Converse Wins Prestigious Body, 心 & 灵魂博士. 艾伦·帕特森杯
During the 2024 Conference Carolinas annual end-of-year awards banquet, 大学交流 was named the winner of the prestigious Body, 心 & 灵魂博士. 艾伦·帕特森杯 for the 2023-24 academic year.
“What a moment it was to hear our amazing institution’s name called on Tuesday night,” 大学交流 Director of 体育运动 Jenn Bell said. “After years of pursuing excellence, we are starting to see the fruits of our labor, and it is incredibly rewarding. I am so proud of the work our staff and student-athletes have put in, as we have proven that we can win championships while displaying good sportsmanship and continuing our academic success.”
“We have proven that we can win championships while displaying good sportsmanship and continuing our academic success.”
Director of 体育运动 Jenn Bell
This is the sixth year of the Body, 心 & 灵魂博士. 艾伦·帕特森杯, the ultimate comprehensive conference annual award. The award recognizes the member institution with the best average ranking when combining the Hawn Cup, the Sharp Award and the Messick Award. It is named after the former Conference Carolinas Commissioner who served 32 years as the Commissioner of Conference Carolinas before retiring after the 2018-19 academic year.
运动, the Valkyries had their best finish ever in the final Hawn Cup standings, finishing fifth overall this season. 过去的这个赛季, the Valkyries won championships in both women’s cross country and indoor women’s track & 场. Converse also had runner-up finishes in both men’s soccer and outdoor women’s track & 场. The Valkyries set a new program record this year, sending 18 teams to the postseason.
单独, the Valkyries had ten individual event champions, 69 athletes named to all-conference teams, seven athletes named to all-tournament teams, a Freshman of the Year award winner and the Women’s Indoor Track & 年度最佳田径运动员.
In the Messick Sportsmanship Award overall standings, the Valkyries finished fourth. 在男子积分榜上, the Valkyries finished second behind Belmont Abbey, 而在女性方面, the Valkyries placed fifth. 在秋季, the women’s soccer team won the Messick Sportsmanship Award; during the winter season, the men’s swim team captured the award. The Valkyries also had top-five finishes from the men’s soccer team, women’s indoor track & 场 team, and the women’s swim team.
The Alan Sharp Award is 给n out annually to the member institution with the highest student-athlete graduation rate as determined by the faculty-athletics representatives. Converse is the only school in the conference to have won the award on six occasions. Once again, the Valkyries were in the top five of the Alan Sharp Award standings.
In the classroom this year, the Valkyries athletic teams excelled once again. 总共 206名运动员入选 to the Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll, 115 athletes earned a spot on the Dean’s List, and 70 student-athletes earned Academic All-Conference accolades.