Carson And Debaut Named AAC Sport Scholar Athletes Of The Year
July 06, 2022 | General
GREENVILLE, N.C. – Kathryn Carson and Ludgy Debaut have been named the 2021-22 American Athletic Conference Women's Golf and Men's Basketball Scholar-Athletes of the Year according to an announcement by the league Wednesday morning.
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Carson is the fourth ECU women's golfer to receive the honor while Debaut is the first from the men's basketball program. Both student-athletes earned undergraduate degrees from East Carolina University in May of 2021.
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As chosen by the conference's faculty athletics representatives, each sport winner will receive a $2,000 scholarship. One male and one female from the group will garner an additional $2,000 as the AAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
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Carson was selected to the 2022 American Athletic All-Conference Team, marking the third time in her career she has been recognized by the league. She was also named to the 2019 All-AAC Team and tabbed the 2018 American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year.
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Carson posted a 74.52 seasonal stroke average in 33 rounds and tallied four Top 10 finishes in 11 overall events during the 2021-22 campaign. The Mooresville, N.C. native also recorded a pair of Top 5 standings with a third-place result at the Pirate Collegiate Classic (Sept. 20-21) and second-place tie at the Chattanooga Classic (March 27-29). She was named AAC Golfer-of-the-Week for her play in the latter after carding a season-best four-under 212, which included a 67 on the second day of action - her low round of the year.
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In her last collegiate tournament, Carson led ECU with a three-round total of 224 to share a seventh-place finish at the AAC Championships in Pinehurst on April 17-19.
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Carson has earned selection to the American Conference All-Academic Team four times (2018-21) and was tabbed a Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) Division I Scholar All-American in 2018.
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Carson competed in 140 rounds during her East Carolina career and stood among the Top 10 on eight occasions while carrying a 74.85 stroke average, which currently ranks fourth all-time in program history.
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Debaut, who will use his final year of eligibility to compete for the Pirates during the upcoming season, started 18 games in 2021-22 and averaged a team second-best 4.2 rebounds per game. He also paced the squad with 24 blocked shots and fired at a .431 clip from the floor. Debaut posted double-digit rebounds in three games, including 11 in contests against SMU and Gardner-Webb. Over the final seven games of the campaign, he averaged 7.3 rebounds and helped ECU to wins over South Florida (twice) and Tulsa.
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In the classroom, Debaut was selected to the 2020-21 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
2021-22 AAC Sport Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Baseball – Griffin Merritt, Cincinnati
Football – Desmond Ridder, Cincinnati
Men's Basketball – Ludgy Debaut, East Carolina
Men's Cross Country – Scott Beattie, Tulsa
Men's Golf – Luke Gifford, South Florida
Men's Indoor Track & Field – Michael Bryan, Wichita State
Men's Outdoor Track & Field – Henry Visser, Tulsa
Men's Swimming & Diving – Parker Hardigree, SMU
Men's Tennis – Kody Pearson, Tulsa
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Softball – Gracie Morton, Memphis
Women's Basketball – Elena Tsineke, South Florida
Women's Cross Country – Caroline Miller, Tulsa
Women's Golf – Kathryn Carson, East Carolina
Women's Indoor Track & Field – Katharine Pesendorfer, Tulsa
Women's Outdoor Track & Field – Jane Sensibaugh, Cincinnati
Women's Lacrosse – Kylie Nause, Cincinnati
Women's Rowing – Hallie Wilson, SMU
Women's Soccer – Elizabeth Moberg, Memphis
Women's Swimming & Diving – Iza Pelka, Tulane
Women's Tennis – Marie Mattel, UCF
Women's Volleyball – McKenna Melville, UCF
Women's At Large – Crystal Singh, Bowling, Tulane
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Carson is the fourth ECU women's golfer to receive the honor while Debaut is the first from the men's basketball program. Both student-athletes earned undergraduate degrees from East Carolina University in May of 2021.
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As chosen by the conference's faculty athletics representatives, each sport winner will receive a $2,000 scholarship. One male and one female from the group will garner an additional $2,000 as the AAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
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Carson was selected to the 2022 American Athletic All-Conference Team, marking the third time in her career she has been recognized by the league. She was also named to the 2019 All-AAC Team and tabbed the 2018 American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year.
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Carson posted a 74.52 seasonal stroke average in 33 rounds and tallied four Top 10 finishes in 11 overall events during the 2021-22 campaign. The Mooresville, N.C. native also recorded a pair of Top 5 standings with a third-place result at the Pirate Collegiate Classic (Sept. 20-21) and second-place tie at the Chattanooga Classic (March 27-29). She was named AAC Golfer-of-the-Week for her play in the latter after carding a season-best four-under 212, which included a 67 on the second day of action - her low round of the year.
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In her last collegiate tournament, Carson led ECU with a three-round total of 224 to share a seventh-place finish at the AAC Championships in Pinehurst on April 17-19.
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Carson has earned selection to the American Conference All-Academic Team four times (2018-21) and was tabbed a Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) Division I Scholar All-American in 2018.
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Carson competed in 140 rounds during her East Carolina career and stood among the Top 10 on eight occasions while carrying a 74.85 stroke average, which currently ranks fourth all-time in program history.
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Debaut, who will use his final year of eligibility to compete for the Pirates during the upcoming season, started 18 games in 2021-22 and averaged a team second-best 4.2 rebounds per game. He also paced the squad with 24 blocked shots and fired at a .431 clip from the floor. Debaut posted double-digit rebounds in three games, including 11 in contests against SMU and Gardner-Webb. Over the final seven games of the campaign, he averaged 7.3 rebounds and helped ECU to wins over South Florida (twice) and Tulsa.
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In the classroom, Debaut was selected to the 2020-21 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.
2021-22 AAC Sport Scholar-Athletes of the Year
Baseball – Griffin Merritt, Cincinnati
Football – Desmond Ridder, Cincinnati
Men's Basketball – Ludgy Debaut, East Carolina
Men's Cross Country – Scott Beattie, Tulsa
Men's Golf – Luke Gifford, South Florida
Men's Indoor Track & Field – Michael Bryan, Wichita State
Men's Outdoor Track & Field – Henry Visser, Tulsa
Men's Swimming & Diving – Parker Hardigree, SMU
Men's Tennis – Kody Pearson, Tulsa
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Softball – Gracie Morton, Memphis
Women's Basketball – Elena Tsineke, South Florida
Women's Cross Country – Caroline Miller, Tulsa
Women's Golf – Kathryn Carson, East Carolina
Women's Indoor Track & Field – Katharine Pesendorfer, Tulsa
Women's Outdoor Track & Field – Jane Sensibaugh, Cincinnati
Women's Lacrosse – Kylie Nause, Cincinnati
Women's Rowing – Hallie Wilson, SMU
Women's Soccer – Elizabeth Moberg, Memphis
Women's Swimming & Diving – Iza Pelka, Tulane
Women's Tennis – Marie Mattel, UCF
Women's Volleyball – McKenna Melville, UCF
Women's At Large – Crystal Singh, Bowling, Tulane
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