2007 Press Releases
05.11.2007
Two UCC sporting heroes will be honoured today (Monday, November 5th 2007) when Memorial Scholarships in their memory are launched. UCC students, Jason Foley and Jonathan Herlihy, who died tragically, were at the pinnacle of their sporting careers when they lost their lives.
The Memorial Scholarships will be launched at a ceremony to announce details of UCC's annual Sports Scholarships. Some 97 students received their Scholarship awards from the University's Acting University Secretary, Michael Farrell.
The Jason Foley Memorial Scholarship is in honour of the memory of Jason Foley who died on the basketball court of sudden cardiac death syndrome while playing for his local club Glenmary BC, Midleton. Jason was a Commerce Student at the time of his death. The inaugural recipient of the Jason Foley Memorial Scholarship is David Murphy for Basketball - UCC and UCC Demons. The Scholarship will be presented by members of Jason's family and The Jason Foley Fundraising Committee.
The Jonathan Herlihy Memorial Scholarship honours the memory of Jonathan Herlihy who drowned tragically last year while attempting to save two others from drowning. The Jonathan Herlihy Memorial Scholarship is being awarded to First Year Commerce student, William Kearney from Glanmire. William plays his Club hurling and football with Sarsfields and Glanmire Club, one of Jonathan's sporting clubs. The scholarship will be presented by members of Jonathan's family and The Jonathan Herlihy Fundraising Committee.
This year, scholarships are being awarded in 21 sport disciplines with Racquetball being honoured for the first time. Other sports include Rowing, Handball, Ladies Gaelic Football, Tae-kwon-do, Sailing, Swimming, Badminton, Rugby, Tennis, Ladies Soccer, Ladies Rugby, Kickboxing, Soccer, Hurling, Golf, Ladies Hockey, Gaelic Football, Camogie, Basketball and Athletics.
The success of the Badminton Club last year is reflected in three students being awarded Badminton Scholarships this year. The emergence of the Martial Arts and Indoor Clubs reflects the success of the Mardyke Arena Sports centre which was built six years ago. The indoor clubs are now attracting top class athletes because of the magnificent facilities available.
The success of the Ladies Hockey Club in retaining the Chilean Cup recently is reflected in six students receiving hockey scholarships. The Ladies Hockey Club has attracted senior internationals Julie O'Halloran and Hollie Moffett to join the panel this year along with existing internationals Áine Connery and Ali O'Connor.
Other students to be honoured this year include Marie Breen - UCC Basketball and Team Montenotte, Glanmire. Marie received her first Irish Senior Caps over the summer.
The GAA winners include All Ireland Cork u21 Gaelic Footballers Michael Shields, Fintan Goold, Eoin Cotter, Ken O'Halloran, David Kearney and David Limrick, while Watergrasshill Hurling sensation of the year John Halbert is also honoured, along with Shane O'Neill and All Ireland Medal winner for Kilkenny, Donnchadh Cody.
The value of a Sports Scholarship ranges between €500 and €2,000. Over 400 applications for scholarships were received with 150 students interviewed and 97 scholarships awarded. The Scholarships are primarily funded by the Department of Physical Education & Sport and this year a number of local businesses have come on board and the University is indebted to them for their support:
Richard Pratt Holdings Scholarship - Anthony Nash, Hurling - Cork and Kanturk
EMC Scholarship - Kevin Hartnett, Hurling - Cork Seniors and Russell Rovers
Liam Martin Electrical, Douglas Scholarships - Stephen Moylan - Douglas and Cork U21 and David Kearney - Gaelic Football - Nemo Rangers and Cork U21.
Cadbury Ireland is also continuing their sponsorship of aspiring U21 Gaelic Footballers in addition to their sponsorship of the All Ireland U21 Series. This year the Cadbury Scholarship is awarded to: Eoin Cotter - Cork U21 and Douglas and Daithí Ó Sé - Kerry U21 and An Gaeltacht.
Organised by UCC's Department of Physical Education & Sport, the Presentation of Scholarships takes place this evening (November 5th 2007) at 6pm in the Multifunctional Hall, Áras na Mac Léinn, UCC.
UCC SPORTS SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEES 2007/08
AOIFE COOK, ATHLETICS, Cork, Sports Studies
CIARAN COLLINS, ATHLETICS, Clare, Computer Science I
DENIS FINNEGAN, ATHLETICS, Kerry, Pharmacy IV
KATHY BIRD, ATHLETICS, Cork, Biol. Science III
ORLA DRUMM, ATHLETICS, Limerick, Final Medicine
YVONNE HICKEY, ATHLETICS, Kilkenny, Sports Studies II
GARY O’SULLIVAN, BADMINTON, Cork, Criminal Justice
LIAM MCNAMARA, BADMINTON, Tipperary, Biochem. Sc. I
PHILLIP COLLINS, BADMINTON, Cork, Civil Eng. IV
DAVID MURPHY, BASKETBALL, Cork, B.Comm IV
HANSEY SEXTON, BASKETBALL, Cork, Arts III
MARIE BREEN, BASKETBALL, Cork, Commerce IV
ANNE DALTON, CAMOGIE, Kilkenny, Social Science II
AOIFE MCLOUGHNEY, CAMOGIE, Tipperary, Arts I
CATHRIONA FOLEY, CAMOGIE, Cork, Biol. Sc. III
ORLA COTTER, CAMOGIE, Cork, Sports Studies I
BRENDAN JER O’SULLIVAN, G. FOOTBALL, Cork, Sports Studies II
BRIAN MULVIHILL, G. FOOTBALL, Tipperary, Commerce IV
DAITHI O SE, G. FOOTBALL, Kerry, Commerce II
DAVID LIMRICK, G. FOOTBALL, West Cork, Finance III
EOIN COTTER, G. FOOTBALL, Cork, B.Comm. II
FINTAN GOOLD, G. FOOTBALL, Cork, Process Eng. IV
JOHN HAYES, G. FOOTBALL, Cork, Env. Sc. IV
MICHAEL FITZGERALD, G. FOOTBALL, Limerick, Modern Irish
MICHAEL O’DONAGHUE, G. FOOTBALL, Kerry, Law III
MICHAEL SHIELDS, G. FOOTBALL, Cork, Food Business III
NIALL HORGAN, G. FOOTBALL, Cork, B.Comm. IV
TOMAS MAC an TaSAIOR, G. FOOTBALL, Kerry, Arts II
KEN OHALLORAN, GAA FOOTBALL, Cork, Arts III
DAVID KEARNEY, GAELIC F’BALL, Cork, Finance II
MICHAEL MENNIS, GAELIC F’BALL, Cork, Arts I
DECLAN KING, Golf, Waterford, Civil Eng. I
KEVIN STACK, GOLF, Waterford, BSc III
PAUL O'CONNOR, Golf, Kerry, Architecture
SINEAD SLATER, GOLF, Kilkenny, Sports Studies
ASHLEY PRENDIVILLE, HANDBALL, Kerry, Sports Studies I
ANTHONY NASH, HURLING, Cork, Food Marketing
DARRAGH MCSWEENEY, HURLING, Cork, B.Comm. IV
DONNACHA CODY, HURLING, Kilkenny, Civil Engineering IV
EANNA MARTIN, HURLING, Wexford, Food Business III
JAMIE NAGLE, HURLING, Waterford, Postgraduate
JOHN HALBERT, HURLING, Cork, B.Comm. II
KEVIN HARTNETT, HURLING, Cork, Masters
MICHAEL CAHILL, HURLING, Tipperary, Sports Studies
MICHAEL RICE, HURLING, Kilkenny, H.Dip in Education
SHANE O’NEILL, HURLING, Cork, Process Eng. IV
STEPHEN MOYLAN, HURLING, Cork, Arts II
DIARMUID MACSUIBHNE, KICKBOXING, Cork, Arts III
LUKE DEASY, KICKBOXING, Cork, Elec. Engineering
ALLISON ROCHE, L SOCCER, Limerick, Sports Studies II
CLAIRE RIGNEY, L. RUGBY, Cork, Arts III
EIMEAR KNIGHTLY, L. SOCCER, Kerry, Arts
JILL HORAN, L. SOCCER, Tipperary, Arts III
LINDA DOUGLAS, L. SOCCER, Waterford, Sports Studies II
AMANDA BROSNAN, LADIES GAELIC, Kerry, Sports Studies II
GRAINNE KENNEALLY, LADIES GAELIC, Cork, Sports Studies
AINE CONNERY, LADIES HOCKEY, Kilkenny, BA III
ALI O’CONNOR, LADIES HOCKEY, Cork, Commerce II
HOLLIE MOFFETT, LADIES HOCKEY, Cork, BSc III
JULIA O’HALLORAN, LADIES HOCKEY, Cork, BCL III
EIBHLIN O’DONOGHUE, HOCKEY, Wexford, Dental
ORLA CROWLEY, LADIES HOCKEY, Cork, Medicine II
EITHNE SKEHAN, RAQUETBALL, Waterford, Social Science
DANIEL MURPHY, ROWING, Cork, Finance IV
DAVID WALSH, ROWING, Cork, MBS
ORLA HAYES, ROWING, Cork, Applied Psychology II
ALEX KELLEHER, RUGBY, Cork, B.Comm. III
BRIAN DENNEHY, RUGBY, Cork, Arts
CHRIS KENEFICK, RUGBY, Cork, Civil Engineering IV
GAVIN DUNNE, RUGBY, Cork, B.Comm. III
IAN NAGLE, RUGBY, Cork, Commerce
IVAN DINEEN, RUGBY, Cork, BIS III
JEFF POWER, RUGBY, Cork, Civil Engineering II
JOHN RYAN, RUGBY, Cork, Arts I
NEILUS KEOUGH, RUGBY, Cork, B.Comm. III
RONAN O’SULLIVAN, RUGBY, Limerick, Biochemistry
RONAN O'NEILL, RUGBY, Cork, Env. Science
SAM CRONIN, RUGBY, Cork, Finance III
SCOTT DEASY, RUGBY, Cork, Finance
SEAN SCANLON, RUGBY, Limerick, Arts
SHANE O'SULLIVAN, RUGBY, Cork, Arts
STEPHEN ARCHER, RUGBY, Cork, Food Business II
GEORGE KINGSTON, SAILING, Cork, BIS IV
SIMON MURRAY, SAILING, Cork, Physics
CIARAN FORDE, SOCCER, Cork, Biochemistry IV
DANIEL DUGGAN, SOCCER, Cork, Sports Studies II
MICHAEL MCSWEENEY, SOCCER, Cork, Sports Studies
MICHAEL O’BRIEN, SOCCER, Clare, Occup. Therapy II
PADRAIG O’BRIEN, SOCCER, Cork, B.Comm. IV
RICHARD RYAN, SOCCER, Tipperary, Sports Studies II
ROBERT HOURIHAN, SOCCER, Cork, Food Business III
TOMAS EARLS, SOCCER, Wicklow, Sports Studies
GER MANGAN, SWIMMING, Cork, Arts III
ANTHONY HAYES, TENNIS, Cork, Business Information
EMMA TIERNEY, TENNIS, Clare, Pharmacy II
WILLIAM KEARNEY, HURLING, Cork, Commerce
EIMEARR CURRAN, TKD, Kerry, Arts
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