Whitley Named Female PBC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
HILTON
HEAD, S.C - USC Aiken women’s soccer player Annie Whitley was
named the 2009-10 Female Peach Belt Conference Scholar-Athlete of
the Year at the league’s annual meetings.
Whitley was chosen by the
conference’s Faculty Athletics Representatives, who looked at
information on each candidate and based their vote on 50 percent
academic accomplishment, 30 percent athletic achievement and 20
percent leadership qualities.
The
scholar-athlete award is the highest individual award presented by
the Peach Belt Conference. Whitley is the third USC Aiken
student-athlete to garner the award, joining Mandy Gerolstein
(2007-08) and Sarah Kendrick (2003-04).
Whitley graduated cum
laude with a 3.72 GPA from USC Aiken in May with degrees in Biology
and Chemistry.
A
native of Neptune Beach, Fla., she was twice selected for
participation in the National Science Foundation’s Research
Experience for Undergraduates program. She also did research at the
University of Georgia’s Savannah River Ecology Laboratory and
studied marine science at Texas A&M University.
She won an outstanding undergraduate presentation award from the
Society of Toxicology and Chemistry at their 2009 North American
meeting and received a scholarship from the Southeast Environmental
Management Association.
On the field, Whitley was a four-year starter for the Pacers,
serving as team captain in her junior and senior years.
She scored eight goals in her career, playing largely as a
defensive midfielder. She was named Peach Belt All-Conference
last season and earned the team’s most valuable player award.
She was also named to the ESPN the Magazine/CoSIDA Academic
All-District team and the PBC All-Academic team.
Named to USC Aiken’s Honor Roll List seven times, she
received the Frederick Carl Memorial Scholarship last fall and was
named the USC Aiken athletic department’s 2010 Female
Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Whitley plans to continue her studies in graduate school at the
University of Kentucky.
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