USC’s Louise Hansson, Henry Fusaro; Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil Earn Pac-12 Conference Medal

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The Pac-12 Conference announced its Tom Hansen Conference Medal award winners on Thursday. Two swimmers and one diver were among the list of recipients — USC’s Louise Hansson and Cal’s Abbey Weitzeil and USC diver Henry Fusaro.

Each year, the league awards Conference Medals to a male and female senior student-athlete at each participating institution who exhibits the greatest combination of scholarship, athletics and leadership. Awards were given to both women’s and men’s student-athletes starting in 1987.

USC Swimming and Diving received both male and female honors in the same season for the first time.

Hansson, already a 2021 Tokyo Olympics qualifier, graduated as a three-time NCAA Champion, 19-time All-American, 10-time Pac-12 winner and nine-time school-record holder. She was the first Pac-12 woman to win the 100-yard butterfly four times at the conference championships and the first to win the event in back-to-back seasons in over two decades.

Hansson, a two-time USC women’s swimming co-captain, graduated this spring as a Marks Scholar honoree with a degree in Business Administration. Hansson is USC’s first female swimmer to win a Pac-12 medal since Anika Apostalon in 2017. The last men’s swimmer or diver to win it was swimmer Cristian Quintero in 2015.

Fusaro graduated this spring with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Law, and Law, History and Culture with a minor in Business Law while carrying a 3.58. GPA. The 2020 Pac-12 Men’s Swimming and Diving Scholar Athlete of the Year, Fusaro finished his senior year as a two-time CSCAA Scholar-All-American, 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large honoree, Pac-12 All-Academic honoree and USC Marks and Stevens Scholars recipient.

Fusaro, the men’s diving team captain this season, won the 1-meter springboard at the 2020 NCAA Zone E Diving Championship and finished third on men’s 3-meter with 404.30 at the 2020 Pac-12 Men’s Diving Championships. The 2018 Pac-12 3-meter champion and 2017 Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year also served as a volunteer for the annual Swim With Mike fundraiser at USC.

In 2009, the Pac-12 Conference Medal was re-named in honor of Tom Hansen, who retired in 2009 after serving for 26 years as Commissioner of the Pac-10.

Here is the Pac-12 Conference breakdown of the winners:

Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Cal
Abbey Weitzeil, Women’s Swimming and Diving (Saugus, Calif.) — Public Health major and team captain … 2020 Honda Sports Award winner … 2019 Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year … 2019 NCAA 50-yard freestyle champion … American record holder in the 50 free (20.90), the first woman ever under 21 seconds … Two-time Olympic medalist … 2020 Pac-12 50 free champion (meet-record 21.03) … Finalist for the 2020 AAU Sullivan Award … Member of 2019 U.S. World Championships team … Member of six NCAA title-winning relays over her career.

USC
Henry Fusaro, Swimming & Diving (Scottsdale, Ariz.) – Majoring in Philosophy Politics and Law & Law History and Culture with a minor in Business Law … 2020 Pac-12 Men’s Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Two-time CSCAA Scholar-All-American … 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large honoree … Pac-12 All-Academic honoree … USC Marks and Stevens Scholars recipient … Three-time finalist at the 2020 Pac-12 Championships … Won the 1-meter springboard at the NCAA Zone E Diving Championship … Earned CSCAA All-American first team honors … 2018 Pac-12 3-meter champion … 2017 Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year … Swim With Mike annual volunteer.

Louise Hansson, Swimming & Diving (Helsingborg, Sweden) – Business Administration major … USC Marks Scholar honoree … Swimming and Diving representative on Trojan Athletic Senate …Team captain … Three-time NCAA champion … 19-time All-American … 2020 Pac-12 Women’s Swimmer of the Year … 2020 Pac-12 Championship Swimmer of the Meet … 10-time Pac-12 winner … Nine-time school-record holder … 2020 Tokyo Olympics qualifier … First Pac-12 woman to win the 100-yard butterfly four times and the first to win the event in back-to-back seasons in over two decades … Swim With Mike annual volunteer.

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2019-20 Pac-12 Tom Hansen Conference Medal Winners

School	Men	Women
Arizona	Stone Gettings, Basketball	Tatum Waggoner, Track & Field
Arizona State	Tanner Hall, Wrestling	Robbi Ryan, Basketball
California	Simon Lekressner, Soccer	Abbey Weitzeil, Swimming & Diving
Colorado	Joe Klecker, Cross Country & Track	Jalen (J.J.) Tompkins, Soccer
Oregon	Justin Herbert, Football	Satou Sabally, Basketball
Oregon State	Tres Tinkle, Basketball	Mikayla Pivec, Basketball
Stanford	Tanner Beason, Soccer	Morgan Hentz, Volleyball
UCLA	Darnay Holmes, Football	Madison Kocian, Gymnastics
USC	Henry Fusaro, Swimming & Diving	Louise Hansson, Swimming
Utah	Terrell Burgess, Football	Guro Jordheim, Skiing
Washington	Kasey French, Soccer	Kara Bajema, Volleyball & Beach Volleyball
Washington State	Anthony Gordon, Football	Morgan Weaver, Soccer

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