Mannion and Woods Honored with Medals
June 30, 2015 | Women's Volleyball
Former Oregon State University standout student-athletes Sean Mannion and Tayla Woods have been honored as the Beavers' recipients of 2014-15 Pac-12 Tom Hansen medals.
A medal is awarded annually to an outstanding senior male and female student-athlete from each Pac-12 institution based on the exhibition of the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership.
Mannion was the first three-year team captain in OSU football history and was selected to the Pac-12 academic honorable mention team his sophomore, junior and senior seasons. He left OSU as the Pac-12's all-time leading passer with 13,600 yards and holds a total of 18 OSU offensive records. The liberal studies graduate of OSU was selected in the third round of last month's NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams.
Woods, a Corvallis native, was a four-year letterwinner for the volleyball team and led the Beavers to the NCAA Tournament last season. She was OSU's NCAA Woman of the Year nominee, signifying the top senior female student-athlete. Woods earned a place on the Pac-12 academic first team three times. She graduated from OSU with degrees in education and psychology.
Conference medal winners have been named every year since the 1960-61 academic year. In 2009, the Pac-12 renamed the award in honor of Hansen, who retired at the end of June 2009 after serving 26 years as commissioner of the then Pac-10 Conference.
