North Carolina State University Athletics
Putman, Richardson, Mitchell Named October Heart of the Pack Winners
11/6/2025 11:00:00 AM | Baseball, Football, Pack Athletics, Cross Country
The Pack Performance group noted the following about this month's recipients:
Kate has taken on a leadership role on her team, in the community, and in athletics. She has had a positive attitude even during adversity. Her teammates look up to her and speak about her in a good light often.
AJ is nominated to be the Heart of the Pack recipient because he consistently gives great effort during his return to play rehab from a broken foot this season, and my staff and I believe that he's the BEST LEADER on our team. He has not allowed his injury to define him, and he's been working diligently to get back on the field. He demonstrates a positive attitude daily, and he understands the impact he has on this team, even though he's in his first year.
Devin is a recent transfer student who embodies the concept of TEAM. He quickly transitioned to NC State and has been highly successful in the classroom. Moreover, he's gotten involved outside of both school and sport by attending SAEL events. He understands the importance of leveraging his resources for a holistic student-athlete experience and is willing to lead by encouraging these opportunities with his teammates.
About the Heart of the Pack Award
The Heart of the Pack award recognizes those student- athletes who consistently demonstrate the TEAM criteria:
Teammate: exhibiting selfless sacrifice that benefits the team
Effort: showing up daily with determination and grit
Attitude: demonstrating a consistently positive attitude
Mindful: being insightful and open-minded
Student-athletes in every sport will be evaluated and nominated on a monthly basis. The voting will be made by Pack Performance, an interdisciplinary team that work collaboratively in the commitment toward the holistic development of student-athletes.
The team consists of professionals from strength and conditioning, academics, sports medicine, mental health and performance psychology, sports nutrition and student-athlete engagement and leadership.
The award is sponsored by Modern Woodmen of America. Modern Woodmen, a fraternal financial services organization offering life insurance protection for more than 140 years, was founded in 1883 to clear financial burdens – not trees. As a fraternal financial services organization, Modern Woodmen's products and programs support financial security, quality family life and community impact – the common bonds that unite our members nationwide.
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