Dowd Earns AAC Commissioner’s Postgraduate Leadership Award
7/9/2024 2:26:00 PM | Men's Cross Country, Men's Track & Field
IRVING – Rice men's cross country and track & field athlete Travis Dowd was awarded the American Athletic Conference Commissioner's Postgraduate Leadership Award, AAC Commissioner Tim Pernetti announced Tuesday morning.
The award is presented 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. UAB's Olivia Valbak (softball) earned the female award.
The award recipients will each receive a $5,000 scholarship, which may be applied to postgraduate study.
Dowd earned his master's degree in global medical innovation this past season and earned an undergraduate degree in bioengineering in 2023 from Rice. At the 2024 Night of the Owl, Dowd was awarded the Stancliff-Duckett "R" Association Scholarship and the Clanton/Winston, MD Courage & Diligence Award. He was also named to the CSC Academic All-District team this past season.
He plans on pursuing his Master of Public Health and Doctor of Medicine degrees at UT Southwestern Medical School and the O'Donnell School of Public Health.
During the 2023-24 season, Dowd finished 35th at the AAC XC Championships and was 29th at the NCAA South Central Regional. At the AAC Outdoor Championships, Dowd secured Rice's first point of the meet with an eighth-place finish in the 10,000m.
The award is presented 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. UAB's Olivia Valbak (softball) earned the female award.
The award recipients will each receive a $5,000 scholarship, which may be applied to postgraduate study.
Dowd earned his master's degree in global medical innovation this past season and earned an undergraduate degree in bioengineering in 2023 from Rice. At the 2024 Night of the Owl, Dowd was awarded the Stancliff-Duckett "R" Association Scholarship and the Clanton/Winston, MD Courage & Diligence Award. He was also named to the CSC Academic All-District team this past season.
He plans on pursuing his Master of Public Health and Doctor of Medicine degrees at UT Southwestern Medical School and the O'Donnell School of Public Health.
During the 2023-24 season, Dowd finished 35th at the AAC XC Championships and was 29th at the NCAA South Central Regional. At the AAC Outdoor Championships, Dowd secured Rice's first point of the meet with an eighth-place finish in the 10,000m.
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