Boston College Athletics
Three Student-Athletes Receive ACC Postgraduate Scholarships
March 12, 2009 | Boston College Athletics
March 12, 2009
Greensboro, N.C. - Boston College seniors Caroline Byron, Bob Dirks, and Emily Hannigan were three of 42 ACC student-athletes honored as postgraduate scholarship recipients, announced by the Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John D. Swofford on Monday.
The Weaver-James-Corrigan awards are given to selected student-athletes who intend to pursue a graduate-level degree following graduation. Each recipient will receive $5,000 to use towards his or her graduate education.
Byron, a four-year member of the swimming and diving team, was named to the All-ACC Academic team in 2007 and 2008. She is a three-time winner of the Athletics Director's Award for Academic Achievement and earned the Mary Pawlak Award for Special Recognition in 2008. Byron holds the school record in both the 100 and 200 yard freestyle and has a share of four different school relay records. She set the BC all-time dual meet scoring record in 2009. Byron will graduate in May 2009 as a human development major in the Lynch School of Education.
Dirks, a four-year starter on the field hockey team, is a four-time All-ACC Academic selection and two-time NFHCA All-Academic squad member. She has earned the Athletics Director's Award for Academic Achievement three times. Dirks is a three-time All America first team selection, a four-time All-Northeast Region first team selection and two time ECAC All-Star. She holds the BC record for points in a career with 150 points in four years. In May, she will graduate from the Carroll School of Management with a degree in finance.
Hannigan, a four-year starter for the lacrosse team is a three-time All-ACC Academic selection, a three-time recipient of the Athletics Director's Award for Academic Achievement and IWLCA Academic Honor Roll in 2008 in her junior season. She will graduate from the College of Arts and Sciences with a Communications Degree in May.
The Weaver-James-Corrigan award is named in honor of the late Jim Weaver and Bob James as well as Gene Corrigan, all former ACC commissioners. Student-athletes receiving the award have performed with distinction in both the classroom and in their respective sports, while demonstrating exemplary conduct in the community. The 42 student-athletes will be honored April 15, 2009, in Greensboro, N.C., at a luncheon hosted by the Nat Greene Kiwanis Club. The luncheon will be held at the Koury Convention Center.
