Eagles fan Grace Braxton poses between UMW basketball players Eric Shaw ’18, left, and Brent Mahoney ’17. (Photo by Alexander Sakes ’18)
Grace Anne Braxton, who works as a dining room attendant at Qdoba in the University Center, won the regional Customer Experience Award from Sodexo in February.
Braxton, a longtime Campus Dining employee, earned the recognition for being a kind, thoughtful, and hard-working employee who has formed supportive bonds with students, said Rose Benedict, UMW Dining’s marketing director.
Braxton previously won local and district awards for her Sodexo work. In addition, she is an accomplished Special Olympics athlete, having won gold medals in swimming and golf in three World Summer Games. She also has competed in track and field, basketball, field hockey, skiing, and ice skating.
An avid basketball fan, Braxton is a season ticketholder for UMW Basketball and shouts encouragement from the stands.