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Four Tar Heels Earn ACC Postgraduate Recognition

Four Tar Heels have been honored as 2023 Weaver-James-Corrigan-Swofford Postgraduate Scholarship Awards, as announced on Friday by the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Armando Bacot (men's basketball), Elizabeth Culton (gymnastics) Anton Down-Jenkins (swimming & diving), Destiny Middleton (softball) are among the ACC's 53 honorees.

Down-Jenkins and Middleton are among the ACC Postgraduate Scholars and Culton is the recipient of a Jim & Pat Thacker Scholarship. Each will receive a $6,000 scholarship to use in the pursuit of graduate studies.

Bacot is an honorary nominee, among a group of 11 recipients who plan to pursue professional careers in their sports.