May 4, 2006

Maureen Burns and John Williams Named Bryant Athletes of the Year

BURNS AND WILLIAMS NAMED ATHLETES OF THE YEAR
2006 BRYANT UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS AWARDS DINNER

 

John Williams

 

 Maureen Burns

SMITHFIELD, RI - The Bryant University Department of Athletics and Recreation held its annual Athletics Award Dinner Thursday evening before a full house at the Chace Athletic Center.  Senior men's basketball standout John Williams (Springfield, Mass.) and field hockey/lacrosse standout Maureen Burns (Derry, N.H.) walked away as the 2005-06 Male and Female Athletes of the Year respectively. 

Williams was named Third Team All-America by Daktronics after leading the men's basketball team to its third-straight NCAA tournament with a scoring average of 20.3 ppg. 

He finished his career as Bryant's all-time career three-point field goals leader with 323 and was the co-Player of the Year in the Northeast-10 Conference this year.  Williams scored 1,754 career points, fourth-best in school history.  His 3.7 three-point field goals per game was the fifth-best in school history.

Burns, a  two-sport standout for the Bulldogs in both field hockey and lacrosse,  is the first dual all-American Bryant has ever had.  She has started in every game for both sports all four years at Bryant.  In lacrosse, Burns is currently ranked fourth all-time in school history with 85 career goals and is the all-time career leader with 216 career ground balls. 

Other award winners this evening include:

William T. O'Hara Award for leadership 
Jordan Dargon (Trumbull, Conn), softball
Lauren Glenney (Lisbon, Conn.), women's basketball
Greg Daniel (Providence, RI), football

Omar Shareef Spirit Award (selected by student-athletes)
Pamela Malcolm (Colchester, Conn.), women's basketball

Community Service Award
Saddi Williams (Washington, D.C.), football

NCAA Woman of the Year
Maureen Burns (Derry, NH), field hockey / lacrosse

Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Stephen Carr (Wolcott, Conn.), cross country / track
Terri Gidius (Coventry, Conn.), women's soccer

12th Man Award
John Ruppert, Associate Athletics Director

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