T
he singing entertainment ranged
from "Wagon Wheel'' by Old Crow
Medicine Show to "Vainement Ma Bien-Aimee'' from the French opera Le
roi d'ys composed by Edouard Lalo.
John Gullberg, a junior golfer from Franksville,
Wis., sang the former, while William Ottow, a redshirt freshman middle distance runner from La
Crosse, sang the latter.
Only at the Buckinghams could you get such a
range in performance and performers; Wisconsin
student-athletes strutting their skills on stage in
the name of academic achievement and recognition.
Another enthusiastic crowd ― the biggest in the
five-year history of the event ― gathered Monday
night at the Overture Center in downtown Madison to honor their peers within the UW athletic
program.
Nobody walked away with more honors than se54 » VARSITY
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nior Dorcas Akinniyi, a six-time track All-American from Carollton, Texas. Akinniyi was named
Female Student-Athlete of the Year for a second
consecutive year.
"It's awesome,'' said Akinniyi, a four-time Big
Ten champion between the indoor pentathlon and
outdoor heptathlon. "I can't believe it because I
only had outdoor eligibility so I really haven't done
that much this year. I didn't expect it.
"But I just try to do my best in everything that
I do and I'm happy see to that I'm getting recognized for it and that people appreciate me and they
know my name, it's nice.''
Michael Weiss, a senior swimmer from Reno,
Nev., was even more surprised than Akinniyi when
he was selected as the Male Student-Athlete of the
Year.
"It was an honor to just be nominated for that
award,'' Weiss said. "To win this most prestigious
award, words can't describe it all. But all the hard
