The Conway Athletic Awards Commission will hold its annual banquet on February 4th. The awards are given each year to Conway sports figures, and this year several Bears will be honored.
UCA graduate and longtime Hendrix basketball coach Cliff Garrison will be presented the 2009 Elijah Pitts Award for career achievement.
UCA volleyball standout Chloe Smith will be presented the 2009 Marvin Delph Award for sportswoman of the year.
Hendrix College outfielder Daniel Ward will be presented the 2009 Marvin Delph Award for sportsman of the year.
Several 8th grade students from Conway schools will also be honored with the annual Marvin Delph Student-Athlete Awards. Delph will be on hand to present these awards.
Proceeds from the banquet will be donated to the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in honor of Garrison.
The awards luncheon will be held Thursday, February 4 at UCA’s McCastlain Hall starting at 6:00pm. Tickets are $25. For tickets or more info please contact David Grimes at 450-6888 or
davidg@amcins.com.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
ELIJAH PITTS AWARD MARVIN DELPH AWARD
2000 Warren Woodson 2000 Lauren Turnbow
2001 Ivan Grove 2001 Bryce Molder
2002 Doak Campbell 2002 Tim Cain
2003 Scottie Pippen 2003 Peyton Hillis
2004 Joe Mallett 2004 Zak Clark
2005 Bob Courtway 2005 Carone Harris
2006 Raymond Bright 2006 Julie Coats
2007 Monte Coleman 2007 Tori Huggins
2008 Bobby Tiner 2008 Nathan Brown