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Maggie McCarthy Receives IWLCA NCAA Division I Community Awareness Award
5/22/2019 2:00:00 PM | Women's Lacrosse
GRAND LAKE, Colo. – The Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association announced Wednesday that University of Delaware senior Maggie McCarthy was named the recipient of the IWLCA Division I Community Awareness Award.
The Community Awareness Award recognizes student-athletes who have contributed significantly to their community in a given year. These students have given their time and energy to support and develop athlete-community relations and have distinguished themselves from their peers.
During her four-year career with the Blue Hens, McCarthy has dedicated her time to the Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation, an organization founded to honor 14-year old Delaware native Andrew McDonough who passed away from leukemia in 2007. UD has become very involved with this organization in its quest to end pediatric cancer, and every sports team adopts a "hero" to support. McCarthy has developed a close relationship with Hayden Weiss, who was four years old and undergoing treatment for Retinoblastoma when McCarthy first met her during her freshman year.
This past year, McCarthy served as an Athletics Team representative for UDance, a yearlong philanthropic effort culminating in a dance marathon to raise funds and awareness for pediatric cancer. Under her guidance, the women's lacrosse team raised more than $18,000 for the cause, a total that was the most (out of 21 sports) by a University of Delaware varsity athletics team.
McCarthy also helped run lacrosse clinics and established a mentoring program for the Serviam Girl's Academy, a Catholic middle school for girls from low-income families. Additional service activities McCarthy participated in during the past year includes the SAAC Special Olympics Talent Show, the Caring for Katie 5k Run/Walk, the University of Delaware Athletics Food Drive, and Reps for Kids, a SAAC initiative that raised funds for UDance.
"You have to do things for other people in order to make yourself better," remarked McCarthy in a feature story published earlier this year. "It's important to keep things in perspective. With everything I do, I do it not for myself, but for someone else."
A marketing major, McCarthy is a four-year letter winner for the Blue Hens and a three-time member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Commissioner's Honor roll.
She is just the second-ever Blue Hen to receive the award as Elyse Andrews '16 previously earned the honors in 2015.
Fellow award winners include Amanda Dickerson (Pace University) and Maddy Heher (Denison University).
The Community Awareness Award recognizes student-athletes who have contributed significantly to their community in a given year. These students have given their time and energy to support and develop athlete-community relations and have distinguished themselves from their peers.
"I am so honored that the IWLCA recognized me for this national award," exclaimed McCarthy. "I am proud to not only represent the University of Delaware, but especially my team in all the hard work we put it not only on the field but off. It is instilled in our team culture to be involved with the community because it is always important to keep things in perspective and lend a hand in places we are able to."
During her four-year career with the Blue Hens, McCarthy has dedicated her time to the Andrew McDonough B+ Foundation, an organization founded to honor 14-year old Delaware native Andrew McDonough who passed away from leukemia in 2007. UD has become very involved with this organization in its quest to end pediatric cancer, and every sports team adopts a "hero" to support. McCarthy has developed a close relationship with Hayden Weiss, who was four years old and undergoing treatment for Retinoblastoma when McCarthy first met her during her freshman year.
This past year, McCarthy served as an Athletics Team representative for UDance, a yearlong philanthropic effort culminating in a dance marathon to raise funds and awareness for pediatric cancer. Under her guidance, the women's lacrosse team raised more than $18,000 for the cause, a total that was the most (out of 21 sports) by a University of Delaware varsity athletics team.
McCarthy also helped run lacrosse clinics and established a mentoring program for the Serviam Girl's Academy, a Catholic middle school for girls from low-income families. Additional service activities McCarthy participated in during the past year includes the SAAC Special Olympics Talent Show, the Caring for Katie 5k Run/Walk, the University of Delaware Athletics Food Drive, and Reps for Kids, a SAAC initiative that raised funds for UDance.
"You have to do things for other people in order to make yourself better," remarked McCarthy in a feature story published earlier this year. "It's important to keep things in perspective. With everything I do, I do it not for myself, but for someone else."
A marketing major, McCarthy is a four-year letter winner for the Blue Hens and a three-time member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Commissioner's Honor roll.
She is just the second-ever Blue Hen to receive the award as Elyse Andrews '16 previously earned the honors in 2015.
Fellow award winners include Amanda Dickerson (Pace University) and Maddy Heher (Denison University).
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