Women's Basketball | 3/11/2015 12:07:00 PM

Wingate, N.C.----Senior basketball student-athlete Jasmine DeBerry (Charlotte, N.C.) is the 2015 Wingate University National Girls and Women in Sport Day (NGWSD) Award winner. Sponsored by the WU School of Sport Sciences, the theme for this year's NGWSD celebration was "Game On!" DeBerry was honored at a recent Wingate basketball doubleheader.
 
"I was honored this year to present Jasmine DeBerry with the 2015 NGWSD Award for Wingate University," Dean of the School of Sport Sciences Dr. Travis Teague says. "Throughout my many interactions with Jasmine during her time at Wingate, she has always demonstrated an effort to excel, while at the same time, showing genuine care for those around her." 

"Jasmine is an inspiration to all those around her," Wingate head women's basketball coach Ann Hancock says. "She is very deserving of the NGWSD award. Jasmine is a standout in community service, academics and athletics. It's nice to see her unselfishness recognized by others. She has truly given her time and made sacrifices that not many are willing to make. She is a bright and shining star who will be successful in whatever she chooses to do next."
 
A Communication Studies major, DeBerry is one of 10 student-athletes named to the 2015 Allstate Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Good Works Team®. During the summer of 2014, DeBerry donated bone marrow to a nine-year-old girl with Sickle Cell Anemia. DeBerry joined the Be The Match® bone marrow registry as an 18-year-old, dedicating her registration to a friend who died from Sickle Cell Anemia the previous year.
 
Legendary University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill women's basketball coach Sylvia Hatchell and the Tar Heel family honored DeBerry's selfless act prior to the Wingate-UNC women's basketball exhibition in November. A four-year letter winner for the Bulldogs, DeBerry and her teammates are preparing for the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional tournament later this week.
 
DeBerry is an active community servant. Through her church (University Church of Christ in Charlotte), she volunteers with a nursing home ministry and a Thanksgiving meal give-away. While at Wingate, she has visited Levine's Children's Hospital, Wingate Elementary School, East Union Middle School, Union Diversified Industries and the Habitat for Humanity recycling center. DeBerry has also assisted with Operation Christmas Child shoe box preparation and Johnny's Open Table soup kitchen activities at Wingate Baptist Church.
 
Academically, DeBerry is the recipient of the Ann Hancock Endowed Scholarship at Wingate. DeBerry has a 3.491 GPA at Wingate. She has made two appearances on the WU President's List (3.800 semester GPA or better). DeBerry has been named to the WU Dean's List on three occasions. She is a three-time member of the South Atlantic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll.
 
WINGATE UNIVERSITY
 
Wingate University, ranked as the 10th "best value" in the South by U.S. News & World Report, serves more than 3,000 students on three campuses in Wingate, Charlotte and Hendersonville, N.C. Founded in 1896, the University offers 35 undergraduate majors, 37 minors and career concentrations, numerous pre-professional programs, graduate degrees in business, accounting, education, physician assistant studies and sport administration, and doctorates in pharmacy, physical therapy and education.
 
With a 14 to 1 student/teacher ratio, Wingate students gain the tools and support needed to excel in academics and apply that learning toward an extraordinary career and life. To view current news, video and story ideas, visit www.youtube.com/wingateuniversity. 
 
In addition to a robust intramural athletics program, Wingate student athletes compete in 22 NCAA Division II sports. The University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past eight years. For more information, go to www.wingate.edu.
 
Wingate is first among NCAA Division II Academic All-America®-producing colleges in the 2000's with 72 selections. Among North Carolina's colleges and universities, Wingate's 72 Academic All-America® honorees are number one during this millennium. Wingate's 81 lifetime Academic All-America® picks are tops among all SAC schools. For more information on WU athletics, go to www.wingatebulldogs.com.