University of Tennessee Athletics
JEFF DAY NAMED TENNESSEE NOMINEE FOR McWHORTER POST-GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
April 03, 2007 | Men's Track
April 3, 2007
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Track & field athlete Jeff Day has been nominated by the University of Tennessee for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship.
The H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship has been presented by the Southeastern Conference since 1986 to the league's top male and female scholar-athletes.
The Southeastern Conference will name the 2007 recipients of the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship on April 6 in conjunction with National Student-Athlete Day.
Day, a senior from Springfield, Va., has a 3.9 grade point average, with a major in Sport Management and a minor in Business. He is a three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll selection (2006-07 SEC Honor Roll announced later in spring). He has also earned Dean's List honors for seven semesters and the Thornton Center Academic Honor Roll for three seasons.
He was named to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Academic Team in 2006 and was given the Partners in Sports Academic Scholarship in 2006. He was part of UT's Distance Medley Relay team that placed first at the 2007 SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships. Day was named to the 2006 NCAA Division I South Region Men's All-Region Cross Country Team. He was UT's Most Valuable Runner for the 2006 season. He was part of the third-place team in the distance medley relay at the 2006 SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships. He placed third at the 3000 meter steeplechase in the 2005 SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
He is a member of UT's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and has volunteered at Camp Rainbow, a grievance camp for children. He has assisted in feeding the homeless in the Knoxville. He has volunteered with the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the East Tennessee Children's Hospital and Adopt-A-Family, helping families in need.
National Student-Athlete Day was created in 1987 by the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) and Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society, and presented by the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).
National Student-Athlete Day is held each April 6 to celebrate outstanding student-athletes who have achieved excellence in academics and athletics while having made significant contributions to the community. It is also a time to recognize those parents, teachers, coaches and school systems which make it possible for young people to find the balance between academics and athletics.
Each year, the SEC, in conjunction with AT&T, an SEC Corporate Champion, provides the league's male and female McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship recipients with a $10,000 post-graduate scholarship. The 22 remaining male and female finalists for the award will also receive a $5,000 post-graduate scholarship. The award recipients are chosen by a committee of Faculty Athletics Representatives from the 12 SEC institutions and are honored at the SEC Spring Meetings in Sandestin, Fla. on May 31.
Last year's recipients were Florida basketball player Sarah Lowe and LSU football player Rudy Niswanger.
