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by Jose Luis Cubria thresher editorial staff
The awards, named in honor of former WAC Commissioner Stan Bates, are given annually to the WAC's top male and female scholar athletes and carry a $2,000 postgraduate scholarship. Piper, originally from Richardson, Texas, was a four-time Academic All-WAC and WAC Scholar Athlete who earned District VI Academic All-American honors from 1998-'00. Piper graduated in May with a 3.59 grade point average and a bachelor of science degree in computer science. During his junior year, Piper co-authored an article that was published in the spring 1999 edition of Scientific Computing. He served as a teaching assistant for a computational and applied mathematics course and a computer science course, and was twice awarded the Engineering Association Scholarship. In addition to his success in the classroom, Piper, a freshman walk-on in 1996, also excelled in athletics. He was a two-year team captain, and he helped lead Rice to its first men's cross country conference championship in 73 years last season while garnering all-conference honors. Piper posted the team's top finish at the 1998 District VI championship, placing 18th, and also qualified for nationals last fall. He was also a member of the track and field team from 1996-'99. Piper also was involved with various activities on campus. He served as the subcommittee chairman of the Student Athlete Society, was president of the Rice Investment Club and held office in the Rice University Business Society. He also managed computer operations for the Rice Bayou Classic and WAC Track meet in 1999-'00. "His ability to actively participate in so many diverse activities while maintaining academic excellence makes him not only an outstanding senior but also an outstanding individual," Athletics Director Bobby May said. Cafferty, from Arden Hills, Minn., helped lead the women's basketball team to the 2000 WAC Tournament championship and into the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Cafferty topped off her collegiate career by winning the national three-point shooting championship. She was named the WAC Player of the Week once in January and her 44 percent three-point field goal percentage led the conference. Cafferty holds school records for three-pointers in a game (7) and in a season (70) and is second all-time at Rice with 123 career three-pointers. Graduating cum laude, Cafferty obtained bachelor of arts degrees in economics, managerial studies and psychology in May with a 3.73 GPA. She received Academic All-WAC honors all four years and WAC Scholar-Athlete honors three times, was named to the President's Honor Roll from 1997-'00 and was a Rice Honor Athlete her junior year. During her senior year, Cafferty was honored with the University's Hubert E. Bray Scholar Athlete Award, given to the female athlete with the highest GPA. She was also selected for the Joyce Pounds Hardy Award, recognizing the University's most outstanding female athlete. The Women's Basketball Coaches Association awarded her the Charles T. Stoner Law Scholarship Award, while the "R" Association chose her as the Fred Stancliff Post-Graduate Scholarship recipient. Cafferty also was a member of many school, conference and NCAA committees, including the NCAA Certification Committee and Subcommittee on Academic Integrity, the WAC Student Athlete Advisory Committee, the University's Athletic Advisory Committee and the Rice Student Athlete Committee. "Jenny Cafferty is an example of everything that is best about college athletics," Wiess College Master and associate professor of chemistry John Hutchinson said. "A distinguished scholar, lauded athlete and dedicated friend and volunteer, she has strived for four years to make her mark on the university and community."
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