The 2016-17 Pac-12 Tom Hansen Conference Medal Winners were announced today. A Conference Medal is awarded annually to each member institution’s outstanding senior male and female student-athlete based on the exhibition of the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership.
Conference medal winners have been named every year since the 1960-61 academic year. In 2009, the Pac-12 renamed the award the Tom Hansen Conference Medal in honor of Hansen, who retired at the end of June 2009 after serving for 26 years as Commissioner of the Pac-10.
2016-17 Pac-12 Tom Hansen Conference Medal Winners
Click links below to view vignettes on each Medal winner.
School
Arizona Aaron Castle, Track & Field Laura Larson, Volleyball
Arizona State Jared du Toit, Golf
California Ryan Murphy, Swimming
Colorado Jaron Thomas, Track & Field Haley Smith, Basketball
Oregon
Oregon State Dustin Stanton, Football
Stanford Akash Modi, Gymnastics
UCLA Felix Vobejda, Soccer K
USC Zach Banner, Football
Utah Hunter Dimick, Football
Washington Justin Schmidt, Soccer
Washington State Josh Hawkinson, Basketball
On Thursday, June 29 at 7:00 p.m. PT/8:00 p.m. MT, Pac-12 Networks will feature the Medal winners on its year-end Sports Report, “Pac-12 Sports Report: Year-End Spectacular”. Vignettes on each of the 24 winners will also run on Pac-12 Networks platforms over the next several months.
Press Release courtesy of the Pac-12 Conference.
