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TWU ATHLETICS HONORS STUDENT-ATHLETES AT ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET
 DENTON, Texas (Apr. 29) – Texas Woman’s University Intercollegiate Athletics held its 2006-07 athletic awards banquet this afternoon at Kitty Magee Arena in Pioneer Hall. Teams and individuals were honored for their athletic and academic accomplishments in basketball, gymnastics, soccer, softball, volleyball and athletic training.
“I am so impressed with the quality of our student-athletes and what they have been able to accomplish both athletically and academically during the 2006-07 school year,” TWU Director of Athletics Chalese Connors said. “Today’s banquet was a fitting way to recognize all of our student-athletes, coaches, and staff for their efforts over the last nine months.”
Dr. Ann Stuart, TWU Chancellor and President, was in attendance to present the 2006-07 President’s Award, the highest honor awarded to a current TWU student-athlete. This year’s recipient is senior volleyball player Robin Hawkins, who demonstrated outstanding excellence in her sport, in the classroom and in the promotion of TWU Athletics.
Hawkins (pictured) is a four-year letterwinner (2003-06) for the Pioneer volleyball team. As a freshman in 2003, she played in 63 games and helped TWU to a first-place tie in the Lone Star Conference North Division. She appeared in 111 games as a sophomore in 2004 and contributed to the Pioneers’ third place finish in the LSC North Division. In 2005, while serving as TWU’s team captain, she was named to the Lone Star Conference North Division All-Conference second team after leading the Pioneers in kills, aces, digs, and points. In 2006, while again serving as the Pioneers’ team captain, she led the squad with 59 service aces, was second on the club with 379 digs, and received LSC North Division All-Conference honorable mention recognition.
Hawkins has also piled up a lengthy list of academic accomplishments during her Pioneer career. She was voted to the Lone Star Conference All-Academic team in 2005 and 2006. She was also named to the Lone Star Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll in 2004 and 2005. In 2005, she was chosen for the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District VI Second Team. She has been a member of the TWU Dean’s List for eight semesters in a row and also recently received the 2007 TWU School of Management Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award.
Hawkins has served for the last two years (2005-06 and 2006-07) as the Vice President of the TWU Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). She has also been an active member of the 2007 Student Service Fee Allocation committee and the 2006 TWU Athletics Hall of Fame committee. Additionally, she is a member of the TWU honor society for business, Sigma Beta Delta and worked for one year, 2004-05, as a resident assistant for TWU housing. Robin has also performed community service projects with Adopt-A-Highway, the Apple Tree Project, the American Red Cross, and the TWU Adopt-A-Child at Christmas.
Four other Pioneer student-athletes were nominated for the President’s Award: senior Kelley Humphries, a four-year letterwinner in basketball; senior Lindsy Russ-Keller, a four-year letterwinner in softball; sophomore Aly Vincent, a two-year letterwinner in soccer; and senior Courtney Arno, a three-year letter winner in gymnastics.
The Kitty Magee Award, recognizing the most dedicated student-athlete, was given to senior gymnast Catherine Schnoes . The Jo Kuhn Award, which honors outstanding leadership, was given to Humphries. The athletic trainers selected sophomore soccer player Natalie Harrison for their Golden Cast Award, an honor given to the student-athlete who is the most conscientious about the treatment and rehabilitation of her injuries.
Outstanding Athlete Awards were given to an outstanding individual in each sport: Hawkins (volleyball), freshman Jessica Durr (basketball), Arno (gymnastics), Russ-Keller (softball) and sophomore Theresa Sanches (soccer) . The Outstanding Student Athletic Trainer Award was given to senior Woo Kyung Hwang.
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