The University of Mississippi Athletics
Inmon, Pilcher Named Ole Miss Nominees For McWhorter Post-Graduate Scholarship
March 29, 2004
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Basketball player Tywanna Inmon and football/baseball player Chad Pilcher 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 2004 recipients of the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship on April 6 in conjunction with National Student-Athlete Day.
Inmon, a senior from West Memphis, Ark., is majoring in Marketing. A two-year starter and captain of this year's squad, Inmon started in 29 games, averaging 7.6 points and 4.3 rebounds per contest, in helping lead the Lady Rebels to an NCAA Tournament berth. She was a member of the 2004 SEC Good Works Team and the Ole Miss Intercollegiate Athletics Committee. In 2002, she was named the Allstate Insurance Lady Rebel Player of the Week.
Academically, Inmon has been member of the Chancellor's Honor Roll, the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, the SEC Academic Honor Roll, the Ole Miss Student-Athlete Academic Committee and the Student Leader's Council. She has also been active in community service, volunteering her time with the Best Buddies Organization, Toys for Tots, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the "Choices" Alcohol Awareness Program.
Pilcher, a senior from West Monroe, La., is majoring in Economics. He is the president of the Ole Miss senior class and is a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He is also active with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and has been active in the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program at Ole Miss. He earlier served as a student senator and has held jobs with the Republican National Committee in Washington, D.C. and the governor of Arkansas.
Pilcher is a member of the Chancellor's Honor Roll, Who's Who Among American Universities, Omicron Delta Kappa, Golden Key Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi, Lambda Sigma, Alpha Lambda Delta and the National Dean's List.
He is a two-year letterman in football and baseball at Ole Miss. In baseball, Pilcher plays infield and in football played on special teams and on offense. The Rebels made the NCAA Regional field in 2001 and 2003 in baseball and have participated in three bowl games at Ole Miss - SBC Cotton, Independence and Music City Bowls.
The SEC Office will be releasing each of its institution's nominees periodically until the April 6 winners are announced. The schedule is as follows:
Alabama - Lauren Imwalle, Soccer (female) / Brian Rohrer, Track & Field (male) Arkansas - Jessica Johnson, Track & Field (female) / Nathan Price, Tennis (male) Auburn - Becky Short, Swimming (female) / Caesar Garcia, Swimming (male) Florida - Megan McMillan, Soccer (female) / Scott Schultz, Swimming (male) Georgia - Corrie Drakulich, Track & Field (female) / Ryan Hybl, Golf (male) Kentucky - Liz McCaslin, Volleyball (female) / Chris Austin, Soccer (male) LSU - Devon Day, Golf (female) / Rodney Reed, Football (male) Ole Miss - Tywanna Inmon, Basketball (female) / Chad Pilcher, Baseball & Football (male) Miss. State - March 30 South Carolina - March 31 Tennessee - April 1 Vanderbilt - April 2
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 ALLTEL, an SEC Corporate Partner, 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 Florida basketball player Matt Bonner and Alabama gymnast Kristin Sterner.