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April 4, 2003
Virginia captain Lauren Aumiller has been honored by the Atlantic Coast Conference as a recipient of a Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship, as announced by the conference. The scholarships are given to selected student-athletes who intend to pursue a graduate-level degree following graduation. Each recipient will receive $5,000 to use towards their graduate education. Student-athletes receiving the award have performed with distinction both in the classroom and in their respective sports, while demonstrating exemplary conduct in the community.
Aumiller is the all-time leading scorer in Virginia lacrosse history with 263 points. Her 188 goals ranks second all-time, just one out of first place, and her 81 assists also ranks second all-time at Virginia. Aumiller already holds the UVA career record for draw controls (167) , hat tricks (36), and consecutive games scoring (32), and she also holds the record for goals a season (71, set in 2002).
Aumiller, who is a member of the USA National Elite Team , was named the national midfielder of the year by insidelacrosse.com and led the nation in scoring with 106 points , becoming just the 14th person in the history of Division I lacrosse to record more than 100 points in a season . A finalist for the Tewaaraton Trophy , she was named State Player of the Year in 2002 and first-team All-American honors by both USL/IWLCA and insidelacrosse.com. Aumiller was also the captain of the United States Under-19 National Women’s Lacrosse team that captured the 1999 IFWLA World Championship in Perth, Australia and was awarded the Heather Leigh Albert award as the top player in the girls’ division at the US Lacrosse National Tournament (1999) .
The award is named in honor of the late Jim Weaver and Bob James as well as Gene Corrigan, past ACC commissioners. The league’s first commissioner, James H. Weaver, served the conference from 1954 to 1970, after a stint as the director of athletics at Wake Forest University. His early leadership and uncompromising integrity is largely responsible for the excellent reputation enjoyed by the ACC today.
Bob James, a former University of Maryland football player, was named commissioner in 1971 and served for 16 years. During his tenure, the league continued to grow in stature and became recognized as a national leader in athletics and academics, winning 23 national championships and maintaining standards of excellence in the classroom.
Eugene F. Corrigan assumed his role as the third full-time commissioner on September 1, 1987 and served until August of 1997. During Corrigan’s tenure, ACC schools captured 30 NCAA national championships and two national football titles.
Prior to 1994, the Weaver-James postgraduate scholarships were given as separate honors. The Jim Weaver award, originated in 1970, recognized exceptional achievement on the playing field and in the classroom, while the Bob James award, beginning in 1987, also honored outstanding student-athletes.