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UCD Awards 33 New First Year Sports Scholarships
At a reception in UCD on Friday 20th November the President of the University, Dr. Hugh Brady announced the names of the 33 first year sports scholarship recipients for the 2009/2010 academic year.
Among this years recipients are three members of the UCD Soccer team that recently won the FAI National League first division title, Gerard Barron, Paul Corry and Sean Houston.
Other recipients include:- Ireland underage Rugby players Andrew Boyle, David Doyle, David Lynch, Ben Marshall, Ciaran Ruddock and Rhys Ruddock.
- Domhnall Fox member of the Galway Minor All Ireland Hurling Championship winning side in 2009.
- Niall McMorrow member of the victorious Ballyboden St. Enda’s Dublin Senior Hurling Championship teams of 2008 & 2009.
- Donal Kingston Laois Under 21 and senior Gaelic Footballer.
- Ladies GAA dual star Natalia Hyland and her Dublin Football team mate Noelle Healy, both members of the victorious Dublin Ladies Football National League winning side and All Ireland Championship finalists in 2009.
They join students from fourteen sports to receive scholarships that guarantee them access to top coaches and training facilities at UCD.
Since it was initiated in 1979 by Dr Tony O’Neill to help talented soccer players who wished to stay in education, the UCD sports scholarship programme has expanded and supported over 800 students across athletics, basketball, camogie, cycling, ladies gaelic football, men’s gaelic football, golf, handball, ladies hockey, men’s hockey, hurling, rowing, rugby, women’s soccer and table tennis. Sport at UCD is now under the directorship of Brian Mullins. Some of Ireland’s best known sports figures are former UCD sports scholars including the current international rugby players Brian O’Driscoll, Paddy Wallace and Robert Kearney, athletes Derval O’Rourke & Joanne Cuddihy, gaelic footballers Alan Brogan and Paul Griffin and international golfer Peter Lawrie.
The UCD sports scholarship programme aims to develop elite athletes who can compete at the highest national and international level. In total 124 UCD students are in receipt of sports scholarships in 2009/10. Team sport is specifically encouraged through the scholarship programme and the University fields teams at the highest competitive level. The soccer team recently won promotion to the Premier Division of the FAI National League, the ladies and men’s hockey teams compete in the top flight of their respective Leinster leagues, the senior hurling and gaelic football sides have a strong tradition in both the University and Dublin Championship competitions, while the rugby team competes in the AIB All-Ireland league and has produced a number of current provincial and international players.
New First Year Sports Scholarship Recipients 2009/2010
Athletics
Ciara Everard (1st Physiotherapy, Kilkenny)
Basketball
Cathal Finn (1st Actuarial & Financial Studies, Galway)
Camogie
Kate McDonald (1st Arts, Kilkenny)
Ladies Gaelic Football
Noelle Healy (1st Medicine, Dublin)
Ladies Gaelic Football & Camogie
Natalia Hyland (1st Commerce, Dublin)
Men’s Gaelic Football
John Heslin (1st Agricultural Science, Westmeath)
Niall Kilroy (1st Actuarial & Financial Studies, Roscommon)
Donal Kingston (1st Arts, Laois)
Ladies Hockey
Kerry McComish (1st Post Graduate Dip. Education, Lisburn)
Hurling
Conor Allis (1st Radiography, Limerick)
Domhall Fox (1st Arts, Galway)
Niall McMorrow (1st Arts, Dublin)
Kevin O’Loughlin (1st Science, Dublin)
Rowing
Peter Grogan (1st Arts, Offaly)
Andrew Neale (1st Engineering, Offaly)
Rugby
Andrew Boyle (1st Physiotherapy, Dublin)
Ben Doyle (1st Science, Wicklow)
David Doyle (1st Science, Dublin)
Peter Du Toit (1st Computer Science, Kildare)
Jordan Egan (1st Arts, Wicklow)
David Lynch (1st Arts, Kildare)
Ben Marshall (1st Engineering, Dublin)
Ciaran Ruddock (2nd Health & Performance Science, England)
Rhys Ruddock (1st Commerce, England)
James Thornton (1st Arts, Dublin)
Soccer
Gerard Barron (1st Dip. Sports Management, Limerick)
Paul Corry (1st Commerce, Dublin)
Stephen Doyle (1st Health & Performance Science, Kildare)
Daniel Fallon (1st Arts, Mayo)
Sean Houston (1st Arts, Donegal)
Barry McCabe (1st Health & Performance Science, Galway)
Mark McGinley (1st Arts, Donegal)
David O’Connor (1st Arts, Meath)
On a reception on 5th March in the O’Reilly Hall, a further 16 students were awarded Sports Scholarships in their respective sports. These were continuing students and were receiving the awards for the first time in their college term.
These students were:
Athletics:
Mr. Steven Colvert 2nd Science
Mr. Eoin Mulhall 2nd Arts
Camogie:
Ms. Theres Manton 4th Nursing
Gaelic Football:
Mr. Donal O’Currain 2nd Arts
Mr. Michael Savage HDip Economics
Golf:
Mr. Jamie Rothwell 3rd Civil Engineering
Mr. Stephen Walsh 2nd Sports & Exercise Mgmt
Hurling:
Mr. Oisin Gough 3rd Pharmacology
Mr. David O’Callaghan HDip Computer Science
Ladies Hockey:
Ms. Laura Wilson 2nd Physiotherapy
Ms. Grace O’Flanagan MA Marketing
Men’s Hockey
Mr. Timothy Hill 3rd Food Science
Mr. Gavin O’Halloran MA Marketing
Men’s Soccer
Mr. Robbie Creevy 2nd Commerce
Women’s Soccer
Ms. Louise Quinn 2nd Sports & Exercise Mgmt
