STANFORD, Calif. - Aria Fischer (women's water polo) and Brody Malone (men's gymnastics) have been named Stanford's 2022-23 Pac-12 Tom Hansen Conference Medal recipients.
A Conference Medal is awarded annually to each member institution's outstanding senior male and female student-athlete based on the exhibition of the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership.
Conference medal winners have been named every year since the 1960-61 academic year. In 2009, the Pac-12 renamed the award the Tom Hansen Conference Medal in honor of Hansen, who retired at the end of June 2009 after serving for 26 years as Commissioner of the Pac-10.
Aria Fischer • Women's Water Polo • Laguna Beach, Calif. • English
- Three-time NCAA team champion (2019, 2022-23)
- Peter J. Cutino Award winner (2023)
- ACWPC Player of the Year (2023)
- Four-time ACWPC All-American (2018-19, 2022-23)
- Four-time NCAA All-Tournament, including MVP in 2023 (2018-19, 2022-23)
- Four-time All-MPSF (2018-19, 2022-23)
- Two-time MPSF All-Tournament Team, including MVP in 2023 (2019, 2023)
- MPSF All-Newcomer Team (2018)
- CSC Academic All-American/At-Large Team Member of the Year (2023)
- Three-time ACWPC All-Academic (2018-19, 2022)
- Three-time MPSF All-Academic (2019, 2022-23)
- Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2022-23)
- Two-time Olympic gold medalist (2016, 2020)
- Embarking on a screenwriting career and pursuing a MA in Screenwriting at MetFilm School in London, England
- Completed summer production internship for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
- Volunteered for the Alliance for Diversity and Equity in Water Polo
Brody Malone • Men's Gymnastics • Summerville, Ga. • Management Science and Engineering
- Four-time NCAA team champion (2019, 2021-23)
- Nissen-Emery Award winner (2022)
- Seven-time NCAA individual champion (2019-22)
- 17-time NCAA All-American (2019-22)
- Four-time MPSF Gymnast of the Year (2019-22)
- Four-time MPSF individual champion (2021-22)
- CGA Rookie of the Year (2019)
- Two-time CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2021-22)
- Three-time MPSF All-Academic (2020-22)
- Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2022-23)
- Olympian, representing USA Senior National Team in Tokyo (2020)
- Horizontal Bar World Champion (2022)
- Two-time all-around U.S. Champion (2021-22)
- USA Men's Gymnastics Athlete and Sportsperson of the Year (2022)
- Worked with a non-profit called 3 Strands Global Foundation for his senior project
- Group is dedicated to raising awareness and educating people of all ages about the signs and dangers of human trafficking
- Member of a group that created a dashboard to help potential investors visualize the impact the organization has made in communities