Arizona Wildcats basketball forward Stone Gettings and track and field runner Tatum Waggoner were named recipients of the Pac-12's Tom Hansen Conference Medal on Thursday, which honors a male and female student-athlete who achieved athletic, academic and leadership success in 2019-20.
The conference medal, recently named after the Pac-12's former commissioner, has been an award since the 1960-61 academic year.
These two seniors excelled in athletics, academics and leadership. 🏅Congrats to @ArizonaTrack’s Tatum Waggoner and @APlayersProgram’s Stone Gettings for being named Tom Hansen medal winners. ➡️ https://t.co/Y9BjKBJUdz pic.twitter.com/vbQGiE37Iu
— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) June 11, 2020
A graduate transfer from Cornell, Gettings studied accounting and entrepreneurship at Eller School of Management and maintained a 4.0 GPA. Gettings, who appeared in 27 games for the Wildcats and averaged 6.6 points per game, was a part of the Pac-12 Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) and received CoSIDA Academic All-America honors.
Following the 2020 season, Gettings became Arizona's first-ever recipient of Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year as a men's basketball player. He's also the fourth UA men's basketball player to receive the Hansen Conference Medal, joining Dusan Ristic (2018), Channing Frye ('05), Joe Nehls ('80).
Arizona’s Tatum Waggoner has the No. 2 mark in the 400 meters in school history.
Waggoner, a Phoenix native, also sustained a 4.0 GPA and was a graduate student who studied special education with an emphasis in disabilities. The First Team CoSIDA Academic All-American was a two-year member of the Pac-12 SAAC.
Over her UA career, Waggoner was a five-time All-American in both indoor and outdoor track and field. Waggoner still holds the second-fastest 400-meter dash time.
Here is a complete list of the other 2019-20 Hansen Medal winners:
Women
Arizona: Tatum Waggoner (track and field)
Arizona State: Robbi Ryan (basketball)
California: Abbey Weitzeil (swim and dive)
Colorado: Jalen (J.J.) Tompkins (soccer)
Oregon: Satou Sabally (basketball)
Oregon State: Mikayla Pivec (basketball)
Stanford: Morgan Hentz (volleyball)
UCLA: Madison Kocian (gymnastics)
USC: Louise Hansson (swim and dive)
Utah: Guro Jordheim (skiing)
Washington: Kara Bajema (beach volleyball)
Washington State: Morgan Weaver (soccer)
Men
Arizona: Stone Gettings (basketball)
Arizona State: Tanner Hall (wrestling)
California: Simon Lekressner (soccer)
Colorado: Joe Klecker (cross country)
Oregon: Justin Herbert (football)
Oregon State: Tres Tinkle (basketball)
Stanford: Tanner Beason (soccer)
UCLA: Darnay Holmes (football)
USC: Henry Fusaro (swim and dive)
Utah: Terrell Burgess (football)
Washington: Kasey French (soccer)
Washington State: Anthony Gordon (football)
