2008-09 Pacific-10 Tom Hansen Conference Medal Winners
|
School |
Men |
Women |
|
Arizona |
Craig Sheedy, Diving |
Lara Jackson, Swimming |
|
Arizona State |
Jeff Pendergraph, Basketball |
Kaitlin Cochran, Softball |
|
California |
Alex Mack, Football |
Dana Vollmer, Swimming |
|
Oregon |
Galen Rupp, Track & Field |
Anna Poponyak, Lacrosse |
|
Oregon State |
Andy Levitre, Football |
Saori Haruguchi, Swimming |
|
Stanford |
Sho Nakamori, Gymnastics |
Foluke Akinradewo, Volleyball |
|
UCLA |
Michael Look, Tennis |
Jade Machado, Volleyball |
|
USC |
Mark Sanchez, Football |
Rebecca Soni, Swimming |
|
Washington |
Jon Brockman, Basketball |
Ashley Charters, Softball |
|
Washington State |
Taylor Rochestie, Basketball |
Sara Trane, Track & Field |
Pacific-!0 Conference Medal Winners - University of Arizona 2009 Craig Sheedy, Diving Lara Jackson, Swimming 2008 Albert Subirats, Swimming Lacey Nymeyer, Swimming 2007 Adam Ritter, Swimming Whitney Myers, Swimming 2006 Simon Burnett, Swimming Alicia Hollowell, Softball 2005 Channing Frye, Basketball Emily Mason, Swimming 2004 Chris Nallen, Golf Wendy Allen, Softball 2003 Jason Johnson, Football Lovieanne Jung, Softball 2002 Brandon Nash, Football Jennie Finch, Softball 2001 Patrick Nduwimana, Cross Country/Track &Field Lauren Bauer, Softball 2000 Ryk Neethling, Swimming Heidi Hornbeek, Gymnastics 1999 Abdi Abdirahman, Cross Country/Track &Field Amy Skieresz, Cross Country/Track &Field 1998 Joe Salave'a, Football Nancy Evans, Softball 1997 Wayne Wyatt, Football Leah O'Brien, Softball 1996 Jan Anderson, Tennis Jenny Dalton, Softball 1995 Martin Keino, Cross Country/Track Amy Chellevold, Softball 1994 Michael McQuitty, Swimming Tanya Hughes, Track & Field 1993 Jason Thompson, Baseball Stacy Fowlkes, Gymnastics 1992 John Fina, Football Lori Detweiler, Diving 1991 Trev Anderson, Golf Sharon Manship, Track & Field 1990 Derek Huff, Track & Field Stacy Engel, Softball 1988 Chuck Cecil, Football Yolanda Turner, Basketball 1987 Chip Hale, Baseball 1986 Gordon Bunch, Football 1985 George DiCarlo, Swimming 1984 Ivan Lesnik, Football 1983 Jeff Hess, Cross Country/Track & Field 1982 Jim Bagnall, Baseball 1981 Ted Staren, Tennis 1980 Joe Nehls, Football 1979 Jeff Whitton, Football
