CENTER VALLEY, Pa.  – Loyola Maryland sophomore men’s swimmer Jimmy Hayburn and Holy Cross senior women’s rower Maegan Moriarty are the Patriot League’s recipients of the 2019-20 Outstanding Leadership and Character Award. Hayburn and Moriarty were selected in a vote by the Senior Woman Administrators (SWA) from each of the League’s member institutions.
 
The Patriot League established the Outstanding Leadership and Character Award to recognize and honor individuals who demonstrate excellence in leadership and service while participating in Patriot League athletics. One male and one female student-athlete have been recognized since the award’s inception in 2011-12.
 
Hayburn is the first Loyola Maryland student-athlete to collect the Patriot League’s Outstanding Leadership and Character Award. Moriarty is the second Crusaders’ student-athlete to be recognized, joining 2018-19 honoree Declan Cronin (baseball).
 
Provided the minimum conduct standards are met, any Patriot League student-athlete and/or team is eligible for the award. The definition of leadership and character for the purposes of this award includes but is not limited to any of the following ideals: demonstrated Leadership on the "field" of competition and within the campus community; promotes a leadership vision for the betterment of one's team or teammates; mentorship of teammates; role model on campus; active participation in on-campus and/or community service projects; perseverance in overcoming hardships; demonstration of trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.
 

Jimmy Hayburn
Loyola Maryland Men’s Swimming
Hayburn a 2019-20 First Team All-Patriot League and Academic All-Patriot League selection became the Greyhounds’ second male swimmer to claim a League title, winning the 50-yard freestyle in a school record time of 19.99. The Bowie, Md. native also swam program best times in the 100-yard free (44.42) and was part of four record-breaking relay teams (200 medley, 400 medley, 200 free, 400 free) while helping Loyola Maryland to a program-best third-place finish. Hayburn has a 4.0 cumulative grade-point average (GPA) while majoring in business administration.
 
Hayburn has also served in Loyola Maryland’s Army ROTC Program, earning Cadet of the Semester for the previous two academic terms. He has also led Loyola’s Junior H2ounds, a program dedicated to teaching children from inner-city Baltimore to swim. Through Junior H2ounds, the young students are able to gain confidence in the water, refine their swimming technique, gain exposure to a college campus, and form friendships with student-athletes like Hayburn. 
 

Maegan Moriarty
Holy Cross Women’s Rowing
Moriarty is a two-time team captain of the Holy Cross women’s rowing program. As a freshman, she helped the Crusaders’ second varsity eight boat to a bronze medal at the 2017 Patriot League Championship. She has rowed with the program’s first varsity eight boat since her sophomore season in Worcester. Though the two-time Patriot League Academic Honor Roll selection’s impact has not been limited to on the water. 
 
“Moriarty was the lone senior on a team that suffered a horrendous tragedy right on the cusp of the women’s rowing season,” said Aaron Dashiell, Holy Cross’s Assistant Director of Athletics for Student-Athlete Development. “During the program’s annual preseason training trip to Florida this year, a beloved member of the Holy Cross community and rowing team was killed in a van collision. This accident occurred with half the team, including Maegan in the van.
 
Dashiell continued, “Upon returning to campus and attending a number of wakes, funerals and memorial for their fallen teammate, everyone looked for Maegan to be their rock and she was. Maegan, missing teeth due to the accident, was the first one to coordinate a team meeting with the counseling centers. She organized a weekly meeting for her and her teammates to meet with counseling. Recognizing the trauma her team had been through, she could be viewed as the team mom.
 
More information on Loyola’s Hayburn will be released on PatriotLeague.org on Wednesday, with more details of Moriarty’s story to appear on Thursday.
 
Other nominees for the 2019-20 Patriot League Outstanding Leadership and Character Award include, Amanda Boyer (Lehigh field hockey), Jason Corcoran (Lafayette men’s lacrosse), Samantha Croston (Colgate women's lacrosse), Gerard D’Ambrosio (American men’s track and field), Kayla Harris (Navy women’s lacrosse), Ann Marie Jaworski (Boston University women’s soccer), Luke Johnson (Navy men’s swimming and diving), Arianna Lopez (American women’s track and field), Tyler Mitchiner (Army West Point men’s soccer), Luke Myers (Colgate men's cross country/track and field), Chiebuka Onwuzurike (Boston University men’s track and field) , Chris Rinaldi (Holy Cross baseball), Will Smith (Lehigh men’s soccer), Lisa van der Geest (Lafayette field hockey), Brittany Willwerth (Bucknell field hockey) and Tyler Wincig (Bucknell baseball)
 
Patriot League Outstanding Leadership and Character Award Recipients

Academic Year	Female Recipient	Male Recipient
2011-12	Jana Bausbas, Lehigh women’s soccer	Chris Lum, Lehigh football
2012-13	Rebecca Guman, Lehigh women’s basketball	Michael Colvin, Lehigh football
2013-14	Brooke Astor, Lehigh women’s track & field	Alex Golini, Lafayette men’s soccer
2014-15	Andrea Seifert, Bucknell women’s rowing	Ryan Frazier, Bucknell men’s basketball
2015-16	Emilie Ikeda, American field hockey	Jesse Klug, Bucknell men’s soccer
2016-17	Sune Swart, Bucknell women’s basketball	Matt Cortese, Lafayette men’s lacrosse
2017-18	Meghan Kovac, Bucknell softball	Scott McAvoy, Lafayette men’s lacrosse
2018-19	Regine Cooper, Colgate women’s track & field	Declan Cronin, Holy Cross baseball
2019-20	Maegan Moriarity, Holy Cross women’s rowing	Jimmy Hayburn, Loyola men’s swimming

 
 
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The Patriot League is in its fourth decade of academic and athletic achievement, continually demonstrating that student-athletes can excel at both academics and athletics without sacrificing high standards. The Patriot League’s athletic success is achieved while its member institutions remain committed to its founding principle of admitting and graduating student-athletes that are academically representative of their class. Participation in athletics at Patriot League institutions is viewed as an important component of a well-rounded education.