Yaw Aning -- Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar for 2006-07

TERRE HAUTE, IND. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology graduate Yaw Aning (Rochester, Minn./Century) has been named a third-team men’s soccer Arthur Ashe All-Star Scholar by the editors of Diverse Issues in Higher Education.

Aning was named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Year for his efforts to cap a career that included four all-conference honors.  He captured three first-team all-league awards during his career.

Aning led a Rose-Hulman defensive effort that resulted in just 17 goals scored against the Engineers in 20 matches during the 2006 season. The team finished 15-4-1 and second in the HCAC regular season and conference tournament to established school records for wins (15), fewest losses (4) and highest placement in the conference.

Arthur Ashe All-Star Scholars nominees must have a cumulative grade point average of 3.2; participate in intercollegiate athletics; be active on their campuses and in their communities; and exemplify the standards set by Ashe, who died in 1993.  The program is currently in its 15th year of honoring student-athletes at all levels and divisions of intercollegiate athletics.

In addition to his success in the classroom and on the soccer field, Aning served as a member of the National Society of Black Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers prior to earning his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Rose-Hulman in May.

Aning is the second Rose-Hulman student-athlete to receive the Arthur Ashe Award.  Rashad Gold, a 2002 graduate, earned first-team honors in men's basketball during his senior year.