Monday, June 12, 2006
PRESBYTERIAN’S RINCON RECEIVES
2005-06 SAC PRESIDENTS AWARD
CLINTON, S.C. — A highly-decorated men’s tennis player for Presbyterian College, senior Hector Rincon (London, England) was named the 2005-06 South Atlantic Conference Presidents Award male recipient following a vote of the league’s Faculty Athletics Representatives at the annual SAC Business Meetings in Asheville, N.C. Wingate University’s junior volleyball player Rebecca Brezovec was selected as the female honoree.
The SAC Presidents Award is considered one of the most prestigious awards the conference awards to its student-athletes. It exemplifies the finest combined qualities of excellence in athletics, academics and community leadership. During the year, the South Atlantic Conference recognizes 14 scholar-athletes, representing each of the conference-sponsored sports. The top male and female SAC scholar-athletes from each represented member school are then nominated for the Presidents Award.
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Rincon, a senior from Heathside Sixth Form, caps an impressive career with his selection. He was named to the first team 2006 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District men’s at-large team and is on the ballot for All-America honors. Rincon compiled a 14-6 mark at No. 1 singles and a 17-1 mark at No. 1 doubles en route to being named SAC Player of the Year for the second time in his career (2004 & 2006) and earning first team All-SAC honors for the fourth straight year. In addition, he was named the 2006 Food Lion SAC Tournament MVP and finished the year ranked No. 14 regionally in singles and No. 5 in doubles. |
In the classroom, Rincon carries a cumulative GPA of 3.86, while double majoring in mathematics and business administration with a concentration in economics. He has been selected to the SAC Academic Honor Roll for four straight years, while being named to the school’s Dean’s List (3.3 GPA) for four semesters and to the President’s List (4.0 GPA) for four semesters. Rincon was named the SAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men’s tennis for the second straight year. He is a member of the Sigma Kappa Alpha Honor Society and has been accepted to the London School of Economics, Vanderbilt University, and Notre Dame University for graduate studies in economics. Rincon will start work on his PhD in economics at Duke University in the fall.
For his career, he went undefeated in four years of league play in singles (20-0), earned SAC All-Tournament honors three times (2004-06), and was named the 2003 SAC Freshman of the Year.
In the community, Rincon serves as a math tutor for middle and high school students and is a member of the Presbyterian College Student-Athlete Advisory Council.
Brezovec and Rincon will be the South Atlantic Conference’s nominations for the Division II Conference Commissioner’s Association Scholar Athlete of the Year Award.