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UCC Sports announces 22/23 Sports Scholarships

25 Nov 2022

82 students across 17 sports have been awarded UCC Sports Scholarships for 2022-2023. The announcement was made at the launch of the 22.23 programmes at the UCC Sports Grounds in the Mardyke Pavilion on the 24th of November.

  • 82 students from across 17 sports receive UCC sports scholarships
  • Recipients hail from Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Kildare, Laois, Limerick, Sligo, Tipperary, and Waterford – full list below
  • Sponsored scholarships supported by Bank of Ireland, Gym+Coffee; MJ Dowling; Moss Keane family, Jason Foley Family and the UCC GAA Alumni

 

Irish sports stars of tomorrow from across 12 counties have had their talent and hard work recognised with UCC Sports Scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year.

 Hockey Scholarship presentation

A total of 82 students across 17 sports, hailing from Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Kilkenny, Kildare, Laois, Limerick, Sligo, Tipperary, and Waterford have been awarded, with the recipients named at the launch of the 22.23 programmes at the UCC Sports Grounds in the Mardyke Pavilion on the 24th of November. 2 sports are honoured for the first time: Equestrian & Olympic Weightlifting.

 

The UCC Sport Scholarship programme aims to support athletes achieve their full potential and is divided into two main strands UCC Team Sport Scholarships and UCC Individual Sport Scholarship.

 

Through the scholarship programme our students, including 16 First Year recipients, will be supported to develop and progress in their journey as talented athletes and meeting their academic goals through our UCC Sport Performance Programme.  The purpose of UCC Sport’s performance programme is to support UCC teams and athletes perform to their full potential.

 

The programme is tailored for UCC’s sports scholarship students and the university’s elite teams and athletes performing at top level sport in 3rd level sport, Cork, Munster, Ireland and internationally. 

 

The university works with its clubs, coaches and specialist staff in the areas of sports science, conditioning, nutrition, sports medicine, sports physiology and sports analysis. UCC also works in partnership with national governing bodies, provincial sports organisations, and with Sport Ireland in the delivery of their high performance strategy.  

 

Speaking at the announcement today, UCC President John O’Halloran said, “UCC values and recognises our outstanding student athletes and the major contribution they make to themselves, sports, their communities, families and schools. We thank our extraordinary coaches, volunteers, Clubs Executive and staff who are supporting them. We also would like to express our sincere gratitude to our sponsors who support our scholarship programme – Bank of Ireland, Gym+Coffee; MJ Dowling; Moss Keane family, Jason Foley Family and the UCC GAA Alumni.  These sponsors and their support make a significant contribution to the development and success of our athletes.

Soccer Scholarship presentation 

Morgan Buckley, Head of UCC Sport said, “Congratulations to all our teams, and athletes. We are incredibly proud of their achievements and their coaches, volunteers and clubs who support them with our great staff and services in UCC.  The services we can provide to our performance teams and athletes are greatly enhanced by the UCC Sport scholarship programme.  Our priority is to ensure they can balance their studies and sport.  We are delighted to be one of three universities in Ireland to secure the Accreditation for Student-Athlete Support standard (ASAS) which is an accreditation recently developed and launched by Sport Ireland aimed at providing equal opportunity to all high-performing student-athletes to combine sport and education.”(UCC Sport ASAS)

 

Kellie Ann Mahon, UCC Club’s Executive President, said “The value and support to our students makes UCC a great place to study and excel in sport.  We have fantastic levels of participation in sport in and we are very proud of them all.”

 

 

 

 

Sport

Athlete

Athletics

Ruby Millet   (Gym+Coffee)

Athletics

Lauren McCourt

Athletics

Conor Morey

Basketball

Annaliese Murphy     (Jason Foley Memorial Scholarship)

Basketball

Amy Dooley         

Camogie

Emma Murphy

Camogie

Ciara O’ Sullivan

Camogie

Isobel Sheehan

Camogie

Molly Lynch

Camogie

Meadbh Murphy

Camogie

Clodagh Carroll

Equestrian

Michelle O’ Driscoll

Gaelic Football

Brian Hayes

Gaelic Football

Mark Cronin

Gaelic Football

Michael O’ Gara

Gaelic Football

Sean Quilter

Gaelic Football

Riain Quigley

Gaelic Football

Shane Merritt

Gaelic Football

Dylan Geaney

Gaelic Football

Ruairi Murphy

Gaelic Football

Dylan Foley

Gaelic Football

Armin Heinrich

Gaelic Football

Sean O’ Connor

Gaelic Football  (W)

Katie Quirke

Gaelic Football  (W)

Kellyann Hogan  (Mardyke Fresco Scholarship)

Gaelic Football (W)

Sarah Murphy

Hockey 

Micaela Sanderson   (Gym+Coffee)

Hockey

Rebecca Kingston

Hockey

Emma O Sullivan

Hockey

Abi O Mahoney

Hockey

Sam Lilburn

Hockey

Enya O Donoghue

Hockey

Sophie Clein

Hockey

Elva Kerr

Hockey

Saoirse Griffin

Hockey

Laurna McHugh

Hockey 

James Feely

Hurling

Iarlaith Daly

Hurling

Niall O’ Leary    (M.J. Dowling)

Hurling

Conor Cahalane    (M.J. Dowling)

Hurling

Robert Downey     (M.J. Dowling) 

Hurling

Cormac O’ Brien

Hurling

Daniel Hogan

Hurling

Padraig Power

Hurling

Daire O’ Leary

Hurling

Joe Fitzpatrick     (UCC GAA Alumni)   

Hurling

Darragh Flynn      (UCC GAA Alumni)   

Hurling

Darragh Stakelum     (UCC GAA Alumni) 

Hurling

Mark Howell      (UCC GAA Alumni)  

Judo

TJ Palmer       

Karate

Ayla O’ Sullivan

Kickboxing

Conor McGlinchey             

Kickboxing

Taylor Heffernan

Olympic Weightlifting

Shane Roche    (Bank of Ireland Scholarship)

Rowing

Adam Murphy   (Bank of Ireland Scholarship)

Rugby

Cian Whooley    (Moss Keane)

Rugby

Aaron Quirke                                                                            

Rugby

Paddy Jones

Rugby

Jack O’Sullivan                                      

Rugby

Andrew O’Mahony                               

Rugby

Jacob Sheehan                                                                           

Rugby

Sean Condon                                                                             

Rugby

Aidan Brien                                              

Rugby

Peter Hyland

Rugby

Joe O’ Leary                            

Rugby

Billy Kiernan                                           

Rugby

Stewart Lynch                                                                               

Rugby

Clare Beasley                                                                                                                        

Rugby

Heather Kennedy   (Bank of Ireland Scholarship)

Soccer

Simon Falvey

Soccer

Denzil Fernandes            

Soccer

Robert Geaney O’ Brien

Soccer

Conor Bowdren

Soccer

Stephen O’ Connor

Soccer

Colm Murphy

Soccer  (Womens)

Aoibhinn Donnelly   (Bank of Ireland Scholarship)

Soccer (Womens)

Jesse Mendez

Soccer  (Womens)

Cathy Harrison

Table Tennis

Patrick Vaughan

Tennis

Louise O’ Callaghan

Triathlon

Luke Smith

 

UCC Player Development Performance Scholarship (Rugby) 2022/23

Mark Bissessar                                                                        

Killian Coghlan                                                                      

Danny MacCarthy                                                                

Eoghan Sheehan

Thomas Lands

 

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All images courtesy of Darragh from Provision

For more on this story contact:

sport@ucc.ie 

Department of Sport & Physical Activity

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