Sport Scholarship Awards Announced
- Friday, 15 November 2006

The DCU Sports Scholarship Awards for 2006-2007 were announced at a reception held on Thursday the 9th of December 2006 at DCU. 110 Sports Scholarships were awarded across a broad range of sports, including DCU’s focus sports – Athletics, GAA & Tennis. The Sports Scholarship Programme supports the holistic development of talented athletes and recognises their increasing need to successfully balance both academic and sporting commitments. The programme is an athlete led programme whereby support is tailored to the individual needs of the athlete.

The programme recognises that sportspeople compete at different levels during their sporting career and scholarships are awarded at 5 different levels. Athletes are given access to an extensive range of facilities and support services to help them excel in their sport and to develop to their full potential while also succeeding in their academic study. Sports Scholarship recipients were announced by Ferdinand Von Prondzynski the President of DCU, Yvonne O’Connor Sport & Recreation Officer, Declan Brennan Director of the GAA Academy/GAA Development Office and Enda Fitzpatrick Director of the Athletics Academy/Head Coach.

In congratulating the Sports Scholars on their awards Yvonne O’Connor acknowledged some of this years results to date to include:

• Ailis McSweeney, Fionnuala Britton and David Campbell competed in the European Athletics Championships in Gothenberg, August 2006
• Kevin Reilly represented Ireland in International Rule last weekend and Bronagh Sheridan represented Ireland in the winning Ladies International Rules squad against Australia
• 5 DCU footballers competing in the Dublin & Mayo teams in the All Ireland Football final
• Footballers Bryan Cullen, Stephen Cluxton & Conor Mortiner were named on the GPA Football Team of the Year
• The DCU Tennis team representing Ireland in the European University Tennis Championships in Eindhoven, July
Rory O’Connor – competed in the World University Rowing Championships in Lithuania in July
• David Harte, Hockey has been selected on the Senior Mens Hockey team for the Scotland test series in November

Sport Scholarship Athletes 2006-2007
Athletics
Nicola Alcorn, Ian Barrett, Claire Brady, Fionnuala Britton, Leona Byrne, Linda Byrne, Raymond Byrne, Mark Christie, Brona Furlong, Azmera Gebrezgi, Brian Gorey, Eoin Higgins, Gemma Hynes, Eoin Kelly, James King, Daniel Treacy, Colm Turner, Joe Warne, Eamonn Byrne, Ian Chaney, Anthony McCreery, Fiona McGreevy, Christopher Crowley, Danny Darcy, Cathal Dennehy, Niamh Devlin, Ellen Diskin, Ian McDonald, Des Earls, Joanne English, Eoin Everard, Martina McCarthy, Eoin McCormack, Claire McSweeney, Johnny Morrissey, Greg O'Leary, Lyndsay Porter, Jennifer Reddy, John Shine, Michael O'Sullivan

Basketball
Fiona Carrick, Kathryn Fahy, Ann-Marie Healy, Teresita Kelly, Helena Kenny, Joanne Mahon, Ailish O'Donohoe, Niamh O'Hagan

Boxing
Darren Sutherland, Arran Sadlier

Camoige
Andrea Fitzpatrick (Dublin), Eimear Butlar (Dublin), Eimear Ryan (Tipperary)

Football (men)
Dublin - Bernard Brogan, Paul Casey, Chris Guckian, Luke Sweetman, Paddy Andrews, Adam Keaney, Monaghan - Vincent Corey, Darren Bishop, Ciaran Hanratty, Owen Lennon, Martin McElroy, Mark McNally, Darach Mooney, Shane Smith Meath - Cormack McGuinness, Rory McGuire, Brian O'Reilly, Kevin Reilly, Shane O'Rourke, Shane Carr Cavan - Raymond Cullivan, Ronan Flanagan, Sean Johnson, Dermot Sheridan Laois - Cahir Healy, Colm Munnelly, Ross Munnelly, Simon Shortall, Roscommon - Geoffrey Claffey, Cathal Cregg, David Keenan Other Counties - Conor Mortimer (Mayo), Alan Joyce (Mayo), , Patrick Keenan (Louth), Brendan Egan (Sligo), David Kelly (Sligo), Shane Roche (Wexford), Patrick Byrne (Wicklow), William Mulhall (Offaly)

Football (ladies)
Noelle Earley (Kildare), Ciara Durkin (Dublin), Laura Hyland (Laois), Niamh McEvoy (Dublin)

Hockey
David Hart

Hurling
Ronan Drumgoole (Dublin), Damien Maher (Kilkenny), Barry Cox (Carlow)

Rugby
Vikki McGinn (football & rugby), David Mongan, Max Rantz-McDonald

Rowing
Terence McCartan Soccer & Football Emma Dunne, Bronagh Sheridan

Swimming Niamh McDonnell

Tennis
David O'Connell

More information on Sport Scholarships can be obtained from http://www.dcu.ie/sportscholarships/

ENDS