Salute to Dontez Ford, well done on and off the Gridiron!!!
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GREENSBORO, N.C.—Three University of Pittsburgh student-athletes – football player Dontez Ford, women’s swimmer Kinga Cichowska and women’s soccer player Taylor Francis – have been selected as 2017 ACC Postgraduate Scholarship recipients, the conference announced Wednesday.
Ford, Cichowska and Francis will each receive the ACC’s prestigious Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Award, as well as a $5,000 scholarship towards their graduate education.
“The entire University of Pittsburgh community takes great pride in Kinga, Dontez and Taylor receiving this prestigious honor,” Pitt acting athletic director Randy Juhl said. “Not only have they distinguished themselves in their respective sports but they also have achieved at exceptional levels in the classroom. They are very deserving recipients of the ACC’s postgraduate scholarship awards and we congratulate them for their many impressive accomplishments. They represent the very best of what we strive for in Pitt Athletics.”.......................................Dontez Ford, Finance and Marketing, Football, McKees Rocks, Pa./Sto-RoxDontez Ford graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor’s degree in finance and marketing and is now enrolled in Pitt’s Katz Graduate School of Business. A three-year letterman at receiver, Ford averaged an impressive 18.3 yards per reception for his career. Off the field, he was a four-time University Scholar-Athlete honoree and the recipient of Pitt's 2016 Selfless Spirit Award after he observed an attempted home break-in and caused the intruder to flee. Ford also helped launch the "Bring It Back PGH" campaign, which raised awareness and resources for the Sto-Rox High School baseball and softball programs that had been cut due to budgetary constraints.........
LINK TO THINK & THANK!:
http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/022217aac.html
Excerpt:
GREENSBORO, N.C.—Three University of Pittsburgh student-athletes – football player Dontez Ford, women’s swimmer Kinga Cichowska and women’s soccer player Taylor Francis – have been selected as 2017 ACC Postgraduate Scholarship recipients, the conference announced Wednesday.
Ford, Cichowska and Francis will each receive the ACC’s prestigious Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Award, as well as a $5,000 scholarship towards their graduate education.
“The entire University of Pittsburgh community takes great pride in Kinga, Dontez and Taylor receiving this prestigious honor,” Pitt acting athletic director Randy Juhl said. “Not only have they distinguished themselves in their respective sports but they also have achieved at exceptional levels in the classroom. They are very deserving recipients of the ACC’s postgraduate scholarship awards and we congratulate them for their many impressive accomplishments. They represent the very best of what we strive for in Pitt Athletics.”.......................................Dontez Ford, Finance and Marketing, Football, McKees Rocks, Pa./Sto-RoxDontez Ford graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor’s degree in finance and marketing and is now enrolled in Pitt’s Katz Graduate School of Business. A three-year letterman at receiver, Ford averaged an impressive 18.3 yards per reception for his career. Off the field, he was a four-time University Scholar-Athlete honoree and the recipient of Pitt's 2016 Selfless Spirit Award after he observed an attempted home break-in and caused the intruder to flee. Ford also helped launch the "Bring It Back PGH" campaign, which raised awareness and resources for the Sto-Rox High School baseball and softball programs that had been cut due to budgetary constraints.........
LINK TO THINK & THANK!:
http://www.pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/022217aac.html
