INFO | What They Are Saying about Grace Burrell
 
Rock Hill, S.C.----Wingate University senior Grace Burrell is the 2025 South Atlantic Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year award winner for women's track and field, league officials announce this week. Burrell is honored for the second time, as she was named the SAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year award winner for cross country last fall.
 
The SAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year award is presented to one student-athlete from each of the conference's 22 championship sports. The SAC's Faculty Athletic Representatives Committee votes on this honor. This prestigious award is given to the deserving recipient for their achievements in academics, athletics, service and leadership.
 
What They Are Saying
Wingate head XC coach and asst. track coach Pol Domenech on Grace Burrell:
 
"Grace's path has been unconventional. She arrived to Wingate as a very young athlete and not very confident…it has been my privilege to see first-hand her development as an athlete and as a person over her four years. She has turned into a leader on the team, always with a smile on her face and always there when her teammates need her."
 
"Grace holds a 3.916 GPA, which exemplifies her ability to perform well in the classroom, on top of her athletic achievements…and all of this while having multiple responsibilities on campus. We are so proud of her…and we look forward to following her journey as she makes an indelible impact on the world."
 
The Grace Burrell file
Senior, Brentwood, United Kingdom
 
- Psychology major with a 3.916 cumulative GPA
- Graduated summa cum laude with University honors in May
- All-South Atlantic Conference and All-Southeast Region in track
- WU won three SAC indoor and three SAC outdoor titles during her career
- Season-best T&F times: 4:39.04 (1500, Duke) and 16:43.93 (5000, APU)
- All-South Atlantic Conference XC first team three times
- Season-best XC times: 21:35.1 (6K, SAC) and 21:44.0 (6K, Lehigh)
- Added All-SER XC honors to her All-SAC XC award in '22
- Helped Wingate finish eighth at XC NCAAs in '23 and '24
- The 'Dogs won SAC XC titles in each of her three seasons
- Served as a paid research assistant in the WU Psychology PUPPY Lab
- Burrell studied prejudice and stereotypes in young children in this role
- Given her passion for animal rights, Burrell volunteers at her local animal sanctuary
- Burrell spends time over school breaks volunteering with her hometown running club
- Member, Wingate University Honors Program (two years)
- Wrote a significant research paper with WU Honors Program faculty mentor
- In 2024, Burrell was nominated for the Psi Chi Society
- The Psi Chi Society is part of the International Honor Society in Psychology
 
Wingate University
 
Wingate University is a lab of difference-making that serves more than 3,400 students in North Carolina and offers 60 degree pathways, including 37 undergraduate majors, 10 pre-professional tracks and five dual-degree programs. Graduate students choose from seven master's and five doctoral programs. The University is home to the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences, the Levine College of Health Sciences, the Byrum School of Business, the Thayer School of Education and the School of Sport Sciences.
 
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a leader in healthcare education where nearly one in five undergraduate students is preparing to be a pharmacist, physician assistant, physical therapist, occupational therapist or nurse. Student-athletes on Wingate's 29 teams compete in NCAA Division II and have brought home the SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award the past 17 times it has been awarded. The University's motto is "Faith, Knowledge, Service." View current news and videos at www.wingate.edu.
 
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