May 01, 2008
Track and field athletes Terry Dike (Houston) and Jessica Wingfield (Richardson) earned a sweep of the Prentice Gautt Big 12 Postgraduate Scholarship Awards which were presented during the 18th-annual CHAMPS Awards Banquet at The Zone Clun in Kyle Field.
A two-time NCAA All-American in the javelin, Wingfield placed 10th at the NCAA Championship in 2005 and 2007. Her career best mark of 164 feet ranks No. 7 on the Texas A&M all-time list. She is a four-time Texas A&M/Verizon Scholar-Athlete Award Winner, having earned the 4.0 GPA award three times.
She is also a three-time Big 12 All-Academic Team member and a McFadden Endowed Scholarship Recipient. Wingfield has already been accepted into medical school at the University of Texas at Houston.
Dike improved his career best mark in the triple jump to 49-6 in 2008, placing third at the Texas Invitational and qualifying for the NCAA Midwest Regional meet. He is a Craig C. Brown Senior Engineer semifinalist, a three-time Verizon Scholar-Athlete Award winner, a two-time member of the Big 12 All-Academic Team and recipient of the Ernst H. & Eva C. Gras Memorial Endowment. Dike, a former student body president candidate, is planning to attend law school following graduation.
Two track and field members were among athletes honored for being CHAMPS 101 Teaching Assistants. The group included men?â„¢s swimmer Alejandro Jacobo (Le?n, Gto., Mexico), softball player Megan Gibson (Spring), track & field athletes Ashley McCarty (Sanger) and Chad Stoermer (San Antonio), women?â„¢s basketball player LaToya Gulley (Fayetteville, Ark.) and women?â„¢s swimmer Sally Ranzau (Alpharetta, Ga.). CHAMPS 101 is a required course for all first-year student-athletes.
Allison George (St. Andrew?â„¢s, Grenada) won the Female Heart of the Learning Center Award. The award is presented to the individual who personifies the mission and goals of the Learning Center. Allison was nominated for her hard work, perseverance and positive attitude despite the challenge of missing so much class time due to travel with the team this semester.