SAN FRANCISCO – The 2017-18 Pac-12 Tom Hansen Conference Medal recipients were announced today. A Conference Medal is awarded annually to each member institution's outstanding senior male and female student-athlete based on the exhibition of the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership.
Conference medal winners have been named every year since the 1960-61 academic year. In 2009, the Pac-12 renamed the award the Tom Hansen Conference Medal in honor of Hansen, who retired at the end of June 2009 after serving for 26 years as Commissioner of the Pac-10.
Dusan Ristic, Basketball (Novi Sad, Serbia) – Became all-time winningest player in program history with 115 victories… 2018 Second Team All-Pac-12, Pac-12 All-Tournament Team… 28th player in program history to finish his career with 1,000 points/500 rebounds… Left McKale Center on Senior Day with one of the most memorable exits, shedding his jersey as he checked out while wearing an undershirt that read "Thank You Arizona" on the front and "Dusan Loves Tucson" on the back.
Claire Green, Cross Country/Track & Field (Louisville, Colo.) – Graduated with a degree in Marketing from the Eller College of Management… Three-time All-America honoree, earning second-team All-America honors in the mile at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships, second-team honors in the 3,000 meters at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Championships, and added All-America honors in cross country as well with a 24th-place finish at the 2017 national meet… Set a career mark in the mile race (4:39.23) at the 2017 MPSF Championships, posting the second fastest time in UA history… She holds the school record in the indoor 3K (9:05.94)… 2017 second team Pac-12 All-Academic honors in both cross country and track and field…NCAA Woman of the Year nominee… Member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
