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Academic Services for Student-Athletes

BIG EAST Scholar-Athletes

Each year The BIG EAST awards a male and female Scholar-Athlete of the Year, a male and female Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and a Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Nomination and selection of this prestigious award are based on academic excellence and outstanding athletic performance.

The BIG EAST also annually awards post-graduate scholarship grants to two student-athletes from every member institution pursing graduate or professional studies.

*Only Notre Dame student-athletes on teams participating in the BIG EAST are eligible for the award.

BIG EAST Scholar-Athletes of the Year
1997	Jen Renola	Women’s Soccer
1998	Errol Williams	Men’s Track & Field
2000	Jenny (Streiffer) Mascaro	Women’s Soccer
2001	Ruth Riley	Women’s Basketball
2002	Jarrah Myers	Softball
2004	Vanessa Pruzinsky	Women’s Soccer
BIG EAST Basketball Scholar-Athletes of the Year
1998	Pat Garrity	Men’s Basketball
2001	Ruth Riley	Women’s Basketball
2003	Alicia Ratay	Women’s Basketball
BIG EAST Post-Graduate Scholarship Annual Award Winners
1996	Mike Fleisch	Men’s Track & Field
1996	Jenna Knudsen	Softball
1997	Jeff Hojnacki	Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field
1997	Jen Renola	Women’s Soccer
1998	Errol Williams	Men’s Track & Field
1998	Jamie Lee	Volleyball
1999	Mike Brown	Men’s Track & Field
1999	Shannon Boxx	Women’s Soccer
2000	Ray Fitzpatrick	Men’s Swimming
2000	Jenny (Streiffer) Mascaro	Women’s Soccer
2001	Mike Naumann	Baseball
2001	Ruth Riley	Women’s Basketball
2002	Marc Striowski	Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field
2002	Jerrah Myers	Softball
2003	J.P. Gagne	Baseball
2003	Ashlee Warren	Rowing
2004	Todd Mobley	Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field
2004	Vanessa Pruzinsky	Women’s Soccer