CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Austin Peay State University (APSU) hosted the annual awards announcement luncheon for the 2017 Candlelight Ball award recipients on Jan. 10 at F&M Bank.
Carolyn Yarbrough is receiving the Spirit of Austin Peay Award. Yarbrough has been a supporter of APSU basketball for over 40 years. In 2001 she was the first female president of the Governors Club and also the first woman inducted into the APSU’s Red Coat Society. Yarbrough was presented in 2011 with Outstanding Athletic Booster Award.
APSU President Dr. Alisa White spoke of the first time she met Yarbrough at a basketball game.
“She knows all the player’s names and she talks about them and talks to them and encourages them,” White said.
The Wendell H. Gilbert Award recognizes someone who has significantly contributed to APSU through service and has brought positive recognition to the university through his or her success. Don Jenkins, President and CEO of Jenkins and Wynne Ford, Honda and Lincoln, will receive the Wendell H. Gilbert Award this year.
Jenkins expressed his gratitude by saying, “I can guarantee any city in Tennessee would love to have Austin Peay in its City. Austin Peay is the gem of Clarksville.”
The Candlelight Ball will be held March 11.