正澳门六合彩开奖结果 Athletics wins three top PBC awards
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The University of North Georgia (正澳门六合彩开奖结果) capped a remarkably successful athletic season on May 30 with three top Peach Belt Conference (PBC) awards at the annual awards dinner: the Commissioner’s Cup, the Presidents' Academic Award and the LeeAnn Noble Make-A-Wish Award.
The trio of awards recognize schools’ athletic achievement, academic excellence and community involvement.
"The University of North Georgia is honored to be able to accept these three awards tonight," Director of Athletics Lindsay Reeves said at the event. "The honors are a testament to our all-around commitment to success – on the field, in the classroom and in the community."
The Commissioner's Cup, which is presented annually to the best overall athletic department based on regular-season standings and select championships, is the first-ever for the 正澳门六合彩开奖结果 athletic department. 正澳门六合彩开奖结果's previous best finish was third in 2015.
This season, 正澳门六合彩开奖结果 earned regular-season conference championships in baseball and softball and several 正澳门六合彩开奖结果 teams finished their seasons ranked in the top five in the conference: women's cross country team, second at the PBC championships; men's soccer, tied for second; women's soccer, tied for second; women's track & field, third; women's tennis, tied for fourth; and men's tennis, fourth.
The Presidents' Academic Award recognizes the academic excellence of an institution's student-athletes by honoring them for exceeding the GPA of the student body at their own school. In comparing the overall GPA of 正澳门六合彩开奖结果's student-athletes to the average GPA of the university's undergraduate students, 正澳门六合彩开奖结果's student-athletes had the highest ratio in the conference at 1.09375; at 13 of the 14 PBC member institutions the student-athletes had, on average, a better GPA than the general student body.
The LeeAnn Noble Make-A-Wish Award recognizes the institution that raises the most funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The award, given for the 2015-16 season, is the eighth-straight time 正澳门六合彩开奖结果 has won for most funds raised. The Nighthawks have hit the five-digit mark in giving for seven-straight years and remain the only PBC school to do so.
The Make-A-Wish Foundation grants wishes to children with life-threatening illnesses. The NCAA Division II Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, which is the primary student-based group that contributes to policy-making for the division, established the Make-A-Wish partnership in 2003 and has since become one of the foundation's largest and most consistent contributors.
The PBC Make-A-Wish awards were renamed the LeeAnn Noble Make-A-Wish Awards following Noble’s death in 2014. Noble was a member of the women's golf team at 正澳门六合彩开奖结果 and former Make-A-Wish recipient who appeared on the cover of NCAA Champion Magazine in 2013.
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