Five Athletes Honored as Andrew Carnegie Society Scholars

(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) – Every year beginning in 1975, Carnegie Mellon University has honored a select number of undergraduate seniors as Andrew Carnegie Society (ACS) Scholars. This year, five athletes are included on the list of 40 honorees – Taylor Brown (San Antonio, Texas / Johnson) of women’s swimming and diving, Fred Dauphin (Brockton, Mass. / Cardinal Spellman) of men’s track and field, Josh Kalapos (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Mt. Lebanon) of men’s cross country and track and field, Liam Walsh (Gaithersburg, Md. / Quince Orchard) of men’s cross country and track and field and Camille Williams (Cincinnati, Ohio / The Seven Hills School) of women’s soccer.

ACS Scholars are undergraduate seniors who embody Carnegie Mellon's high standards of academic excellence, volunteerism, leadership and involvement in student organizations, athletics or the arts. They are selected each year by their deans and department heads to represent their class in service and leadership.

The program was launched in 1975, and has recognized nearly 1,000 students to date. Each scholar receives a monetary award - made possible by the generosity of ACS members - to support their academic and personal growth.

Scholars also work together to present a gift back to the university community. Through this opportunity, the students experience the joy of philanthropy firsthand.

Brown is a two-time College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Scholar All-America Honorable Mention after achieving an NCAA B Cut in the 1,650-yard freestyle the past two seasons. Brown carries a 3.56 GPA in civil engineering and engineering and public policy.

Dauphin maintains a 3.44 GPA in astrophysics and was an all-region honoree in the triple jump during both the indoor and outdoor season in 2019. The senior set the outdoor school record in the triple jump last spring and was second team All-University Athletic Association (UAA) in the long jump and triple jump at the 2019 UAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Kalapos holds a 3.84 GPA in computer science while earning All-Mideast Region and second team All-UAA honors in cross country last year. Kalapos has participated in the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships twice and competed in the 5,000-meter run at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. The senior was also named a CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree in 2019 after setting the indoor school record in the 5,000-meter run and earning all-region honors in both the 3,000-meter run and 5,000-meter run as a junior.

Walsh carries a 3.67 GPA in mechanical engineering and engineering and public policy. He is a UAA Champion in the 4x800-meter relay, All-UAA Second Team in the distance medley relay in 2019 and All-UAA Third Team in the same event in 2018. As a junior, Walsh earned all-region in the mile and distance medley relay during the indoor season. In cross country, Walsh ran at the NCAA Championships twice.

Williams is a four-year starter for the women’s soccer team and maintains a 3.96 GPA in chemistry. She is a two-year captain and earned CoSIDA Academic All-America recognition as a sophomore and CoSIDA Academic All-District as a junior. The senior was honored by the UAA coaches on the All-UAA team as a freshman and a sophomore and recently was selected for early initiation into the Upsilon of Pennsylvania chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.

Phi Beta Kappa is the nation’s oldest honor society, which was founded in 1776, with chapters at 283 institutions of higher education across the country. Formed from the initials of the Greek motto Philosophia Biou Kybernetes, which translates to “Love of wisdom, the guide of life,” Phi Beta Kappa values intellectual honesty and tolerance. With these qualities established as the standards for election, about 10 percent of college students nationwide receive an invitation to join the prestigious honor society.