Posted: Apr 20, 2020
Summer Swift named TLU's 2019-20 Female Sportsmanship Award Winner
SEGUIN, Texas -- Senior women's golfer Summer Swift has been named the Texas Lutheran Bulldogs' 2019-20 Female Sportsmanship Award Winner after exclusive voting by the TLU Athletics head coaches.
Swift, a four-year letter-winner for TLU Women's Golf and the 2018 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Individual Champion, was nominated for the sportsmanship award by her head coach, H.C. Tran.
"Summer has been a hardworking and dedicated team member for her four years at TLU," said Tran. "She has consistently been a role model to her teammates with her excellent playing abilities and work ethic, which have held the rest of the team accountable and at the ready."
Swift was one of five TLU student-athletes nominated for the female sportsmanship award. Swift's fellow nominees were: Jordaine Bishop of Softball, Cami Davis of Women's Basketball, Samantha Stafford of Women's Tennis, and Peyton Sulak of Women's Volleyball.
Swift won three collegiate tournaments and tied for another (losing on a scorecard playoff) in her four years with the Bulldogs. She was named an SCAC Women's Golfer of the Week on six different occasions.
On Monday, Swift also was named to the 2019-20 Women's Golf Coaches Association All-West Region Team for NCAA Division III.
Swift, a native of Fentress, Texas and a graduate of San Marcos High School, has been named to the SCAC Spring Academic Honor Roll three times.
Swift will graduate from TLU after this semester and will head to physical therapy school at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. She will be in a three-year program in pursuit of her doctorate in physical therapy.
The TLU Female Sportsmanship Award is an annual award given to Bulldog student-athletes. The award is usually presented late in the spring semester at the TLU Athletics Awards Program.
This year's TLU Athletics Awards Program has been re-scheduled for 1 p.m. on Aug. 1, prior to TLU's graduation ceremony. The awards program will take place in TLU's Wupperman Little Theatre.
The TLU Athletics Senior Watches and awards for female and male sportsmanship, top female and male senior scholar-athletes, top female and male junior scholar student-athletes, and the team community service award will be handed out during the ceremony on Aug. 1.
TLU Athletics is announcing the awards winners this week. The awards will be presented formally on Aug. 1.
Female and Male Student-Athlete of the Year awards for 2019-20 will not be awarded this year with TLU athletics spring seasons halting in mid-March due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
TLU Athletics is recognizing top senior student-athletes over the next few months with video profiles posted to TLU Athletics social media sites and tlubulldogs.com.