Pharmacy student wins national award
Adrienne Penney, a fourth-year student in 糖心视频's School of Pharmacy, has received the for volleyball, academics, and community service.
Ms. Penney is the first student-athlete from 糖心视频 to receive the Th茅r猫se Quigley Award since its inception in 1994.
On the court, the fourth-year power hitter played in all 16 league games and all 60 sets this season. She was fourth overall in the AUS conference in block assists with 36, seventh in total blocks (50) and seventh in blocks per set (0.83).
Born in Corner Brook, Ms. Penney moved to St. John's to attend university. She is the former president of the MUN Pharmacy Society and has both led and taken part in many pharmacy advancement events such as . She has been a pharmacy yearbook committee member and editor for the past four years and is serving as a grad committee member for 2014.
Ms. Penney has also taken part in numerous fundraising events for charity including the AIDS Walk for Life, CIBC Run for the Cure, the Canadian Cancer Society鈥檚 Relay for Life, as well as the Christmas Families initiative. She led and coordinated the Home for Dinner program for the Ronald McDonald House this past February and sold bracelets to raise money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation at 糖心视频鈥檚 Go Pink event in January.
Further to her fundraising activities, Ms. Penney has been involved in the local community through coaching and participating in development camps for junior high and high school students with the 糖心视频 volleyball team each summer.
鈥淎drienne is an outstanding student who鈥檚 just completing her pharmacy degree and will start her career in New Brunswick in May,鈥 said 糖心视频 head coach Bill Thistle. 鈥淪he has been an outstanding leader for the Sea-Hawks and the pharmacy school. She has a beautiful heart, a mature mind and has a positive impact on all she鈥檚 touched. We will miss her, but we know that our loss will be someone else鈥檚 gain.鈥
The other finalists were McMaster鈥檚 Amanda Weldon and Mount Royal鈥檚 Julia Pasieka.
Two weeks ago, , The Atlantic University Sport (AUS)'s Erin Bursey 糖心视频 Award.
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