May 2, 2003
Moraga, CA - At the 2003 Saint Mary's College Commencement, four Saint Mary's student-athletes will receive Commencement Awards for their success in the classroom during their time at Saint Mary's. Football player Nathan Frowsing will receive two Commencement Awards, while women's tennis player Catalina Fillol, women's lacrosse player Courtney Nelson, and men's tennis player Thomas Burgemeister will receive one award each.
Frowsing will garner the James L. Hagerty Award and the George R. McKeon Award. The James L. Hagerty Award was named in honor of the illustrious professor of Philosophy at Saint Mary's College for thirty-seven years and alumnus of the Class of 1919. Awarded to a graduating Senior with an outstanding scholastic record in the School of Liberal Arts.
Frowsing, along with Catalina Fillol will receive the George R. McKeon Award. This award is named in memory of this noted Bay Area developer, after whom the College's McKeon Basketball Pavilion is named. Presented to one male and one female student, who are distinguished both as outstanding athletes and scholars.
Courtney Leigh Nelson will be honored with the St. Thomas Aquinas Award which is named for the celebrated thirteenth-century philosopher, theologian, and Doctor of the Church. This award is given to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record as an Integral Program major.
Thomas Burgemeister will receive the Brother U. Jerome Griffin, F.S.C. Award which was named in honor of the revered Brother Jerome Griffin who was a professor of Economics and Dean of the School of Economics and Business Administration at Saint Mary's College for fourteen years. This award is presented to a graduating senior with an outstanding scholastic record in the School of Economics and Business Administration.
College Awards
De La Salle Award - Peter Albert Tappeiner
James L. Hagerty Award - Nathan Daniel Frowsing
Arthur S. Campbell Award - Nicole Christine Bouvier
Brother U. Jerome Griffin, F.S.C. Award - Thomas Burgemeister
Florence Nightingale Award - April Leigh George
Departmental Awards
Henry Rand Hatfield Award - Reema Nabhan
Rigoberta Menchu Award - Narisa Kimberly Orosco
Carlos Frietas Award - Danielle Anne Smith
Earl W. Smith Award - Benjamin Craig Sanders
Byron Bryant Award - Nicole Elizabeth Faraclas
Adam Smith Award - Sean Blair Arthur Sullivan
Brother Leo Meehan, F.S.C. Award - Tara Elizabeth Doyle
Julie A. Pryde Award - Sanayo Sage Kondo
St. Thomas Aquinas Award - Courtney Leigh Nelson
Dag Hammarskj?ld Award - Heather Marie Burlesci
Alfred Fromm Award - Katherine Renee Buback
Dante Award - Carla Valadez Mart'nez
Louis LeFevre Award - Shaunna Leigh Vella
St. Albertus Magnus Award - Hai Minh Ho
Thomas Jefferson Award - Peter Albert Tappeiner
Frederick Whelan Award - Lindsay Marie Lamb
John XXIII Award - Hai Minh Ho
Service Awards
George R. McKeon Scholar-Athlete Award - Nathan Daniel Frowsing -& Catalina Veronica Fillol
George Robert Milliken Award - Sarah Daniel Eberle
Brother Mel Anderson, F.S.C. Campus Ministry Award - Hai Minh Ho