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USC's Bailey Lear, Brendon Stewart Named Tom Hansen Medal Winners
June 29, 2023 | Track & Field
Track stars have combined for 9 All-America honoors
LOS ANGELES – USC track and field All-American sprinters Bailey Lear and Brendon Stewart were each awarded the 2022-23 Pac-12 Tom Hansen Conference Medal, it was announced by the Pac-12 today (June 29)
A Conference Medal is awarded annually to each member institution's outstanding senior male and female student-athletes based on the exhibition of the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership.
Conference Medal winners have been named every year since the 1960-61 academic year. In 2009, the Pac-12 renamed the award the Tom Hansen Conference Medal in honor of Tom Hansen, who retired at the end of June 2009 following 26 years of service as Commissioner of the Pac-10.
Lear, from Frisco, Texas, graduated from USC with an undergraduate degree in Communication and master's in Entrepreneurship and in Digital Media Management. The seven-time All-American ranks fourth on USC's all-time indoor 400m list with a time of 51.60 and seventh on the school's outdoor 400m list with a time of 51.02. Lear also ran on five of USC's all-time top 10 indoor 4x400m relays and four on its outdoor 4x400m list. Lear helped lead USC to the 2021 NCAA outdoor team title and to Pac-12 titles in 2019 and 2021.
Lear was a 2023 team captain and is a member of USC United Black Student-Athlete Association. She is also the founder of Good Eats for Elites, a company creating soul food-inspired healthy meals for athletes. Lear is involved with Catholic Charities, delivering food to seniors, and serves as a mentor in the Destined 2 Run Track & Field program. She is a two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll member and two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
Stewart, from Laurel, Md., graduated from USC with an undergraduate degree in Communication, a master's in Digital Media Management and with a certificate in Gerontology. He is a two-time All-American and leaves USC as a member of the Trojans' first, second, fourth and fifth-fastest 4x100m relays of all time, as well as ranking fifth on USC's all-time indoor 60m dash list with a time of 6.58. In 2022, he ran on USC's 4x100m relay which won the NCAA title with a school-record time of 38.49. He won the 2019 MPSF 60m dash title with a USC freshman record of 6.60.
Stewart was a member of the Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (JEDI) Peer Educator Program and a member of the Trojan Athletic Senate (Student-Athlete Advisory Committee). He was a member of two different Pac-12 Academic Honor Rolls and a three-time USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
A Conference Medal is awarded annually to each member institution's outstanding senior male and female student-athletes based on the exhibition of the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership.
Conference Medal winners have been named every year since the 1960-61 academic year. In 2009, the Pac-12 renamed the award the Tom Hansen Conference Medal in honor of Tom Hansen, who retired at the end of June 2009 following 26 years of service as Commissioner of the Pac-10.
Lear, from Frisco, Texas, graduated from USC with an undergraduate degree in Communication and master's in Entrepreneurship and in Digital Media Management. The seven-time All-American ranks fourth on USC's all-time indoor 400m list with a time of 51.60 and seventh on the school's outdoor 400m list with a time of 51.02. Lear also ran on five of USC's all-time top 10 indoor 4x400m relays and four on its outdoor 4x400m list. Lear helped lead USC to the 2021 NCAA outdoor team title and to Pac-12 titles in 2019 and 2021.
Lear was a 2023 team captain and is a member of USC United Black Student-Athlete Association. She is also the founder of Good Eats for Elites, a company creating soul food-inspired healthy meals for athletes. Lear is involved with Catholic Charities, delivering food to seniors, and serves as a mentor in the Destined 2 Run Track & Field program. She is a two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll member and two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
Stewart, from Laurel, Md., graduated from USC with an undergraduate degree in Communication, a master's in Digital Media Management and with a certificate in Gerontology. He is a two-time All-American and leaves USC as a member of the Trojans' first, second, fourth and fifth-fastest 4x100m relays of all time, as well as ranking fifth on USC's all-time indoor 60m dash list with a time of 6.58. In 2022, he ran on USC's 4x100m relay which won the NCAA title with a school-record time of 38.49. He won the 2019 MPSF 60m dash title with a USC freshman record of 6.60.
Stewart was a member of the Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (JEDI) Peer Educator Program and a member of the Trojan Athletic Senate (Student-Athlete Advisory Committee). He was a member of two different Pac-12 Academic Honor Rolls and a three-time USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
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