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Campus Review
May 7, 2013
23rd Annual Clayton State Athletics Awards Night
Clayton State Athletics also honored its
top female and male academic students at
Friday’s event with the Dotty H.
Bumbalough and H. Mason Barfield
Awards. These awards go to a male and
female student-athlete who has attended
Clayton State as a full-time student for a
minimum of two years; is at least a junior
in classification; has participated in a min-
imum of 50 percent of their sport’s con-
test; and has a minimum grade-point aver-
age of 3.25.
Clayton State senior cross country and
track & field runner Paige Galvin was the
recipient of the Bumbalough award for
the second straight year. Galvin, from
Posey, IL, is a member of Clayton State’s
honors program and is majoring in
Psychology and Human Services.
On the men’s side, senior basketball play-
er Tony Dukes received the H. Mason
Barfield Award. Dukes, from Ellenwood,
GA, is a two-year letterwinner for the
Lakers and is a Communication and
Media Studies major.
For the fourth straight season, Clayton
State’s top academic team for the 2012-13
season was the Laker women’s tennis
team. The squad has a combined 3.43
cumulative grade point average.
The Clayton State Athletic Training
Department also presented an inaugural
annual award at Friday’s festivities,
named the Triumphant Laker Award. The
award will recognize a student-athlete
who has battled back from injury or
pushed through substantial injuries to
make a valuable contribution to his or her
team.
The inaugural award winner was senior
women’s basketball player Keona Dixon
from Clearwater, FL. Dixon tore her ACL
during the second basketball game of the
season. She decided to forego surgery
until after the season. After spending two
months of vigorous rehabilitation, Dixon
returned to her team and earned a starting
position on the Laker team.
In addition to the Clayton State awards,
two student-athletes were recognized for
recently attaining University awards at
Clayton State’s Honors Convocation.
Senior tennis player Charlotte Fabricius
was honored with an Academic
Achievement Award for her 3.84 grade-
point average, while fellow senior tennis
player Ivana Krommelova received a
number of awards at the event.
Not only did Krommelova receive an
Academic Achievement Award for her
3.89 grade-point average, she also was the
recipient of the College of Business’
Outstanding Graduate of the Year, the
Outstanding Graduate of the Year in
Supply Chain Management, the Council
of
Supply
Chain
Management
Professionals General Scholarship and the
School of Business’ nominee for the
Chancellor’s Academic Award.
Awards, cont’d. from p. 31