March 5, 2003
All-America swimmer Shilo Ayalon, academic all-America football standout Dan Dyke and all-conference tennis player Jaime Wong have been named as recipients of Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship awards by the Atlantic Coast Conference, Commissioner John Swofford announced Wednesday.
A total of 19 ACC student-athletes were honored, and each will receive $5,000 to use towards their graduate education. Student-athletes receiving the award have performed with distinction both in the classroom and in their respective sports while demonstrating exemplary conduct in the community. The award is named in honor of the late Jim Weaver and the late Bob James as well as Gene Corrigan, past ACC commissioners.
Georgia Tech, North Carolina and Wake Forest were the only ACC schools to have three student-athlete selected.
Ayalon, an electrical engineering major from Kafar Hanassi, Israel, is a member of the ACC 50th Anniversary team for Men’s Swimming & Diving. He was named ACC Swimmer of the Meet at last weekend’s conference championships after he set an ACC record in winning the 1,650 freestyle. Ayalon also earned all-America honors in 2002 and honorable mention all-America accolades in 2001 in the 1,650 freestyle. He is a seven-time all-ACC honoree in his career and owns Georgia Tech school records in the 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 1,000 freestyle, 1,650 freestyle and 400 individual medley.
A three-time member of the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll, Ayalon was named to the 2001 Verizon Academic All-District III At-Large team and to the College Swimming Coaches Association of America Academic All-America team in 2001 and 2002.
Dyke, an electrical engineering major from Winter Springs, Fla., was a four-time first-team Verizon Academic All-America and a four-year member of the ACC All-Academic football team. He was a four-year starting punter for the Tech football team with a career average of 41.37 yards per kick, posting the second-best career punting average in school history while recording three of the top eight season averages in Tech annals. He ranks seventh in Tech history in career punting yards (5,461) and eighth in career punts (132).
After coming to Georgia Tech on a President’s Scholarship recipient, the Institute’s most prestigious academic scholarship, Dyke earned his bachelor’s degree in December of 2002 and is now enrolled in graduate school, pursuing a master’s in electrical engineering with an emphasis on biomedical engineering.
Wong, a native of Singapore who is majoring in Science, Technology and Culture, is a member of the ACC 50th Anniversary team for Women’s Tennis. She is a two-time all-Atlantic Coast Conference selection, (2000-2001) as well as the ACC Champion at No. 4 singles in 2000. Last season, Wong participated in the 2002 NCAA Individual Championships, the first Tech female ever to earn a berth. She entered her senior season with the highest singles winning percentage in school history while ranking third in Tech history in career singles wins and career doubles victories. Wong was the recipient of Georgia Tech’s Bobby Dodd Scholarship for 2002-03 as Tech’s top female scholar athlete and is a three-time member of the Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll.
