Garrett Fischer, ’08

Two Rockhurst student athletes earned notable recognition this spring. Garrett Fischer received the 2007-08 Richard F. Scharf Paragon Award on May 20. The Great Lakes Valley Conference presents the award annually to two student athletes who display academic excellence, athletic achievement, character and leadership.

Fischer helped guide the Hawks to the NCAA Men’s Tennis Tournament in all three years he was with the program. He earned bachelor’s degrees in business administration and economics in May.

His activity in the community also sets him apart. Fischer organized a fund-raising team for the annual Guts & Glory Walk-Race and helped raise more than $1 million for research for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America.

Fischer was also a representative at the National Seminar on Jesuit Higher Education in 2006 and an Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities Honors Student Council Member in 2007.

“Garrett is very deserving of the GLVC Paragon Award,” said tennis coach Carolina Mayorga-Perry.

Rockhurst senior golfer Kristin King was one of 16 student-athletes to receive the 2007 Academic Momentum Award. The award is sponsored by the Scholar-Baller Program, in conjunction with the National Consortium for Academics and Sports.

Senior Kristin King

King was the female award winner in the Midwest region. An education major, King will graduate from Rockhurst in December.

“In over 40 years of coaching, Kristin is in the top five of all athletes under my tutelage,” said Rockhurst golf coach Carl Capra. “She has been our captain for the past two years and will be in the top of her graduating class.”