Three Orange Named 2020 ACC Postgraduate Scholars
2/21/2020 11:00:00 AM | Football, Women's Lacrosse, Tennis, Academics
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Former Syracuse linebacker Ryan Guthrie (football) and current Orange student-athletes Lila Nazarian (women's lacrosse) and Miranda Ramirez (tennis) were among the 50 student-athletes selected as 2020 Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship Award winners, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced today.
Guthrie is one of three ACC student-athletes who will also receive the Thacker Award.
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The Weaver-James-Corrigan and Jim and Pat Thacker postgraduate scholarships are awarded to selected student-athletes who intend to pursue a graduate degree following completion of their undergraduate requirements. Each recipient will receive $6,000 towards their graduate education. Those honored have performed with distinction in both the classroom and their respective sport, while demonstrating exemplary conduct in the community.
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An All-ACC Second Team selection as a senior in 2018, Guthrie totaled 118 tackles in his two-year Orange career. He led the conference with 107 stops in 2018 and ranked fifth in the conference in both tackles per game (8.2) and tackles for loss 16.5. A communications and rhetorical studies major in Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts, Guthrie was voted to the All-ACC Academic Team following his senior season.
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Nazarian is a double major in political science and civic engagement with a minor in history. She has played in all four games for the No. 7 Orange this season and has recorded three ground balls and one caused turnover. The Baltimore, Maryland native is a member of the executive board for Syracuse's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and was nominated by the program directors of the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs to manage the CCE Mentor Program.
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Ramirez, who is a senior accounting major in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, is a two-time All-ACC Academic Team selection. She was named an Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete in 2017-18 and is a SAAC member. On the court, Ramirez is a two-time All-ACC selection and garnered All-America honors in doubles in 2018. She owns 128 career victories, including 72 singles wins. Ramirez is a perfect 10-0 for the 25th-ranked Orange this season (6-0 in singles, 4-0 in doubles).
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This year's postgraduate scholarship recipients will be recognized at the annual Cone Health ACC Postgraduate Scholarship Luncheon presented by ESPN on Wednesday, April 8. The luncheon will be hosted by the Nat Greene Kiwanis Club at the Sheraton Four Seasons Guilford Ballroom in Greensboro, North Carolina. Proceeds from the luncheon will go to the Greensboro Science Center, Greensboro Children's Museum and Cone Health Center for Children.
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ABOUT THE WEAVER-JAMES-CORRIGAN AWARD
The Weaver-James-Corrigan Award is named in honor of the late Jim Weaver, Bob James, and Gene Corrigan, the first three ACC commissioners. The league's first commissioner, James H. Weaver, served the conference from 1954-70 after a stint as the Director of Athletics at Wake Forest University. His early leadership and uncompromising integrity are largely responsible for the excellent reputation enjoyed by the ACC today.
Robert C. James, a former University of Maryland football player, was named commissioner in 1971 and served in that capacity for 16 years. During his tenure, the league continued to grow in stature and became recognized as a national leader in athletics and academics, winning 23 national championships and maintaining standards of excellence in the classroom.
Eugene F. Corrigan assumed his role as the third full-time commissioner on September 1, 1987 and served until August of 1997. During Corrigan's tenure, ACC schools captured 30 NCAA championships and two football national titles.
Prior to 1994, the Weaver-James postgraduate scholarships were awarded as separate honors, including the Jim Weaver Award, the Marie James Award and the Bob James Award.Â
ABOUT THE THACKER AWARD
The Thacker Award, which originated in 2005, is awarded in honor of the late Jim and Pat Thacker of Charlotte, North Carolina. Jim Thacker was the primary play-by-play announcer for the ACC's first television network. Recipients of the award must demonstrate outstanding performance both in athletic competition and in the classroom and intend to further their education through postgraduate studies at an ACC institution.
