Oct. 29, 2006

Chapel Hill, N.C. ---- Courtney Bumpers, a gymnast at the Univeristy of North Carolina from 2002-06, has been named the Co-NCAA Woman of the Year for the Atlantic Coast Conference. Wake Forest cross country athlete Anne Bersagel was the other ACC recipient. Bumpers was one of 30 conference winners.

"We are extremely proud of Courtney," said head coach Derek Galvin. "She is not only an outstanding athlete, but an excellent student who has given so much to the University. It was a pleasure to coach her for four years."

The NCAA Woman of the Year Award honors senior student-athletes who have distinguished themselves throughout their collegiate careers in the areas of academic achievement, athletics excellence, service and leadership.

Bumpers, from Stone Mountain, Ga., majored in environmental health science with a 3.49 grade point average. A two-time NCAA champion in the floor exercise, she was the 2006 East Atlantic Gymnastics League Gymnast of the Year and was named All-EAGL in vault, beam, floor, uneven bars and all-around. She was the recipient of the 2006 American Award, a national honor that goes to a senior gymnast who is outstanding in academics and athletics.

Selected for an ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan postgraduate scholarship, Bumpers was involved in UNC's freshman student-athlete mentoring program and Habitat for Humanity.