Zach Conroy, Wichita, and Jordan Jarnagin, Protection, were named the 2010 Outstanding Student-Athlete Award winners at Southwestern College.  The ceremony took place Wednesday, April 28, in Stewart Field House. 

The outstanding student-athlete award is given in memory of Tracy Young by Bill and Georgianna Young.  Tracy was in the class of 1982. 

The award is presented to the top senior female and male student-athletes who demonstrate exceptional performance in athletics, academics, leadership, and college and community service.

Conroy is a business/marketing major.  He was a NAIA All-American scholar athlete in 2008 and 2009 and the 2009 recipient of the Champions of Character award in cross country.  He has also been president for the Southwestern College Student Foundation. 

Jarnagin is nursing major.  She earned the KCAC Champions of Character award for basketball in 2010.  Jarnagin was recognized by the NAIA as an All-American scholar athlete in 2008, 2009, and 2010.  She has also been a state officer for the Kansas Association of Nursing.  

Nominees also included:

 Caitlin Smith, Ellsworth, volleyball
 Kari Roth, Winfield, women’s track and field
 Monica Sauber, Great Bend, softball
 Rene Schwan, Salina, soccer
 Alyssa Carter, Peabody, women’s cross country
 Tim Miser, Emporia, basketball
 Shane Neises, Oxford, men’s soccer
 D.J. Wilson, Meridan, men’s tennis
 Thaddeus Carrena, Flower Mound, Texas, football
 Jimmy Bryant, Cleveland, Okla., men’s track and field

This was the 12th annual presentation of the student-athlete award.

Southwestern College is a private institution granting undergraduate and graduate degrees and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.  More than 1,900 students attend classes at the main Winfield campus, at five professional studies sites in Kansas and Oklahoma, or online around the world.