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UCC Sports Star Awards 2019

9 Apr 2019
Chris O’Leary, David Lowney, Dylan Desmond, Eoghan Murphy, Hurling, Eimear Meaney, Ladies Football, Garry Murphy, Michael Flood and Cian Kiely, Football are presented with their Individual and Team Awards by Mary O’Connor, CEO Federation of Irish Sport. Photo: Michael Mac Sweeney, Provision

UCC’s top sports stars were honoured at the Sports Star Awards 2018/2019 in the River Lee Hotel on Tuesday 9th April, with personalities from the world of sport, coaches, parents, students, UCC Clubs Executive and UCC staff in attendance.

The Annual Sports Star Awards, proudly sponsored by River Lee Hotel, now in their 36th year, recognise outstanding sporting performances from UCC sports club athletes. This year the awards were presented by Guest of Honour Mary O’Conner, CEO of Federation of Irish Sport.


The full list of UCC Sports Star Awards 2018-19 winners is as follows:

  • Shane Conway, (2nd Arts)
  • Mary Fitzgerald, (1st Occupational Therapy)
  • Emily Hegarty, (2nd Biological Sciences)
  • John Hodnett, (1st Sports Studies & Physical Education)
  • Hannah Humphreys, (2nd Chemical Sciences)
  • Cian Kiely, (4th SSPE)
  • Eimear Meaney, (4th Speech & Language Therapy)
  • Paul O Donovan, (1st GEM)
  • Chris O Leary, (Masters in Food Busines)
  • Sean O Shea, (3rd Arts)
  • Chloe Sigerson, (2nd Biological Sciences)
  • Rob Slevin, (2nd Commerce), Cork
  • James Taylor, (2nd Finance)

For further information please visit: https://sport.ucc.ie/ucc-sports-star-awards19/ 

For more on this story contact:

Christine O Donovan, Deputy Director of Sport & Physical Activity, 021 4904752, codonovan@ucc.ie 

Leas-Uachtarán agus Cláraitheoir/ Deputy President & Registrar

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