June 10, 2009
WALNUT CREEK, Calif.--Arizona's Craig Sheedy and Lara Jackson from the swimming and diving program were among recipients of the 2008-09 Pacific-10 Tom Hansen Conference Medal winners 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.
The Pac-10 recently renamed the award the Tom Hansen Conference Medal in honor of Hansen, who is retiring at the end of June after serving 26 years as Commissioner of the Pac-10.
The Tom Hansen Conference Medal winners will be honored at the State Farm Pride of the Pac-10 Breakfast held in Los Angeles in conjunction with the Pac-10 Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments next March.
Sheedy was named a winner of the prestigious NCAA Walter Byers Scholarship last month, one of the NCAA's top honors for student-athletes. Jackson is a multiple All-American and NCAA champion who was on two winning relays at the NCAA Championships and won the 50 free with an American, U.S. and NCAA-record swim.
Members of UA's distinguished swimming and diving program have won eight of the last 10 Conference Medals in the past five years.
2008-09 Pacific-10 Tom Hansen Conference Medal Winners
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School
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Men
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Women
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Arizona
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Craig Sheedy, Diving
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Lara Jackson, Swimming
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Arizona State
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Jeff Pendergraph, Basketball
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Kaitlin Cochran, Softball
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California
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Alex Mack, Football
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Dana Vollmer, Swimming
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Oregon
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Galen Rupp, Track & Field
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Anna Poponyak, Lacrosse
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Oregon State
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Andy Levitre, Football
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Saori Haruguchi, Swimming
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Stanford
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Sho Nakamori, Gymnastics
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Foluke Akinradewo, Volleyball
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UCLA
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Michael Look, Tennis
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Jade Machado, Volleyball
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USC
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Mark Sanchez, Football
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Rebecca Soni, Swimming
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Washington
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Jon Brockman, Basketball
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Ashley Charters, Softball
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Washington State
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Taylor Rochestie, Basketball
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Sara Trane, Track & Field
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Pacific-!0 Conference Medal Winners - University of Arizona
2009 Craig Sheedy, Diving
Lara Jackson, Swimming
2008 Albert Subirats, Swimming
Lacey Nymeyer, Swimming
2007 Adam Ritter, Swimming
Whitney Myers, Swimming
2006 Simon Burnett, Swimming
Alicia Hollowell, Softball
2005 Channing Frye, Basketball
Emily Mason, Swimming
2004 Chris Nallen, Golf
Wendy Allen, Softball
2003 Jason Johnson, Football
Lovieanne Jung, Softball
2002 Brandon Nash, Football
Jennie Finch, Softball
2001 Patrick Nduwimana, Cross Country/Track &Field
Lauren Bauer, Softball
2000 Ryk Neethling, Swimming
Heidi Hornbeek, Gymnastics
1999 Abdi Abdirahman, Cross Country/Track &Field
Amy Skieresz, Cross Country/Track &Field
1998 Joe Salave'a, Football
Nancy Evans, Softball
1997 Wayne Wyatt, Football
Leah O'Brien, Softball
1996 Jan Anderson, Tennis
Jenny Dalton, Softball
1995 Martin Keino, Cross Country/Track
Amy Chellevold, Softball
1994 Michael McQuitty, Swimming
Tanya Hughes, Track & Field
1993 Jason Thompson, Baseball
Stacy Fowlkes, Gymnastics
1992 John Fina, Football
Lori Detweiler, Diving
1991 Trev Anderson, Golf
Sharon Manship, Track & Field
1990 Derek Huff, Track & Field
Stacy Engel, Softball
1988 Chuck Cecil, Football
Yolanda Turner, Basketball
1987 Chip Hale, Baseball
1986 Gordon Bunch, Football
1985 George DiCarlo, Swimming
1984 Ivan Lesnik, Football
1983 Jeff Hess, Cross Country/Track & Field
1982 Jim Bagnall, Baseball
1981 Ted Staren, Tennis
1980 Joe Nehls, Football
1979 Jeff Whitton, Football
