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Kinsey Hilliard
  • Biology
  • Fairfield, IL

Kinsey Hilliard was Recognized at Blackburn College's Honors Banquet

2014 Jun 12

Blackburn College held an Honors Banquet Monday, April 28 to celebrate the accomplishments of its students and faculty. 56 students received awards that had not been revealed prior to the event. Kinsey Hilliard a Senior from Fairfield, IL won the Athletics Academic Achievement Award for Women's Tennis.

In addition to the students being honored there were several faculty awards given. These awards went primarily to the larger group of retirees that will not be returning to Blackburn in the fall.

Founded in 1837, Blackburn College is a four-year, Presbyterian-related, co-educational liberal arts college located in Carlinville, Illinois. One of the seven work colleges in the U.S., Blackburn is the only one with a student-managed Work Program. Blackburn was also ranked by US News as the 2012 #2 Best Value College in the Midwest and The Washington Monthly ranked the school as #17 among baccalaureate colleges, nationally, and best in Illinois in 2013. The school remains the most affordable, residential liberal arts college in the state.