Carson-Newman's Parker Receives NCAA Degree Completion Award
July 19, 2005

Courtesy Carson-Newman College Sports Information Office

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Chanda Parker (Talbott, Tenn.), a member of the Carson-Newman Lady Eagles basketball team, is the recipient of the 2005-06 NCAA Division II Degree-Completion Award, the NCAA announced recently.

Parker is one of 90 Division II student-athletes nation-wide who were selected to receive the honor. Parker has a 3.04 cumulative grade point average and is majoring in Child and Family Studies at C-N. She was a member of the Lady Eagles Basketball team for the past two seasons after transferring to Carson-Newman from Walters State Community College. This is the second time in as many years that a member of the Carson-Newman women’s basketball team has received the Degree-Completion award. Monica Ashburn received the NCAA honor last year.

The NCAA Degree-Completion Award pays for the final year of the student-athletes education once he or she has exhausted their eligibility. The recipient must be within 32 hours of graduation and the award is based on athletic achievement, grade point average and community and campus activities. The award winners are determined by a 10-member board of Division II administrators throughout the United States.

“I am proud of Chanda because she has put in a great deal of hard work both on and off the court. This is an honor that she is very much worthy of,” C-N head coach Dean Walsh said.

Parker helped lead the Lady Eagles to the South Atlantic Conference championship last season, a 25-8 overall record and the NCAA Division II Sweet 16.