Dillon Named Murphy Osborne Award Finalist
HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Coker College senior Becky Dillon (West Palm Beach, Fla.) has been
selected as a finalist for the 2012 Conference Carolinas Murphy
Osborne Award. The award is given to the conference student-athlete
determined to have the most outstanding academic achievements.
Dillon, a right-handed pitcher on the softball team, is one of 10
finalists.
“Becky is a prime example of a well-rounded student-athlete
at Coker,” said athletic director Lynn Griffin. “She is
an excellent nomination for the Murphy Osborne Award.”
A communication major with minors in business and Spanish, Dillon
spent the fall semester studying in Costa Rica. She is currently
completing an internship as part of her Spanish minor. By the end
of the semester, Dillon will have accumulated 135 internship hours
as a tutor with the English for Speakers of Other Languages of
Darlington County public schools, a program coordinated by Valerie
Nuñez.
To be eligible for the Murphy Osborne Award, a student must be a
senior student-athlete with a minimum GPA of 3.25. The student must
be a full-time student at the time of nomination, must have been a
full-time student for at least two years at the member school and
must be a starter or important substitute in a conference sport.
The recipient is selected by the conference faculty athletic
representatives, and the winner will be announced March 21.
The other finalists for the award are: Pier-Alexandre Desilets of
Barton College; Steven Thiele of Belmont Abbey College; Shannon
Bishop of Converse College; Vincent Chauvette of Erskine College;
Ashley Pittman of King College; Milissa Rydzik of Limestone
College; Lyndsey McIntyre of Mount Olive College; Garrett Dranichak
of Pfeiffer University; and Chantel Dodge of Queens University of
Charlotte.
Conference Carolinas is a NCAA Division II athletic conference
currently made up of 12 teams from North Carolina, South Carolina
and Tennessee. These institutions consist of: Barton College,
Belmont Abbey College, Coker College, Converse College, Erskine
College, King College, Lees-McRae College, Limestone College, Mount
Olive College, North Greenville University, Pfeiffer University and
Queens University of Charlotte.
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Coker College readies undergraduates for personal and
professional success through a distinctive four-year program that
emphasizes a practical application of the liberal arts as well as
hands-on and discussion-based learning within and beyond the
classroom. Coker is ranked among the “Best Colleges” in
the South by U.S. News & World Report as well as The Princeton
Review. Located in Hartsville, S.C., Coker is within two hours of
the cultural, financial and recreational resources of Charlotte,
Columbia, Charleston and Myrtle Beach.
For more information, contact Chris Dougherty, Manager of Athletics Media Relations,
at 843-383-8018 or cdougherty@coker.edu.