April 23, 2010

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ROCHESTER, Mich. - The Oakland University Department of Athletics honored Oakland's student-athletes during the annual Graduates and Champions banquet on Friday, April 23 in the Athletics Center O'Rena. The department honored its seniors and student-athlete performances over the course of the 2009-10 seasons.

The following awards were given out:

Hollie L. Lepley Award
The most prestigious award handed out by the Department of Athletics, these award-winners are nominated by their coaches and rewarded to the student-athletes who have accomplished the highest athletic achievement, academic achievement and community service.
Male Winner: Pat Downing (Men's Swimming and Diving)
Female Winner: Adrienne Leone (Women's Volleyball)

Scholarship Recipients
For the 2009-2010 Academic year, we are proud to recognize those student-athletes that were selected by the Athletics Scholarship Committee to receive Named, Endowed Athletic Scholarships. While many of our student-athletes receive some form of scholarship support, only five were honored with a Named award.

The Hugh & Nancy Elliott Scholarship
Riikka Terava (Women's Basketball)
Addison Brink, Jr. Scholarship
Agnes Solan (Women's Swimming and Diving)
The Lori MaCauley Scholarship
Keith Benson (Men's Basketball)
R. Michael O'Brien Scholarship
Joe Rodgers (Men's Swimming and Diving)
The Department of Athletics Scholarship
Laura Kwiatkowski (Women's Golf)

The Team Spirit Award
Oakland's athletic teams are awarded spirit points for attending athletic events throughout the 2009-10 seasons, showing Golden Grizzly pride for all sports. This award is given to the team that accumulated the most spirit points for the year.
Winner: Women's Swimming and Diving

Grizz Rock Video Winners
Oakland's teams had the option of creating a music video of Oakland University athletics and the three entries were shown during the Graduates and Champions banquet. Those in attendance voted on which one should win.
Winner: Women's Soccer

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