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Senior Exit Exhibition Awards
The following seniors received a total of approximately $2,000 in gift certificates and cash prizes for their outstanding work in this year’s Senior Exit Exhibition at The Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture (CADVC). The prizes came from the following donors: ColorLab, Creative Alliance Movie Makers, MBC Precision Imaging, Plaza Art Supply, Service Photo, Severn Graphics and CADVC.
GRAPHIC DESIGN: Ronald Mugabi, Sean Heavey, Jennifer Hong, Samantha Song, Tijani Oghnlende, Daniela Hinoha and Allison Mowry
PHOTO: Jennifer Erb, Michelle Renay Wilson and Terah Murray
PRINT MEDIA: Katie Heather and Dennis Garcia
FILM: Matt Szychowski, Brendan Huza, Justin Wineke, Johnathan Ramirez, Antonio Calderon and Kevin Goodson
GAMING: Elka Cahn, Joel Bowers, Matt Fioravante, Paul Guseman, Adam Shook, Tommy Truong, Justin Wineke, Jan Zhang and Danny Hollis
CADVC’s Show Pick: Michele Renay Wilson and Sean Heavey
Their artwork will be on display at the CADVC through Saturday, June 20.
Four Men’s Lacrosse Players Selected to All-America Squads
For the second consecutive year, a school-record tying four UMBC men’s lacrosse players have been selected to the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association’s All-America squads. Senior midfielder Peet Poillon earned the top honor, earning Second Team honors, while senior goalkeeper Jeremy Blevins repeated as an Honorable Mention selection. Senior midfielder Alex Hopmann and junior linemate Kyle Wimer both earned honorable mention citations.
Tennis Player Named to First-Team Academic All-America
Tennis standout Cornelia Carapcea ‘09 has become the ninth student-athlete in UMBC history to earn multiple Academic All-America citations as the native of Constanta, Romania, was named to the First-Team Academic All-District II women’s at-large squad. Carapcea, who earned Third Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All American honors last spring, was UMBC’s co-salutatorian at graduation ceremonies on Thursday, May 21.
She is the second women’s tennis player to earn multiple honors. Eight of UMBC’s nine honorees have been recognized since 1997.