Historic Honors: Everidge and Walker Both Earn "Of the 一年" Awards Marking First 在会议历史中
2024年6月5日
礼貌的 富兰克林皮尔斯队, Director of Athletic Communications Luke Tracy
For the first time in conference and school history the Northeast-10 Man of the 一年 and Scholar-Athlete of the 一年 awards were named to not only a single school but 单一的运动项目. During the Northeast-10's year end awards ceremony on Tuesday evening, Graduate Assistant Connor Everidge (Baldwinville, MA) was named 2024 Man of the 一年 and senior Ryan Walker (Seabrook, NH) was named Scholar Athlete of the 一年.
Connor Everidge: Northeast-10 Conference Man of the 一年
For Everidge, the Man of the 一年 Award celebrated his hard work over the last five years not just for the Franklin Pierce University Track and Field team but for the 作为一个整体的社区.
In the classroom, Everidge earned his bachelors in Elementary Education in 2023 and 他以3分的成绩完成了本科学业.91年平均绩点. In August, he'll receive his MBA in 领导 他目前的成绩是一尘不染.0的绩点.
A member of the Franklin Pierce University Track and Field Team, Everidge was a two-time Northeast-10 Champion which included the weight 扔 in 2022 and the hammer 扔 in 2023. He collected a silver and a bronze medal in 2022 and 2024, both in the weight 扔.
Outside of the arena, Everidge was honored as the NE10 Elite 24 Award winner at the 2022 NE10 Championships which recognized the athlete with the highest GPA at the competition site and then in 2023 he was named the NE10 Indoor Track and Field Sports Excellence recipient for his success in athletics and academics.
When he wasn't in the weight room, at practice or hitting the books, Everidge accumulated more than 130 hours of community service at events ranging from coaching youth track and field athletes to clean up operations on the Franklin Pierce University Rindge 校园. The four-time team captain stayed busy in other ways as well including two terms as the SAAC male co-chair, three years as a peer leader, two years at the helm of the Justice in Action club, and in 2023 was named a Franklin Pierce University Dr. 马丁·路德·金. 社会正义奖获得者.
Ryan Walker: Northeast-10 Male Scholar-Athlete of the 一年
A four-year member of the Cross Country/Track and Field team, Walker spent his time 跑步、阅读和考试成绩. Majoring in 健康 Sciences, one of Franklin Pierce University's toughest curriculums, Walker put together a perfect 4.平均绩点0,毕业 作为2024届毕业生致告别辞.
Through his four years as a student, Walker received more than 20 academic awards including: 4x USTFCCCA National All-Academic Team, 2x COSIDA All-District, 2x Elite 24 Winner (2022,2024), and was named to the Dean's list seven times.
The three-time captain is a three-time Northeast-10 Champion and was named All-Conference a half dozen times in his three years of competing. 沃克也达到了国家标准 three times which qualified him for two Cross Country National Qualifiers.
意义
Digging into the Northeast-10 Conference record books, no institution has ever earned both the Man of the 一年 and Scholar Athlete of the 一年 awards in a single year; in 新太阳城网址's Cross Country/ Track and Field program reeled 在这两个.
"Connor and Ryan are commendable examples of our Raven student-athletes," said Franklin 皮尔斯体育总监雷切尔·伯勒森. “太阳城网址很幸运能看到他们 grow and compete in the crimson and grey over the last four/five years. 乌鸦的国家 为自己取得的成就感到骄傲吗. 他们的前途一片光明,我都等不及了 看他们的旅程展开."
Connor Everidge's recognition marked just the second time in school history that a Franklin Pierce University Student athlete received a Man/Woman of the 一年 award, with the last recipient being Franklin Pierce Women's Basketball player and FPU Hall of Famer Jo Leedham who received the honor in 2010. 李德姆的名字已刻骨铭心 the Division II Women's Basketball record books as the all-time leading scorer with 3,050职业积分.
As for Ryan Walker, he marked the fourth Franklin Pierce University student-athlete to receive a Scholar-Athlete of the 一年 award and the second for FPU Cross Country/ Track & Field following Riley Fenoff's (FPU Class of 2023) who earned the award a 一年之前.
"Both Ryan and Connor have been fantastic role models during their time as Ravens, for the Franklin Pierce community and beyond," said Head Coach Zach Emerson. “他们 were each multiple-time conference champions who always contributed to our team come meet day and they truly earned the respect of their peers with their intelligence, 同理心和责任感. I only wish that we had the ability to clone them!"
For more information on the awards banquet and the full list of other award winners, 点击这里.