Four Hurricanes to Receive ACC Postgraduate Scholarships
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – University of Miami student-athletes Emily Auld (women’s soccer), Christopher Barr (baseball), Davon Reed (men’s basketball) and Julia Schippert (women’s swimming) were selected by the Atlantic Coast Conference today as the 2017 Weaver-James-Corrigan Award recipients.
The four Hurricanes will be honored at the annual Cone Health ACC Postgraduate Luncheon hosted by the Nat Greene Kiwanis Club and presented by ESPN on April 12 at the Sheraton Four Seasons Hotel Imperial Ballroom in Greensboro, N.C.
The Weaver-James-Corrigan and Jim and Pat Thacker postgraduate scholarships are awarded to selected student-athletes who intend to pursue a graduate degree following completion of their undergraduate requirements.
Each recipient will receive $5,000 toward his or her graduate education. Those honored have performed with distinction in both the classroom and their respective sport, while demonstrating exemplary conduct in the community.
In addition, to those receiving scholarship funds, Reed is one of nine ACC student-athletes that will receive the Weaver-James-Corrigan Honorary Award. The Weaver-James-Corrigan Award is named in honor of the late Jim Weaver and Bob James, as well as Gene Corrigan, the first three ACC commissioners.
Auld played multiple positions during her time at Miami, aiding the Hurricanes wherever she was needed. She started 40 matches during her four-year career, including 18 of 19 during her senior season. In her final campaign, she helped Miami finish 10-8-1 (5-5-0 ACC), good for its best record in five years and most conference victories ever. A 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-District 4 Team honoree, Auld was the first Hurricane to garner the accolade since 2010. Auld, in an accelerated accounting program, has a 3.963 undergraduate GPA. She has recorded a 4.0 GPA in six of her seven semesters.
Barr, a 2016 All-ACC Academic Team selection, has served as Miami’s starting first baseman since 2015. Known for his dominant glove and ability on the base paths, Barr has made 148 starts and played in 177 games since 2013. He has scored 115 runs, 148 hits, 14 doubles, nine triples, one home run, 63 RBI and 35 steals. He has served on the UM Student-Athlete-Advisory Committee and has volunteered at local baseball youth clinics and camps during his time at Miami.
Reed leads the Hurricanes on and off the basketball court. He is among the top ACC players in five statistical categories, and earlier this season he joined Miami’s 1,000-point club. Reed is majoring in sports administration and double minoring in marketing and communications. He was named to the NABC Honors Court and CoSIDA Academic All-District team, which makes him eligible for Academic All-America honors. Reed also serves on Miami’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, is an elementary school pen pal, has volunteered at the Miami Homeless Shelter and is an intern in the athletics-marketing department.
Schippert anchored Miami’s breaststrokers during her four seasons in orange and green, earning Miami key points in the events throughout her career. She finished with two NCAA “B” cut times at last year’s ACC Championships, and has been Miami’s top performer in the stroke since arriving on campus in 2013. A native of Sweden and an international finance and marketing major, Schippert will return to her home country upon graduation for graduate school.
