In Review

While varsity sports seasons were upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, the outstanding academic and athletic achievements of senior Yellowjackets did not go unrecognized.

This fall, 10 students received Garnish Scholar Awards, the highest honor presented annually by the Department of Athletics and Recreation. Selected by an alumni committee, this year’s honorees are:

• Ryan Algier, a data science major from Fairport, New York; basketball.
• Eileen Bequette, a mechanical engineering major from Albany; track and field.
• Kathryn Colone, a biomedical engineering major from Manlius, New York; field hockey.
• Hugh Curran, a business major from McLean, Virginia; soccer.
• Declan Hickton, a mechanical engineering major from Pittsburgh; golf.
• Renae Lapins, a biomedical engineering major from Calgary, Canada; volleyball.
• Tessa Ludwick, a chemical engineering major from Chardon, Ohio; basketball.
• Mary Panepento, a microbiology major from Walworth, New York; lacrosse.
• Alexis Pope, a biochemistry major form Ewing, New Jersey; softball.
• Jon Turk, an applied mathematics major from Ramsey, New Jersey; baseball.

The Garnish program was created in honor of Lysle (Spike) Garnish, coach and mentor to Rochester student-athletes from 1930 to 1948.

He became a trainer and assistant basketball coach in 1931. He was named an assistant baseball coach in 1932, and was an assis-tant football coach from 1945 to 1948.

For more about the Garnish Scholars, visit Uofrathletics.com/garnish.