Swimmer Liz Mancuso '08 was awarded the highest honor, winning the Kenneth Archibald Prize for the year's best overall athlete. Mancuso is the first swimmer to win the distinction since it was first awarded in 1910.
The wife of Andrew W. Archibald founded the Kenneth Archibald Prize in memory of her son, Kenneth Archibald, Class of 1902, who was killed on June 20, 1908 while hiking alone in King's River Canyon, Calif. At Dartmouth, Kenneth was a pole vaulter and ardent outdoorsman.
The Archibald Prize recognizes a graduating senior who competed for Dartmouth for four years, and "who has been the best all-around athlete, regarded [as] also being held to moral worth and high standing in scholarship."
Mancuso, who overcame great personal trials to become the captain of the women's swimming team last season, has excelled in both the pool and the classroom.
In the summer of 2005, Mancuso was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and underwent two surgeries as well as radioactive iodine treatment before returning to campus that Fall term.
Mancuso credited a number of people with helping her make a recovery.
"Thanks to the team, my family, and my friends I had the courage to come back to school for sophomore fall," Mancuso said. "Joann Brislin [current assistant athletic director for intramurals and club sports] was my coach, and she was integral in making sure I was comfortable with swimming. Having that supportive network was key in coming to back to college and to continue swimming."
Mancuso holds five team records, and ranks in the Big Green's all-time top 10 in 12 events.
A psychology major, Mancuso maintained a 3.63 grade point average and was named Academic All-Ivy this year.
After graduation, Mancuso will work as a clinical research coordinator, focusing on pediatric obsessive-compulsive disorder, at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Mancuso said she has mixed emotions about graduating and ending her collegiate swimming career.
"It's nice to experience Dartmouth without a 20-plus hour-a-week time commitment, but I already miss seeing the people and coaches every day," she said.
Koren Schram '09, a first-team All-Ivy guard for Dartmouth's women's basketball team, won the Class of 1976 Award for the best female athlete of the year.
Schram led the Big Green in scoring last season, with 343 points, and helped the team win a share of the Ivy League title and a bid to the Women's National Invitational Tournament.
Glenn Randall '09 took home the Alfred E. Watson Award for the best male athlete of the year.
Randall is a three-sport athlete in cross-country, Nordic skiing and outdoor track. This winter, Randall became the first Dartmouth skier in 41 years to win an individual NCAA title in cross country skiing, finising first in the 10-kilometer freestyle race at the championships.
Andrew Dete '09 and Carli Clemis '09 were presented with the Class of 1948 Scholar-Athlete Award. This award honors a male and a female student athlete in the junior class for excellence in athletics and academics.
Dete, a linebacker and co-captain for Dartmouth's football team, is an economics major with a 3.78 GPA. He played in all ten games last season, earning 34 tackles to improve his collegiate career tally to 108.
Clemis, a goaltender for the Big Green women's ice hockey team, is a biology major and boasts a 3.69 GPA. This spring, she is spending a leave term studying tumor immunology at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
Other awards recognized athletes who have had a significant positive impact on the Dartmouth community.
Basketball player Johnathan Ball '08 was awarded the Timothy Wright Ellis Award, given to a male athlete who best displays the "extracurricular and scholastic drive, spirit, loyalty and amiability which made Tim such a well-known member of the community."
Ball, a sociology major, received the Dean of the College Award for service to the Dartmouth community earlier this year.
Maggie Suydam '08, a member of the women's tennis team, won the Class of 1950 Award for her community service work. She was also awarded the Dean of the College Award for service.
Suydam has volunteered both in the local area and abroad. She also spent a term volunteering at a school in Mexico.
Kara Pydynkowski '08, co-captain of the women's track and field team, was honored with the Agnes B. Kurtz Award, given to the "woman who best combines proficiency in athletics with dedication to the furthering of women's athletics."
Mary Beth Westerman '08 received the Kenyon Jones Award for her significant contribution to founding and developing the women's club lacrosse team at Dartmouth.
The Charles Quincy Terrell Prize, awarded by the physical education department to the student who has shown the most progress in his or her time in the program, was given to Shawn Hiner-Leamon '09.
