April 4, 2007
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Commodore track & field athlete Erika Schneble and tennis player Jordan Magarik and have been nominated Wednesday by Vanderbilt for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship.
The H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship has been presented by the Southeastern Conference since 1986 to the league’s top male and female scholar-athletes. The SECThe Southeastern Conference will name the 2007 recipients of the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship on April 6 in conjunction with National Student-Athlete Day.
Schneble, a senior from Hendersonville, N.C., earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in May 2006 in Neuroscience and Art History, graduating Magna cum Laude. She is currently working on a Masters of Art degree and has a 3.90 grade point average.
She is three year member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll (2006-07 SEC Honor Roll announced later in spring). She was named District IV Academic All-American in 2004. She was named a Vanderbilt University College of Arts & Sciences Scholar in 2002 and has been on the Dean’s List each semester. She was also named as one of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Community of Scholars, a research community participating in scientific research.
A four-year letterwinner at Vanderbilt, she won the SEC championship in the 5,000 meter run in 2004 outdoors and was the runner-up in 2006 outdoors and 2004 indoors. Schneble was an All-America in 2004, finishing eighth at the NCAA Championships in the 5,000 meter run. She was also All-SEC in cross country in 2003 and is the school’s record holder in the 5,000 meter run.
Magarik, a senior from Winchester, Va., has a 3.44 grade point average, with a major in Neuroscience. He is a three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection (2006-07 SEC Honor Roll announced later in spring). He has also earned Dean’s List honors for two semesters and was a two-time member of the SEC Good Works Team. A three-year letterman and starter, he played 21 matches last season and had SEC wins against Kentucky, Tennessee and LSU.
He has offered his services to several organizations, including Georgetown Hospital where he logged over 70 hours in 2005 at the neurosurgery and child cancer centers. Last summer, Magarik will spend a month in Kampala, Uganda where he will be work with project Reach-Out, a non-governmental organization that provides clinical care and support to Uganda’s with HIV/Aids.
The SEC Office will be releasing each of its institution’s nominees periodically until the April 6 winners are announced. Nominees from the 12 SEC member schools are:
Alabama – Emeel Salem, Baseball (Male) / Aymara Albury, Track & Field (Female)
Arkansas – Adam Perkins, Track & Field/Cross Country (Male) / Sarah Pfeifer, Basketball (Female)
Auburn – Steven Segerlin, Swimming & Diving (Male) / Natalie Burton, Equestrian (Female)
Florida – Lee Humphrey, Basketball (Male) / Kelli Eisenbrown, Soccer (Female)
Georgia – Brendon Todd, Golf (Male) / Kellie Middleton, Softball (Female)
Kentucky – Nathan Li, Soccer (Male) / Krystle Cook, Gymnast (Female)
LSU – Andrew Keane, Diving (Male) / Hali Saucier, Diving (Female)
Ole Miss – Todd Abernethy, Basketball (Male) / Ashley Ferree, Soccer (Female)
Miss. State – Keith Andrews, Football (Male) / Michelle Kinney, Softball (Female)
South Carolina – Ryan Leeton, Soccer (Male) / McKenna Hughes, Softball (Female)
Tennessee – Jeff Day, Track & Field (Male) / Katie Flaute, Track & Field (Female)
Vanderbilt – Jordan Magarik, Tennis (Male) / Erika Schneble, Track & Field / Cross Country (Female)
National Student-Athlete Day is held each April 6 to celebrate outstanding student-athletes who have achieved excellence in academics and athletics while having made significant contributions to the community. It is also a time to recognize those parents, teachers, coaches and school systems which make it possible for young people to find the balance between academics and athletics.
Each year, the SEC, in conjunction with AT&T, an SEC Corporate Champion, provides the league’s male and female McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship recipients with a $10,000 post-graduate scholarship. The 22 remaining male and female finalists for the award will also receive a $5,000 post-graduate scholarship. The award recipients are chosen by a committee of Faculty Athletics Representatives from the 12 SEC institutions and are honored at the SEC Spring Meetings in Sandestin, Fla. on May 31.
Last year’s recipients were Florida basketball player Sarah Lowe and LSU football player Rudy Niswanger.
