Wilson Belk and Kaitlyn Benner
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CU’s Belk, Benner Named Pac-12 Tom Hansen Conference Medal Winners
June 25, 2019 | Cross Country, Men's Golf, Track and Field
BOULDER — The 2018-19 Pac-12 Tom Hansen Conference Medal recipients were announced Tuesday and Colorado's Wilson Belk and Kaitlyn Benner are CU's honorees.
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.
Conference medal winners have been named every year since the 1960-61 academic year. In 2009, the Pac-12 renamed the award the Tom Hansen Conference Medal in honor of Hansen, who retired at the end of June 2009 after serving for 26 years as Commissioner of the Pac-10.
Wilson Belk, Golf (Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Integrative Physiology major carries a 3.67 GPA… Byron R. White Leadership and Initiative Award… Five-time Dean's List and six-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll honoree… Senior Speaker at 2019 Herbst Academic Center Academic Recognition Breakfast… Four-year SAAC representative… Member and Chair of Bolder Buffs, education about mental health… SAAC Distinguished Service Award recipient…University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics, Research Faculty, Research Assistant… Atlantis Project Internship, Department of Neurosurgery at Hospital Egas Moniz in Lisbon, Portugal.
Kaitlyn Benner, Cross Country/Track and Field (Superior, Colo.) – Chemical and Biological Engineering major owns a 3.94 GPA… Six-time All-American… Three-time cross country All-American… 2017 Pac-12 Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year…2019 Pac-12 Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year… 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team and USTFCCCA All-Academic Team…Two-time CoSIDA All-District First Team and Pac-12 All-Academic First Team selection in track and field… Four top-10 marks in school history… Three-year SAAC member… Student-Athlete representative on Athletic Department Safety and Security Committee.
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.
Conference medal winners have been named every year since the 1960-61 academic year. In 2009, the Pac-12 renamed the award the Tom Hansen Conference Medal in honor of Hansen, who retired at the end of June 2009 after serving for 26 years as Commissioner of the Pac-10.
Wilson Belk, Golf (Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Integrative Physiology major carries a 3.67 GPA… Byron R. White Leadership and Initiative Award… Five-time Dean's List and six-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll honoree… Senior Speaker at 2019 Herbst Academic Center Academic Recognition Breakfast… Four-year SAAC representative… Member and Chair of Bolder Buffs, education about mental health… SAAC Distinguished Service Award recipient…University of Colorado School of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics, Research Faculty, Research Assistant… Atlantis Project Internship, Department of Neurosurgery at Hospital Egas Moniz in Lisbon, Portugal.
Kaitlyn Benner, Cross Country/Track and Field (Superior, Colo.) – Chemical and Biological Engineering major owns a 3.94 GPA… Six-time All-American… Three-time cross country All-American… 2017 Pac-12 Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year…2019 Pac-12 Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year… 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team and USTFCCCA All-Academic Team…Two-time CoSIDA All-District First Team and Pac-12 All-Academic First Team selection in track and field… Four top-10 marks in school history… Three-year SAAC member… Student-Athlete representative on Athletic Department Safety and Security Committee.