BALTIMORE – Twenty-one Loyola University Maryland student-athletes were honored Saturday at the school's Gratias Awards, a ceremony which recognizes students who have excelled in community service, the classroom and leadership and who embody the Ignatian ideal of care for the whole person.
 
Paige Sim was one of two students who received the Diane Geppi-Aikens Service to Loyola Award, the highest honor the school bestows upon student leaders. A Hall of Fame coach for the Greyhounds, Geppi-Aikens not only won on the field, but she taught her student-athletes to be servant leaders and champions in all fields of life.
 
Sim, the reigning Patriot League Women's Soccer Goalkeeper of the Year and a 2021 Academic All-American, is the current co-vice president of Loyola's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, and she has excelled in the classroom, too, as a biochemistry major. She has volunteered at the Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital and the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, and in the summer of 2021, she participated in Loyola's Hauber Fellowship.
 
During the program, she worked with Loyola faculty mentors to research "The Efficiency of Matcha to Strengthen the Body's Immune Response." She was also the recipient of the 2021 Daily Record Leading Woman Scholarship, which is awarded to successful students who take on leadership roles in health-related fields who demonstrate a commitment to inspiring change.
 
Sim was also one of three student-athletes formally honored as part of the University's Green & Grey Society, joining women's lacrosse's Logan Olmstead and men's golf's Carlo Pizzano. The Green & Grey Society is a group of 14 students who were chosen by their peers and the Loyola administration for their contributions to the University and their leadership abilities. The Society acts as a liaison between the President and the student body.
 
Seven Greyhounds were inducted to Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honors Society which recognizes those who demonstrate leadership achievement through campus life: women's swimming & diving's Caroline Arpin, men's tennis's Oliver Davey, men's soccer's Albert Kang, women's lacrosse's Logan Olmstead and Riley Olmstead and men's swimming and diving's Jack Still and Max Verheyen.
 
Seven student-athletes were honored with an award that recognizes achievements in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion: Day, the Olmstead sisters, men's cross country's Nathan Galloway, women's soccer's Sarah Mirr and women's cross country and track and field's Sammie Spargo. The group is a part of SA4SJ – Student-Athletes for Social Justice – a team that has created programming and initiatives centered around social justice.
 
Four student-athletes were recipients of the Cura Personalis, an honor which recognizes students who embody the Ignatian ideal of care for the whole person through demonstrated service, leadership and academic achievement. Verheyen, men's cross country's Aidan Day, women's lacrosse's Sydni Black and women's volleyball's Ashley Dwyer were recognized with the award.
 
Patrick Hayburn, a member of the men's swimming and diving team, garnered the Community Service Award for his dedication to the Loyola and Baltimore communities.