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Maggie Moss and Brian Carroll won the top honors at Monday's Senior Honors Luncheon.
Golf's Carroll, Swimming's Moss Earn Top Senior Athlete Awards

25 Individual Most Valuable Players Recognized at Annual Honors Lunch

May 8, 2006

WASHINGTON, DC -- Seniors Brian Carroll of the men's golf team and Maggie Moss of the women's swimming team were named the 2006 recipients of the J. Dallas Shirley Outstanding Senior Male Athlete Award and the Lynn George Outstanding Senior Woman Athlete Award, respectively, at George Washington University's annual Senior Honors Luncheon Monday on the GW campus.

Carroll, a senior from Crystal Lake, IL, won the Joe Agee Invitational this season and has recorded no fewer than 10 Top-10 finishes this season. He ranks among the top five in several GW Golf career categories, including most Top 5 finishes.

Carroll has earned A-10 Academic All-Conference the past two seasons and was named the A-10 Student-Athlete of the Year for golf last year. A three-time golf team MVP, Carroll is one of four finalists for the prestigious National Byron Nelson Award, the second-highest award in college golf.

Moss, a senior from Indianapolis, IN, holds school records in three individual events, the 100-yard backstroke, the 200-yard backstroke and the 200-yard individual medley. She is also a member of GW's record-holding 400-yard medley relay team.

Moss has garnered Atlantic 10 All-Conference first team honors three times and was named All-Conference second team on two occasions. Last winter, Moss qualified and competed against U.S. Olympic swimmers and other high-profile international stars in the 2005 U.S. Open. An English major, Moss has served as an officer in GW's Student Athletic Advisory Council.

Men's Rower Mark Pepple (Seattle, WA) and Softball player Elana Meyers (Douglasville, GA) won the Senior Male and Senior Female Athlete Academic Awards, respectively. Top academic teams were Men's Squash (3.29 GPA) and Women's Cross Country (3.45 GPA). Also honored were 25 Most Valuable Players, including five repeat winners, representing each sport and the Spirit Program.

GW Athletics Most Valuable Players
Baseball Derrik Lutz (Grantville, PA)
Men's Basketball Omar Williams (Philadelphia, PA)
Women's Basketball Jessica Simmonds (South Orange, NJ)
Men's Cross Country Chris Pisano (Toms River, NJ)
Women's Cross Country Audrey Hawkins (Barrington, RI)
Diving Alicia Moulton (North Andover, MA)
Golf Brian Carroll * (Crystal Lake, IL)
Gymnastics Erin Aiken * (Centreville, VA)
Women's Lacrosse Kristin Karcsh (Kennett Square, PA)
Men's Rowing Jonathan D'Alba (Berwyn, PA)
Women's Rowing Elizabeth Cavanaugh (Springfield, MA)
Men's Soccer Andre Chapman (Wilbraham, MA)
Women's Soccer Kelly Paolucci (Lanham, MD)
Softball Elana Meyers * (Douglasville, GA)
Men's Squash Benjamin Hoefs (Franklin, MI)
Women's Squash Rachel Rayfield (Linwood, NJ)
Men's Swimming Daniel Mahoney (Oakland, CA)
Women's Swimming Maggie Moss * (Indianapolis, IN)
Men's Tennis Sam Salyer (Minneapolis, MN)
Women's Tennis Anastasia Skavronskaia * (Miami, FL)
Volleyball Juliene McLaughlin (Ontario, CAN)
Men's Water Polo John Hornberger (Houston, TX)
Women's Water Polo Amy Heinemann (N. Miami Beach, FL)
Spirit Program Thomas Kennedy (Cheerleading) (Broomall, PA)
Ariel Wade (Dance) (Los Altos, CA)

* denotes repeat MVP winner