Temple University Athletics
Joyce Earns AAC Commissioner’s Postgraduate Leadership Award
7.6.22 | Women's Cross Country, Women's Track and Field
IRVING, Texas – American Athletic Conference Commissioner Mike Aresco announced toady that Temple cross country/track and field athlete Michelle Joyce has been chosen as one of two winners of the 2021-22 Commissioner's Postgraduate Leadership Awards by the AAC faculty athletics representatives. Joyce joins Wichita State's Chonnor Ludolph as the only two recipients of the award.
The awards are given to one male and one female student-athlete from an American Athletic Conference-sponsored sport who have been admitted to a degree-granting or professional program for the following year and who have demonstrated leadership through excellence in academic credentials, athletic performance and depth of commitment to service within the institution or the community.
Ludolph and Joyce will each receive a $5,000 scholarship, which may be applied to postgraduate study.
Joyce, who hails from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, becomes the first student-athlete from Temple to win a Commissioner's Postgraduate Leadership Award. Joyce was the 2021 American Athletic Conference outdoor champion in the 5,000-meter run and was the conference runner-up in the 10,000. She took sixth in the 10,000 at the 2022 American Outdoor Championships and was third in the 2021 American Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships, becoming only the second Temple runner to qualify for the NCAA Championship. She was a four-time all-conference selection in cross country.
Joyce graduated from Temple with a 3.99 grade-point average as a bioengineering major with a master certificate in bioinformatics. She registered seven semesters with a 4.00 GPA and was a Dean's List student in all eight semesters as an undergraduate. Joyce plans to pursue a Ph.D. in bioengineering at Stanford.
Past winners of the award include:
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2013-14 |
Zach Willis, Baseball, Memphis |
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Jackie Wattles, Volleyball, UConn |
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2014-15 |
Keenan Joyner, Track and Field, Memphis |
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Julie Kernen, Softball, Tulsa |
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2015-16 |
Julien Dodu, Swimming & Diving, East Carolina |
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Hannah Emnett, Rowing, Tulsa |
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2016-17 |
Kirk Smith, Cross Country/Track and Field, Tulsa |
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Juliana Madzia, Cross Country/Track and Field, Cincinnati |
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2017-18 |
Chandler Klemm, Soccer, Memphis |
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Vendela Norman, Swimming & Diving, East Carolina |
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2018-19 |
Austin Allen, Tennis, East Carolina |
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Enna Selmanovic, Swimming & Diving, Cincinnati |
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2019-20 |
Din Selmanovic, Swimming & Diving, Cincinnati |
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Stasia Mallin, Soccer, Memphis |
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2020-21 |
Alec Trela, Baseball, Memphis |
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Jeni Griffin, Swimming & Diving, Tulane |
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