Swimmers honored at Annual Harvard Varsity Club Senior Letterwinners Dinner

Lawler Earns Francis H. Burr Scholarship
Presented to senior who best combines qualities of leadership, scholarship and athletic ability.
June 8, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Francis H. Burr Scholarship, which is presented to the senior who best combines qualities of leadership, scholarship and athletic ability, was given to James Lawler (Greenwich, Conn.) of the men's swimming and diving team Wednesday at the annual Harvard Varsity Club Senior Letterwinners Dinner at the Murr Center.
Nine awards were presented Wednesday -- one day before the university's Commencement exercises in Harvard Yard -- in front of a crowd of more than 600 student-athletes, coaches, parents and supporters of Harvard Athletics.
Lawler helped the Crimson to an undefeated regular season as well as the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League championship in his first year back with the program after he spent the 2003-04 season training for the U.S. Olympic Trials. He finished the year as the EISL champion in six events and swam on three relay squads at this year's NCAA championships.

Emily Stapleton '05
Stapleton Claims Francis J. Toland Service Award
Award for outstanding contribution to Harvard and its neighboring communities.
June 8, 2005
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Francis J. Toland Service Award, for outstanding contribution to Harvard and its neighboring communities, was presented to Emily Stapleton (Milwaukee, Wis.) of the women's swimming and diving team.
Stapleton helped the Crimson women to a 10-0 regular season as well as Harvard's first Ivy League championship since 1992. She also established herself as a leader and organizer of the Crimson's community outreach programs as a chair of Harvard's student-athlete advisory committee.

John Cole was a nominee for the William J. Bingham Award as the top male athlete,
Brian Zingale was a nominee for the Francis H. Burr Scholarship

2005 HARVARD ATHLETICS SENIOR AWARDS
William J. Bingham Award (top male athlete): Ryan Fitzpatrick, Football (Gilbert, Ariz.)
Radcliffe Prize (top female athlete): Caryn Davies, Heavyweight Rowing (Ithaca, N.Y.)
John P. Reardon, Jr. Award (scholarship, character, leadership): Malcolm Howard, Heavyweight Rowing (Victoria, B.C.)
Harvard-Radcliffe Foundation for Women's Athletics Prize (academic and athletic excellence): Reka Cserny, Basketball (Budapest, Hungary)
Mary G. Paget Prize (contribution to women's athletics): Nicole Corriero, Ice Hockey (Thornhill, Ont.)
Francis H. Burr Scholarship (leadership, scholarship, athletic ability): James Lawler, Swimming (Greenwich, Conn.)
Francis J. Toland Service Award (community service): Emily Stapleton, Swimming (Milwaukee, Wis.)

Carroll F. Getchell Award (team manager): Cara McDonough (Ice Hockey), Brendan Connell (Ice Hockey)