Dodu Receives The American Commissioner’s Postgraduate Leadership Award
August 24, 2016 | Swimming & Diving
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The American Athletic Conference Academic Affairs Committee has named former East Carolina swimmer Julien Dodu the men's recipient of the Commissioner's Postgraduate Leadership Award. Dodu is the first ECU student-athlete to be recognized with the scholarship since joining the conference in 2014-15.
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The awards are given to one male and one female student-athlete from an American Athletic Conference-sponsored sport who have been admitted to a degree-granting or professional program for the following year and who have demonstrated leadership through excellence in academic credentials, athletic performance and depth of commitment to service within the institution or the community.
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Former Tulsa rower Hannah Emnett was the female recipient of the 2016 award. Dodu and Emnett will each receive a $5,000 scholarship, which may be applied to postgraduate study.
"We couldn't be more proud of Julien winning this very prestigious award," ECU coach Rick Kobe said. "He had a very impressive tenure as a Pirate and this award adds to all of his other outstanding accomplishments."
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Dodu, who hails from Oshawa, Ontario, graduated from ECU with a multidisciplinary studies degree in neuroscience, physics and psychology and plans to pursue a Ph.D. in pharmacology and toxicology. He anchored East Carolina's 800-yard freestyle relay squad, which set a pool and ECU varsity record at the 2016 American Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championship in Houston, finished as the conference runner-up in the 400 individual medley and took third in the 500 freestyle. Dodu was a member of three consecutive conference championship-winning 800 freestyle relay squads and helped East Carolina win back-to-back American Athletic Conference team titles.
Aside from his academic and athletic pursuits, Dodu has volunteered more than 140 hours to organizations such as Swim Across America and the East Carolina Neuroscience Association.
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The awards are given to one male and one female student-athlete from an American Athletic Conference-sponsored sport who have been admitted to a degree-granting or professional program for the following year and who have demonstrated leadership through excellence in academic credentials, athletic performance and depth of commitment to service within the institution or the community.
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Former Tulsa rower Hannah Emnett was the female recipient of the 2016 award. Dodu and Emnett will each receive a $5,000 scholarship, which may be applied to postgraduate study.
"We couldn't be more proud of Julien winning this very prestigious award," ECU coach Rick Kobe said. "He had a very impressive tenure as a Pirate and this award adds to all of his other outstanding accomplishments."
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Dodu, who hails from Oshawa, Ontario, graduated from ECU with a multidisciplinary studies degree in neuroscience, physics and psychology and plans to pursue a Ph.D. in pharmacology and toxicology. He anchored East Carolina's 800-yard freestyle relay squad, which set a pool and ECU varsity record at the 2016 American Athletic Conference Swimming and Diving Championship in Houston, finished as the conference runner-up in the 400 individual medley and took third in the 500 freestyle. Dodu was a member of three consecutive conference championship-winning 800 freestyle relay squads and helped East Carolina win back-to-back American Athletic Conference team titles.
Aside from his academic and athletic pursuits, Dodu has volunteered more than 140 hours to organizations such as Swim Across America and the East Carolina Neuroscience Association.
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