Armando Bacot among Tar Heels to win prestigious honor
Armando Bacot is among a handful of Tar Heel student-athletes who earned a prestigious honor from the North Carolina Athletics Department.
The North Carolina Athletics department announced this year’s honorees for their annual Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athletes.
During every school year, this award is given to a member of each varsity program in recognition of their outstanding academic achievements. The recipients were honored during halftime of the men’s basketball game on Monday night.
The official press release states that all student-athletes who received the award have “represented their teams with distinction, balancing the demands of participating in a varsity sport while also excelling academically.” Most of the time, seniors are the student-athletes honored with the award, but there are some occasions in which juniors are selected.
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Armando Bacot is this year’s recipient for the UNC men’s basketball program. He headlines a list of 26 Tar Heels who have earned the award. Two student-athletes on the list, Onyedikachi Ohia-Enyia from men’s track and Abby Settlemyre from softball have earned the honor for the second consecutive school year.
Here is the complete list of Tar Heels who earned the 2021-2022 Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athletes award:
Armando Bacot, Men’s Basketball
Giovanni Biggers, Football
Tucker Burhans, Men’s Swimming & Diving
Brian Cernoch, Men’s Tennis
Alessandra De Vito, Rowing
Olivia Diaz, Volleyball
Dougie Ergood, Men’s Golf
Amanda Fedor, Women’s Lacrosse
Lucas Fernandez, Men’s Fencing
Joe Heilmann, Wrestling
Marz Josephson, Women’s Soccer
Anna Keefer, Women’s Track & Field
Julianna Love, Gymnastics
Heidi Lowe, Women’s Swimming & Diving
Nicole Lu, Women’s Golf
Aubrey Molloy, Women’s Fencing
Sam Moore, Men’s Soccer
Cameron Morra, Women’s Tennis
Caden O’Brien, Baseball
Onyedikachi Ohia-Enyia, Men’s Track & Field
Camryn Petit, Women’s Cross Country
Abby Pitcairn, Field Hockey
Will Robbins, Men’s Lacrosse
Abby Settlemyre, Softball
Malu Tshitenge, Women’s Basketball
Marshall Williamson, Men’s Cross Country
This is a prestigious honor that recognizes how these student-athletes are able to strive in the classroom while still balancing the demands of competing in their respective sports. It goes to show that the University of North Carolina is just as dedicated to their academics as they are to their competitive athletic teams.
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