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Flippen to Receive Occie Evans Award
10/17/2017 11:48 AM | Softball
Two-time Pac-12 Player of the Year to be honored at football game Saturday
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah's Hannah Flippen will receive the Occie Evans Award as the University of Utah's top senior female athlete in a team sport for the 2016-17 academic year.
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Flippen, Utah's all-time leader in runs, hits and batting average, concluded a stellar career by becoming the first three-time All-American in program history as well as the first four-time All Pac-12 honoree. She also became the first Ute to be named the Pac-12 Softball Player of the Year in consecutive seasons and the first person in the history of the conference to win that award along with Defensive Player of the Year honors
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After graduating in the spring with a 3.59 GPA (psychology), Flippen received a postgraduate scholarship from the Pac-12 to pursue her masters degree at Utah. A three-time Pac-12 All-Academic selection, she became Utah softball's first two-time Academic All-American and now serves as a graduate assistant for the softball team.
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Flippen was a finalist for the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year award after taking part in a number of social initiatives at Utah. She volunteered at the Huntsman Cancer Institute and several local elementary schools, worked with Special Olympics, participated in Trunk or Treat and planted a food garden at a local middle school along with fellow Utah Softball players.
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Female student-athletes in basketball, soccer, softball and volleyball are eligible for the award. A softball player has now won the award three of the last five years with Kate Dickman earning the award for the 2014-15 school year and Jackie Sweet claiming it after the 2012-13 calendar came to a close.
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Flippen will be honored during the home football game vs. Arizona State on Saturday afternoon
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Flippen, Utah's all-time leader in runs, hits and batting average, concluded a stellar career by becoming the first three-time All-American in program history as well as the first four-time All Pac-12 honoree. She also became the first Ute to be named the Pac-12 Softball Player of the Year in consecutive seasons and the first person in the history of the conference to win that award along with Defensive Player of the Year honors
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After graduating in the spring with a 3.59 GPA (psychology), Flippen received a postgraduate scholarship from the Pac-12 to pursue her masters degree at Utah. A three-time Pac-12 All-Academic selection, she became Utah softball's first two-time Academic All-American and now serves as a graduate assistant for the softball team.
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Flippen was a finalist for the 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year award after taking part in a number of social initiatives at Utah. She volunteered at the Huntsman Cancer Institute and several local elementary schools, worked with Special Olympics, participated in Trunk or Treat and planted a food garden at a local middle school along with fellow Utah Softball players.
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Female student-athletes in basketball, soccer, softball and volleyball are eligible for the award. A softball player has now won the award three of the last five years with Kate Dickman earning the award for the 2014-15 school year and Jackie Sweet claiming it after the 2012-13 calendar came to a close.
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Flippen will be honored during the home football game vs. Arizona State on Saturday afternoon
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