MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The 2017 A Night at the PAWScars ceremony was held Wednesday on the University of Memphis campus, and the Tigers' celebration of the 2016-17 year culminated with the announcement of the athletics department's two highest student-athlete honors: the Elma Roane and Zach Curlin awards.
Senior Taylor Williams, a guard on the women's basketball squad, received the Elma Roane Award, and senior Jake Elliott, Tigers football all-time leading scorer, was honored with the Zach Curlin Award. Williams and Elliott were recognized for their honors at A Night at the PAWScars event.
Both awards are presented annually to student-athletes that have competed at the highest level athletically, while exhibiting leadership characteristics and demonstrating the high ideals of sportsmanship and athleticism held by the University.