Marjorie A Walker

For Westminster Athletes, at the end of the spring semester they have to attend an award show which are known as the WESPY Awards. And for those who are unaware of these awards, they are held by the Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC) which is given for student scholar athletes. One of the most honorable wards is the WESPY award, which is given to the top-single event athletic performance by a Titan male and a female athlete of the year. This award is voted on by the entire campus community so it is a great honor to be awarded it. Another award given to an athlete is the Marjorie A Walker Award. This award established in 2002 by the Department of Athletics is to honor and acknowledge one female athlete who best exemplifies the best quality of fairness, sportsmanship, leadership, determination, and competitiveness, as demonstrated by Marjorie Walker. Marjorie Walker was a physical education professor at Westminster, the head volleyball coach and the Associate Director of the Athletic Department from 1962 to 1992. Another organization Marjorie Walker was involved in was The Towering Titan Organization or known as TTO from 2008 to current.

On the same note as the Marjorie A Walker Award, the David B Fawcett Award was established in 1986 by the Fawcett family to honor and acknowledge a male athlete who best exemplifies the qualities of fairness, sportsmanship, leadership, determination, and competitiveness as demonstrated by David B Fawcett. Like Marjorie A Walker, David B Fawcett is very active in the community. He graduated in 1923, who was also an athlete and a member of the College Board of Trustees.

In the fall of 2003, the Marjorie A Walker Recreation Center was dedicated on the lower level of Old 77 on the Westminster Campus which includes a wide variety of recreational and aerobic equipment for the students as well as a dance studio and tennis table. Old 77 gymnasium which is the facility which features an indoor running track, which is named in honor of the Titan men’s basketball team, who won 77 consecutive games over a 10 year span before moving the team to the Memorial Field House in 1951. For my capstone, I plan on interviewing Marjorie A Walker on her history at Westminster and he knowledge of the rules and regulations of Title IX.