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EVENT RECAPS VAF NAMES 2012-13 ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS The Virginia Athletics Foundation named the 2012-13 recipients of its 46 endowed scholarships at the All-Sports Banquet held on May 2. The following four endowed scholarships were awarded for the first time: The Ron and Barrie Tydings Endowed Baseball Scholarship — Kyle Crockett The Jim Copeland Endowed Scholarship — David Watford The Sanford B. Prater Football Scholarship — Steve Greer The P. Gregory Shelly Endowed Football Scholarship — Jay Whitmire The University of Virginia's 2012-13 endowed scholarship recipients. those are funded by the endowment. The majority of the scholarship funds are raised each year as part of the annual campaign. The goal is to endow all of the scholarships in order to rely less on the annual campaign. This would allow the annual giving funds to be utilized on other strategic initiatives to benefit the student-athletes and improve the overall financial stability of the athletics department. Gifts to establish endowed scholarships are invested and an annual distribution is used to provide funding for the designated scholarship recipient. The Foundation is able to fund the 316.6 athletic scholarships allowed by the NCAA each year, but only a fraction of The Milton G. Abramson Track Scholarship — Pearl Bickersteth The Paul B. Barringer Scholarship — Michelle Vitesse The Mark Bernardino Endowed Swimming Scholarship — Ellen Williamson The Hedley M. Bowen Scholarship for Football — Kevin Parks The Virginia McDowell Bowen Scholarship for Football — Henry Coley The Harold M. Burrows, Jr. Endowed Tennis Scholarship — Alex Domijan The Betty Sams Christian Coca-Cola Classic Men's Soccer Scholarship — Ryan Zinkhan The Betty Sams Christian Coca-Cola Classic Women's Soccer Scholarship — Julia Roberts The Cameron M. Corse Endowed Tennis Scholarship — Jarmere Jenkins The John Eric Dahlgren Endowed Scholarship — Colter Phillips The Ted Davenport Endowed Baseball Scholarship — Jared King The Downing Family Endowed Tennis and Leadership Scholarship — Mitchell Frank CAVALIER CORNER ◆ AUGUST 2012 ◆ 5 continued on next page