BlackboardCivil Engineering Student Receives Academic Award
Senior, Civil Engineering
In a very unique event each fall called the Golden Torch Gala, Florida State University recognizes the very top academic performers from the previous year and the 2008-09 academic year, was one for the record books. Ten student-athletes were named to the spring 2009 President's List with a perfect 4.0 GPA while 62 student-athletes earned Dean's List status with a GPA of 3.5 or better.
On Thursday, Oct. 8th, coaches, student-athletes, administrators, Seminole boosters, athletic committee members, deans, faculty and other special guests came together, at the 19th annual Golden Torch Awards Gala, to recognize the outstanding academic achievements of Florida State's student-athletes.
This year's football Golden Torch Award goes to a pair of seniors - safety Jeffrey Tacetta and linebacker Daniel Parvin - who have set not only a standard of excellence, but attained perfection with 4.0 GPAs.
Parvin hails from Palm Harbor, Fla., and is a four-year member of the football program. The one-time walk-on, who earned a scholarship prior to the start of the season, will graduate in December with a degree in civil engineering and will be an officer in the Navy's civil engineering corps. A member of the Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society, Parvin joins his parents and grandmother as Florida State graduates.
