ROCK HILL, S.C. – Winthrop volleyball player
Atley Livingston is one of eight student-athletes that have been awarded the conference's prestigious George A. Christenberry Award for Academic Excellence, the league office announced Wednesday afternoon.
The award is given to the male and female student-athlete who attain the highest GPA during their undergraduate collegiate careers. It is the seventh consecutive year at least EIGHT student-athletes have been honored. Below are this year's recipients in alphabetical order.
- Radford women's tennis player Ameek Batth (4.00 in media studies/media production)
- Radford men's cross country runner Adam Downs (4.00 in cybersecurity/mathematics)
- Presbyterian College women's lacrosse player Kendall Goldfarb (4.00 in early childhood education)
- Presbyterian College women's cross country runner Lili Jaraczewski (4.00 in biochemistry)
- Campbell women's lacrosse player Camryn Johns (4.00 in healthcare management/MBA)
- High Point volleyball player Megan Kratzer (4.00 in data analytics & statistics, actuarial science and French)
- Winthrop volleyball player Atley Livingston (4.00 in exercise science)
- Gardner-Webb men's tennis player Victor Putter (4.00 in mathematics)
Livingston (Conway S.C.) finished her Winthrop career this past season with 15 digs, two aces, 22 matches played and 32 sets played. She graduated this past December, and was a member of the Leadership Board of Exercise Science Club, Phi Epsilon Kappa Academic Fraternity, FCA and served as an academic tutor. Livingston was named to the Winthrop President's List all four years as well as the Big South Presidential Honor Roll three times. Her most significant achievement academically as an Eagle was earning the highest Winthrop award: Presidents Award for Academic Excellence for having the highest GPA in her graduating class.
Big South member institutions nominate one male and one female undergraduate student-athlete for the annual Christenberry Award. The honor is named for
George A. Christenberry, the former President of Augusta College (now Augusta University) and one of the founders of the Big South Conference. A member of the Big South Hall of Fame, Christenberry served as the league's first President from 1983-86.
