The University of Mississippi Athletics
Hartmann, Johnson Up For McWhorter Scholarship
3/29/2010 | Athletics
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Ole Miss football player Andy Hartmann and soccer player Danielle Johnson have been nominated by the University of Mississippi for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship.
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 2010 recipients of the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship on April 6 in conjunction with National Student-Athlete Day.
Hartmann, a native of Cooper City, Fla., has a 3.25 grade point average, majoring in Criminal Justice. He is a two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll and a five-time member of the UMAA Honor Roll. He has been named to the Chancellor's Honor Roll twice and also received the 2010 AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic Scholar-Athlete Award.
As a fullback on the football team, Hartmann saw action in 11 games, drawing three starts in 2009. He had seven receptions for 44 yards and three touchdowns, which tied for third most on the team. As the main blocking back, he helped Dexter McCluster post the second-highest rushing total (1,169 yards) in school history.
A four-year letterwinner, he had nine catches for 55 yards, had one rushing attempt for 10 yards and had four kickoff returns for 42 yards.
He has been active in community service, reading books to children as part of the "Reading with the Rebels" program. He has also visited with children at hospitals and has organized activities for children as part of National Student-Athlete Day.
Johnson, a native of Baton Rouge, La., has a 3.48 grade point average, majoring in Managerial Finance. She is a four-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll and a member of the UMAA Honor Roll, Dean's List and the Chancellor's Honor Roll. This past season, she earned NSCAA/adidas Scholar All-American honors.
She was a three-time first-team All-SEC selection and a second-team choice as a freshman in 2006. She earned first-team NSCAA All-South Region honors in 2009 after earning third-team honors in 2008. She also earned second team all-region honors by Soccer Buzz in 2007.
Johnson was a member of the SEC Community Service Team for soccer and has been an active member in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes since 2006. She has been active in the "Reading with the Rebels" campaign for four years and, last year, coordinated a fundraiser through Opportunitas Aequa for the Ole Miss Soccer Team that helped raise money for war-affected children in Uganda. She also participated in the 2008 canned food drive sponsored by the SEC.
National Student-Athlete Day was created in 1987 by the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) and Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society, and presented by the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).
National Student-Athlete Day is held each April 6 to celebrate outstanding student-athletes who have achieved excellence in academics and athletics while having made significant contributions to the community. It is also a time to recognize those parents, teachers, coaches and school systems which make it possible for young people to find the balance between academics and athletics.
Each year, the SEC, in conjunction with AT&T, an SEC Corporate Champion sponsor, provides the league's male and female McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship recipients with a $10,000 post-graduate scholarship. The 22 remaining male and female finalists for the award will also receive a $5,000 post-graduate scholarship. The award recipients are chosen by a committee of Faculty Athletics Representatives from the 12 SEC institutions and are honored at the SEC Spring Meetings in Sandestin, Fla. on June 3.
Last year's recipients were Ole Miss tennis player Bram ten Berge and Tennessee swimmer Christine Magnuson.
