Georgia Institute of Technology

Heidi Hatteberg Named ACC Scholar Athlete Of The Year

Jul 31, 2012

Heidi Hatteberg, an AE senior who has been accepted into AE's Graduate School, has been named a Scholar Athlete of the Year by the Atlantic Coast Conference for the 2011-2012 academic year.

Heidi is the school record holder in three different events and qualified for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.  Hatteberg served as the Yellow Jackets' captain in 2011-12, received the team's Tommy Towles Scholar Athlete Award and was awarded the ACC's Postgraduate Scholarship.

The Louixville, KY native is a two-year member of Georgia Tech's Student-Athlete Advisory Board and is involved in all of the team's community service initiatives.

Kevin King, a mechanical engineering major, was also named an ACC Scholar Athlete of the Year.  King is a three-time All-ACC selection and earned ITA All-American honors in 2011.

The awards are presented annually on each campus and recipients are selected by criteria determined by each institution.

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