Senior Awarded University’s Highest Honor for Standing Entire Football Game
Name: Bartholomew, Lainey H.
Rank: Senior
Involvement: Aggie Belles, FAST Staff, Fish Camp First-Year Counselor
Born: February 20th, 1998
Date of Action: Texas A&M vs. University of Auburn, September 20th, 2019
Date of Award: October 15th, 2019
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of her life above and beyond the call of duty, Senior Lainey H. Bartholomew (then Senior) distinguished herself as an attendee in the Corps of Cadets section. Batholomew stood the entirety of the football game, including during the Blackhawk flyover and the final moments of play. Despite the intense heat, lack of sunglasses, and the fact that all of her friends had ditched to go to Chimy’s, Bartholomew stood fast, never wavering in her dedication to her beloved school. As the Aggies were poised for a comeback early in the fourth quarter, Bartholomew was cited with yelling the loudest compared to those around her and encouraging the embattled juniors that lined her back. To no avail, the Aggies lost the game. Disregarding her own safety, Bartholomew did not consume a single sip of water, bravely staying dehydrated the entire game and risking heat exhaustion. Bartholomew’s profound concern for her Fightin’ Texas Aggie Football Team went above and beyond the call of duty and is in keeping with the highest traditions of the Texas A&M University student section. Her actions reflect great credit upon herself and all Aggies of College Station.
—Buffalo Wild Wags
Wait… you’ve never eaten wings at Duncan before? Woe is you, because there is only one cadet crafty enough to finagle Buffalo Wild Wings delivery to the Quad at any waking moment. If starving cadets have ever woken up drooling to the scent of Hot BBQ or Mango Habanero, you could blame her, if you knew who she was. But don’t be too upset, we can’t convince her to bring any to meetings either.