{"id":560,"date":"2008-03-31T14:40:57","date_gmt":"2008-03-31T19:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.utc.edu\/Administration\/UniversityRelations\/news\/2008\/03\/31\/tym-wommack-honored-by-the-southern-conference\/"},"modified":"2008-03-31T14:40:57","modified_gmt":"2008-03-31T19:40:57","slug":"tym-wommack-honored-by-the-southern-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2008\/03\/tym-wommack-honored-by-the-southern-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Tym, Wommack honored by the Southern Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Alice
\nAlice Tym, left, accepts her award at the
\nSouthern Conference honors banquet. <\/span><\/p>\n

Alice Luthy Tym and Shannon Wommack were among 25 women of distinction recognized recently by the Southern Conference. The Southern Conference defined the honorees as women who have significantly promoted and elevated women’s athletics at each participating SoCon institution.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlice was chosen for her coaching career at UTC while Shannon was chosen for her excellent athletic career at UTC,\u201d said Laura Mincy, Associate Athletic Director and Senior Woman Administrator.<\/p>\n

Departmental committees were formed at Southern Conference schools to select the best female student-athlete in each conference sponsored sport in which the school participates. Those athletes made up nine anniversary teams. The UTC honorees are: Shannon Wommack, Cross Country; Tyleana Hanner, Indoor & Outdoor Track; Rachael Evans, Volleyball; Regina Kirk, Basketball; Anastasia Zhukova, Tennis; Diana Jallo, soccer; Beth Alexander Edgar, Softball.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe created a second category to recognize others (non-student-athletes) who have made or are still making a significant contribution to the advancement of women’s athletics on each campus. This category consisted of administrators, former coaches, former athletes who have achieved national\/world status, financial benefactors, and the like,\u201d said Sue Arakas, Southern Conference Associate Commissioner.<\/p>\n

Alice Tym, currently a faculty member in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Georgraphy, served as Head Women\u2019s Tennis Coach at UTC from 1974-1978, and she is credited with starting the varsity program. Tym\u2019s teams won the State Championship four years and the team won the AIAW Small College National Championships in 1977 and 1978. All members of the team were named AIAW All-Americans.<\/p>\n

While Tym was coach, the UTC Women\u2019s Tennis Team defeated University of Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Ohio State, University of Wisconsin, Alabama, Auburn, Indiana, Georgia, Purdue, Northwestern, LSU and William and Mary among many others.<\/p>\n

Some of Tym\u2019s players have made their own contributions to the sport, including:<\/p>\n