MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University gymnast Jaida Lawrence has been named the gymnastics winner for the 2016 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award, as announced today by the Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine.
The Rocky Hill, Connecticut, native was named a semifinalist for the award on March 2. The three overall finalists will be announced on March 17, and the top Male and Female Athletes of the Year will be announced on April 7.
Today’s winners will be listed in the April 21, 2016, edition of Diverse. Representing 36 sports, this year’s winners were chosen from more than 1,000 outstanding minority student-athletes nominated by their respective institutions.