Academic Success And Community Service Lead To SEC Honors For Four Bulldogs
April 30, 2026 | Football, Athletics, Men's Tennis, Track & Field, Women's Golf
STARKVILLE – Four Mississippi State student-athletes have received recognition from the Southeastern Conference for their outstanding work either in the classroom or community.
Izzy Pellot of the women's golf team and Jacoby Jackson of the football program have each been announced as winners of the Brad Davis Community Service Award. Meanwhile, Rickyla Fagan of women's track and field as well as Petar Jovanovic of men's tennis were selected as MSU's nominees for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarships.
The SEC's Brad Davis Community Service Award honors male and female student-athletes for their outstanding leadership and community service efforts. All 16 of the SEC's member institutions have a male and female winner of the honor, with each individual receiving a $7,500 post-graduate scholarship from the conference.
The school winners are also nominated as candidates to become the Male and Female Brad Davis Community Service Leaders of the Year. That award will be announced in May with winners each receiving a $15,000 post-graduate scholarship provided by the SEC.
The SEC Community Service Post-Graduate Scholarship is named for former Associate Commissioner Brad Davis. Davis succumbed to cancer on March 2, 2006. He had been a member of the SEC staff since 1988, first serving as an assistant commissioner until 1994 when he was promoted to associate commissioner.
While the Brad Davis Awards celebrate community service, the H. Boyd McWhorter scholarships honor academic excellence and success in competition. It has been presented by the SEC since 1986 to the conference's top male and female student-athletes.
As finalists for the award, Fagan and Jovanovic each will receive a $10,000 post-graduate scholarship.
Izzy Pellot of the women's golf team and Jacoby Jackson of the football program have each been announced as winners of the Brad Davis Community Service Award. Meanwhile, Rickyla Fagan of women's track and field as well as Petar Jovanovic of men's tennis were selected as MSU's nominees for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarships.
The SEC's Brad Davis Community Service Award honors male and female student-athletes for their outstanding leadership and community service efforts. All 16 of the SEC's member institutions have a male and female winner of the honor, with each individual receiving a $7,500 post-graduate scholarship from the conference.
The school winners are also nominated as candidates to become the Male and Female Brad Davis Community Service Leaders of the Year. That award will be announced in May with winners each receiving a $15,000 post-graduate scholarship provided by the SEC.
The SEC Community Service Post-Graduate Scholarship is named for former Associate Commissioner Brad Davis. Davis succumbed to cancer on March 2, 2006. He had been a member of the SEC staff since 1988, first serving as an assistant commissioner until 1994 when he was promoted to associate commissioner.
While the Brad Davis Awards celebrate community service, the H. Boyd McWhorter scholarships honor academic excellence and success in competition. It has been presented by the SEC since 1986 to the conference's top male and female student-athletes.
As finalists for the award, Fagan and Jovanovic each will receive a $10,000 post-graduate scholarship.
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