29 students awarded sports scholarships at the University of Galway
By Grace Hanna
The University of Galway has awarded 29 students with sports scholarships, recognising their outstanding sports ability in conjunction with their academic progress.
The scholarship programme awardees came from eight categories of sport which are:
Athletics – Aisling Lane, Ava Rochford, David Mannion, Oisín Murray and Stephen Mannion
Basketball – Cillian Cannon and Fortune Igbokwe
Camogie – Carrie Dolan, Ellen Baker and Mairead Dillon
Gaelic Football – Aoife Staunton, Eanna Monaghan and Jack Lonergan
Hurling – Liam Hoare, Sam O’Farrell and Shane Murray
Rowing – Donnacha Keeley, Emma Fagan, Rian Claffey, Séan Morris, Shane McLoughlin, Shane Rafferty and Zach Meegan
Soccer – Darren Darcy, Eleanor Hernon and Milo O’Malley
Volleyball – Benedikt Licht, Emer Phelan and Ruairí Grier
The University also celebrated the 20th anniversary pf the Galway Senior Ladies All-Ireland Football championship victory with a panel discussion as part of the event.
De Lorna Joyce, Trish Gleeson, Lisa Coohil and other University of Galway graduates and other players from the winning team reflected on their own athletic and career journeys.
The event also sparked discussions about the development of women’s sports and the skills that can therefore be applied to professional careers as a result of it.
A further 57 athletes from previous years were also recognised at the special ceremony.
“The launch of the scholarship program is always an exciting time for the University of Galway Sports Unit,” said Feargal O’ Callaghan, High Performance Sports Lead at the University.
‘’We are extremely lucky to attract athletes of such quality and I very much look forward to watching their journey over the next number of years.”
