JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - The Carson-Newman women's soccer program took home top honors as the recipients of the Carson-Newman Director's Cup with a surprise presentation during one of the team's socially distant conditioning sessions Wednesday afternoon.
Typically the award is presented as the culmination of the Eagle Scholars Ceremony; however, due to CoVID concerns, that event was scrapped this year - necessitating the surprise presentation. That presentation featured University President Dr. Charles A. Fowler, Vice President for Athletics Matthew Pope and Student Success' Amy Humphrey and Jessica Ricketts bestowing the honor to head coach Simon Duffy, his staff and the players.
"I honestely didn't see the chalice at first," Duffy said. "And my first thought was 'oh no, what have we done.' I put two and two together once I actually saw the trophy and realized they were walking toward us. It's still a bit surreal honestly, but the girls are very deserving."
The Director's Cup is presented to the top academic team on campus which best represents the values espoused by the Eagle Scholar Program as selected by the Eagle Scholar Committee. Previous winners include women's basketball (2015), baseball (2016), softball (2017), swimming (2018) and volleyball (2019).
For an eighth straight year, the Carson-Newman Eagle Scholars program saw a record number of Carson-Newman student athletes named to the school's athletic department honor roll.
CNWS Director's Cup Presentation 9-2-20
