Steven Kehoe Receives Big Ten Medal of Honor and Corwin A. Fergus Memorial Award at Scholar-Athlete Banquet – Ohio State Buckeyes
5/24/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Volleyball
Columbus, Ohio – At the annual Ohio State Scholar-Athlete Banquet, men’s volleyball setter Steven Kehoe was named the male winner of the Big Ten Medal of Honor. Each member institution in the conference gives the award annually to the male and female athletes in the graduating class who have attained the greatest proficiency in both academics and athletics. The Big Ten Conference office established the award in 1914 for men and an additional award for the top female was instituted in 1982. This honor includes a $5,000 postgraduate scholarship. Women’s soccer player Cassie Dickerson was the female winner. The finalists included Matt Allare (tennis), Chimdi Chekwa (football), Justin Farra (swimming) and Bo Hoag (golf) for the men and Ellen Birmingham (cross country), Samantha Cheverton (swimming) Katie Dull (volleyball) and Letecia Wright (track) for the women.
Kehoe, a three-year starter for the men’s volleyball team, helped the Buckeyes win the 2011 NCAA Championship and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the championship. This past season, he was a first-team American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American, a first-team selection and player of the year in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association and was named the Most Outstanding Player of the MIVA Tournament in leading the Buckeyes to the regular season and tournament championships. An AVCA Second-Team All-American in 2010, Kehoe was the MIVA Player of the Year and a first-team all-conference selection. He was named to the MIVA All-Tournament team as the Buckeyes won both the regular season and tournament championships. He is a three-time MIVA Academic All-Conference, Academic All-Big Ten and Ohio State Scholar-Athlete selection. He plans to pursue a career as a professional volleyball player followed by pursuing an MBA at Fisher College of Business.
Kehoe is the fourth men’s volleyball student-athlete to win the Big Ten Medal of Honor. Previous award winners include Adam Spitznagel in 1996, Angel Aja in 2000 and Daniel Mathews in 2008.
Kehoe, along with Susan Halverson from women’s volleyball and football’s Scott Sika, was also honored with The Corwin A. Fergus Memorial Award. Fergus scholars are male or female student-athletes who have excelled in athletics, achieved academically (3.00 GPA minimum), demonstrated positive qualities of character and citizenship and shown potential for success in a graduate or professional program. Established in 1967, the award is given in memory of Corwin A. Fergus, a member of the Ohio State football team (1912-14), a graduate of the Ohio State School of Law and later a successful businessman. The award reflects his strong commitment to the pursuit of academic and athletic excellence and his positive contributions to society. The $5,000 postgraduate scholarships, which each are renewable for up to three years, can be utilized for graduate study or professional programs at Ohio State.
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