HENRY, GREGG NOMINEES FOR PRESTIGIOUS SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (April 23, 2018) – Parker Henry of the Tennessee football team and Meghan Gregg of the Volunteer softball team have been nominated for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship by the University of Tennessee.

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 2018 recipients of the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship on April 26.

Highlights of Tennessee’s nominees include:

Parker Henry, Football, Tennessee

Major: Finance and Political Science (Double Major)

• CoSIDA Academic All-American Second Team, 2017
• CoSIDA Academic All-District, 2016 and 2017
• Three-time selection to SEC Academic Honor Roll, 2015, 2016, 2017
• East Tennessee Outstanding Finance Award, 2017
• Sixth Tennessee football player ever to earn the NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
• Held a 4.0 GPA while double majoring in finance and political science
• Second Tennessee football player ever to receive CoSIDA Academic All-District in back-to-back seasons, joining Peyton Manning (1996 and 1997)
• Started 24 games as Tennessee’s primary holder during the 2016 and 2017 seasons
• Joined the Tennessee football team as a walk on in 2015 after serving as an equipment manager
• Was part of 22 victories including two bowl wins
• Never missed a hold and helped placekicker Aaron Medley make 17 field goals in 2016-17 and true freshman Brent Cimaglia drill five field goals of 40+ yards in 2017
• Awarded the University of Tennessee Medallion for Community Service for having over 100 hours of community service.
• Volunteered with Habitat for Humanity from 2015-17
• Led underprivileged middle school kids for a two-day weekend at Sevier Heights Baptist Church every February

Meghan Gregg, Softball, Tennessee

Major: Kinesiology with a concentration in Pre-Pharmacy

• Easton/NFCA Scholar-Athlete, 2017
• CoSIDA Academic All-American (3rd Team), 2017
• SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll, 2015, 2017
• NFCA All-American Scholar Athlete, 2015
• 5-time Dean’s List Member: Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017
• NFCA Division I First-Team All-American, 2017
• SEC Player of the Year, All-SEC First Team, SEC All-Defensive Team, 2017
• USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year Top-3 Finalist, 2017
• First-Team All-SEC, 2016
• SEC All-Tournament Team, 2015, 2016
• NFCA Division I National Freshman of the Year Top 25 Finalist, 2015
• Currently ranks first in program history with a .731 career slugging percentage
• Set Tennessee single-season RBI record with 79, 2017
• Member of Student-Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC)
• Active in Community Service including: Challenger Games, Voloween, MLK March, Softball Meet& Greet

Each year, the SEC, in conjunction with AT&T, an SEC official sponsor, provides the league’s male and female McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship recipients with a $20,000 post-graduate scholarship.  The 26 remaining male and female finalists for the award will also receive a $10,000 post-graduate scholarship.

The award recipients are chosen by a committee of Faculty Athletics Representatives from the 14 SEC institutions and are honored at the SEC Spring Meetings in Sandestin, Fla., in early June.

Last year’s McWhorter Award recipients were University of Alabama swimmer Anton McKee and Texas A&M University swimmer Sarah Gibson.

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