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Akron Places 25 Student-Athletes on MAC's Distinguished Scholar Athletes List
December 21 | General
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Complete MAC Distinguished Scholar Athletes Release
CLEVELAND – The Mid-American Conference announced today the Distinguished Scholar Athletes from the seven fall sports during this 2015-16 academic season as 25 University of Akron student-athletes were voted by faculty athletic representatives at MAC institutions representing the 'best of the best' from each sport's Academic All-MAC Teams.
In all, 210 student-athletes from the league's seven fall sports (men's cross country, women's cross country, women's field hockey, men's soccer, women's soccer, women's volleyball and football) were honored.
Akron had at least one representative from all six of its fall sports, led by eight representatives from men's soccer, five from football and four from women's volleyball.
The Distinguished Scholar Athlete is a second-year award given to student-athletes who have excelled in athletics and academics. Following each season from the fall sports schedule, any student-athlete with a 3.20 GPA and participation in at least 50 percent of the contests was automatically named to the previously announced Academic All-MAC Team from each sport. Also, first-year students and junior college transfers in their first year of residence were not eligible for the award.
From the Academic All-MAC Teams, the faculty athletic representatives selected the 'best of the best' of our Academic All-MAC Teams to be honored with Distinguished Scholar Athlete Award for the 2015-16 season. The number of Distinguished Scholar Athletes from each sport were equivalent to the number of first-team selections or 33 percent of nominees, whichever was greater.
Later this spring, the MAC will announce the Distinguished Scholar Athletes from the remaining 16 winter and spring sports sponsored by the Conference.
2015 MAC Men's Cross Country Distinguished Scholar Athletes:
*Kyle Cochrun, Akron, Senior, 3.864, English (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio)
Aaron Howkins, Akron, Senior, 3.825, Biomedical Engineering-Biomechanics (Stow, Ohio)
*Clayton Murphy, Akron, Junior, 3.243, Finance-Corporate Financial Mgmt. (New Paris, Ohio)
2015 MAC Women's Cross Country Distinguished Scholar Athletes:
Karlie Lieberth, Akron, Senior, 3.853, Middle Level Education (Mantua, Ohio)
Jillian Roth, Akron, Senior, 3.607, Mechanical Engineering (North Canton, Ohio)
Tara Snipes, Akron, Sophomore, 3.919, Information Systems Management (Covington, Ohio)
2015 MAC Men's Soccer Distinguished Scholar Athletes:
Robby Dambrot, Akron, Junior, 3.933, Marketing Management (Akron, Ohio)
*Jake Fenlason, Akron, Senior, 3.469, Political Science and History (San Diego, Calif.)
*Adam Najem, Akron, Junior, 3.686, Marketing Management (Clifton, N.J.)
Brad Ruhaak, Akron, Senior, 3.733, Mechanical Engineering (Akron, Ohio)
Tyler Sanda, Akron, Junior, 3.933, Biology (North Royalton, Ohio)
Sean Sepe, Akron, Senior, 3.474, Finance (West Islip, N.Y.)
*Andrew Souders, Akron, Senior, 3.710, Economics (Amherst, Ohio)
*Victor Souto, Akron, Junior, 3.829, Business (Sao Paolo, Brazil)
2015 MAC Women's Soccer Distinguished Scholar Athletes:
*Katie George, Akron, Senior, 3.959, Speech Pathology (Middleburg Heights, Ohio)
*Sarah Sivic, Akron, Junior, 3.869, Accounting (Broadview Heights, Ohio)
2015 MAC Women's Volleyball Distinguished Scholar Athletes:
Brenna Mack, Akron, Junior, 3.991, Marketing Management (Mound, Minn.)
Callie Mack, Akron, Junior, 4.000, Marketing Management (Mound, Minn.)
*Julia Smagacz, Akron, Junior, 4.000, Integrated Language Arts (Libertyville, Ill.)
Kelsey Wilson, Akron, Senior, 3.729, Mechanical Engineering (Ferndale, Mich.)
2015 MAC Football Distinguished Scholar Athletes:
Dylan Brumbaugh, Akron, Senior, 3.30 GPA, Sport Science (Master's) (Green, Ohio)
*Zach Guiser, Akron, Sophomore, 3.98 GPA, Exercise Science/Physical Therapy (Fayette City, Pa.)
*Kyle Pohl, Akron, Senior, 3.85 GPA, Exercise Science/Physical Therapy (Farmersville, Ohio)
John Senter, Akron, Senior, 4.00 GPA, Sport Science (Master's) (Huber Heights, Ohio)
*Robert Stein, Akron, Senior, 3.69 GPA, Mechanical Engineering (Cincinnati, Ohio)
*2014 Distinguished Scholar Athlete
