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maci, turner receive medal of honor BY BRANDAN ALFORD BrandanAlford@Gmail.com urdue honored seniors Robert Maci Pof HonorTurnerthe weekend. Turner and Ariel with the Big Ten Medals over also received the prestigious Varsity Walk Award. First awarded in 1914, the Big Ten endowed a Medal of Honor to be given annually to a student in the graduating class of each university who demonstrated Tom Campbell proficiency in scholarship and athletics. In (pictured with faculty 1982, the Medal of Honor was expanded Robert Maci and Ariel Turnertheir Big Ten Medals of representative Jeff Bolin) receive Honor to include a senior female student-athlete at the Golden Pete Awards on Sunday night. from each institution. The Varsity Walk Award is given annually to an outstanding senior varsity athlete who has brought national recognition to Purdue. The Varsity Walk was the project of the Purdue Reamer Club spring pledge class of 1956 and was the idea of Bob Verplank, a 1957 graduate. Maci was a starter in all 13 games for the football team as a linebacker or defensive end this season and received the Most Improved Defensive Player Award. He was a four-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree and graduated from Purdue in December. Turner was the Capital One Academic All-American-of-theYear this season, the first Purdue recipient of that award since Drew Brees in 2000. She was a two-time Academic All-American as well as being named an AVCA All-American for her performance on the court this season. Turner led Purdue in kills and was a unanimous All-Big Ten selection in her senior season. Burke To Teach Management Athletic director Morgan Burke will be teaching a graduate-level management course this fall at Purdue. It will be the first time Burke has worked as an instructor Olympic Sports Player-of-the-Week: justin cho Justin Cho Sophomore golfer Justin Cho turned in the best performance of his Purdue career over the weekend in leading the Boilers at the Insperity August State Invitational. Cho shot a final-round 72 to cap a three-round total of 2-under par 214 as Purdue finished in ninth place at 19-over par. Cho's performance resulted in a top-10 individual finish. It was a homecoming of sorts for Cho, who grew up and played his high school golf in nearby Alpharetta, Ga. His eighth-place finish was his best this season and the first time he has placed better than 25th in an event. Cho and the Boilers return to action on April 20 when they host the Boilermaker Invitational at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. — Brandan Alford GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 28 • 22