WASHINGTON - Former Georgetown University men’s basketball All-American Dikembe Mutombo (SLL’91) will be one of six former college student-athletes to receive the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award for their collegiate and professional achievements, it was announced today.
The Silver Anniversary Award annually recognizes distinguished individuals on the 25th anniversary of the conclusion of their college athletics careers. Representatives of NCAA member schools and conferences, along with a panel of former student-athletes, select each year’s recipients.
In addition to Mutombo, the 2015 recipients are Abby Cheng (Arkansas State, women’s volleyball, biological sciences), Chris Howard (Air Force, football, industrial and operational engineering), Joe Juneau (RPI, hockey, aeronautical engineering), Russell Maryland (Miami, football, psychology) and Steve Smith (Michigan State, basketball (interdisciplinary social science).