BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – James Courson of the Auburn cross country and track and field teams and Cassie Stevens of the gymnastics team have been nominated for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship by Auburn University.
The H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship has been presented by the Southeastern Conference since 1986 to the league's top male and female scholar-athletes.
The Southeastern Conference will name the 2024 recipients of the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship in late April.
Highlights of Auburn's nominees include:
JAMES COURSON, Auburn, Cross Country/Track & Field
Major: Computer Sciences
- Four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
- Two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete, 2022, 2021
- SEC Community Service Team, 2019
- 2019 First Year SEC Academic Honor Roll, 2019
- Outdoor USTFCCCA Honorable Mention All-American (Pole Vault), 2022
- Outdoor All-SEC second team (Pole Vault), 2022
- Indoor All-SEC second team (Pole Vault), 2022
- Indoor USTFCCCA honorable mention All-American (Pole Vault), 2021
- Indoor All-SEC second team (Pole Vault), 2021
- No. 2 all-time Auburn pole vault performer
- Four-time SEC scorer
- Three-time SEC medalist
CASSIE STEVENS, Auburn, Gymnastics
Major: Information Systems Management
Master's: Exercise Science
- SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year, 2024, 2023
- CSC Academic All-America – first team, 2023
- CSC Academic All-District, 2023, 2021
- SEC Academic Honor Roll, 2023, 2022, 2021
- WCGA Scholastic All-American, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
- First-Year SEC Academic Team, 2020
- Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society
- Seven-time Dean's List
- Spring 2023 graduate with a 4.0 GPA
- SEC Champion (vault), 2023
- WCGA All-America second team (all-around), 2024
- All-SEC (vault, all-around), 2024
- WCGA All-America first team (vault), 2024
- All-SEC (vault, bars, beam, floor, all-around), 2023
- All-SEC (beam), 2021
- SEC All-Freshman Team, 2020