March 11, 2004

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Potts Receives Southern Conference's Dorothy Hicks Graduate Scholarship

GREENVILLE, South Carolina -- Furman cross country's Rebekah Potts has been awarded the Southern Conference's Dorothy Hicks Graduate Scholarship the league office announced this week. The Columbia, S.C., native will be honored along with six other scholarship winners at the Southern Conference Honors Dinner on June 2, in Hilton Head, S.C.

Rebekah Potts has achieved a 4.0 GPA as a chemistry major while competing on Furman’s cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track teams. Potts served as a team captain for her junior and senior years, and she was a member of Furman’s 2000 SoCon Cross Country Championship team. Potts’ many extracurricular activities include organizing a branch of Loaves and Fishes along with serving with the Student Alumni Council, Student-Athlete Advisory Council, tutoring underprivileged children, Dining Services Committee, Athletic Strategic Planning Committee, Sav-A-Life Shelby, Restoration Academy, and Camp Marannook.

A four-year letterwinner in cross country and member of the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll, Potts posted a season-best 11th place finish in cross country at the Milliken Invitational in Spartanburg, S.C., in September.

Potts, who was named an NCAA PostGraduate Scholarship recipient earlier this month, becomes the first Furman athlete since Lady Paladin volleyball standout Jennifer Wilson to be awarded the Dorothy Hicks Scholarship.