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Backel Named Outstanding Engineering Senior
March 31, 2010 | Track and Field
March 31, 2010
NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma senior thrower Amy Backel was recently named the College of Engineering's Outstanding Senior in Civil Engineering. The award was presented to Backel at the University of Oklahoma Campus Awards Program on March 26 in the Molly Shi Boren Ballroom inside the Oklahoma Memorial Union.
The honor is the latest in a number of academic achievements for Backel who is a two-time ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American. Backel has also been named to the last three Academic All-Big 12 teams with a perfect 4.0 GPA each year and was the recipient of the 2007 Dan Gibbens Outstanding Scholar Athlete of the Year Award and Athletics Council Service Award.
Success for Backel is twofold as the senior from Dillsburg, Pa., is the OU record holder in the javelin and has qualified for the NCAA Championships the past two years, earning All-America honors in the javelin in 2008 and competing in the shot put at the event in 2009.
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