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Akron Places 16 Student-Athletes on MAC's Distinguished Scholar Athletes List
June 24 | General
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Complete MAC Distinguished Scholar Athletes Release
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced the Distinguished Scholar Athletes from the eight spring sports during this 2015-16 academic season as 16 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, 166 student-athletes from the league's eight spring sports (men's outdoor track & field, women's outdoor track & field, men's golf, women's golf, men's tennis, women's tennis, softball and baseball) were honored.
Akron had at least one representative from five of its seven spring sports, led by five student-athletes from women's outdoor track & field, four from men's outdoor track & field, three from women's tennis, and two from men's golf and softball.
The Distinguished Scholar Athlete is in its second year, given to students who have excelled in athletics and academics. Following each season from the spring sports schedule, any student 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, junior college and graduate school 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.
2016 MAC Men's Outdoor Track & Field Distinguished Scholar Athletes (4 of 21):
*Quentin Cieslinski, Akron, Senior, 3.457 GPA, Exercise Science (Madison, OH)
Alex McCune, Akron, Senior, 3.550 GPA, Geology (Pittsburgh, PA)
*Sean Poholski, Akron, Senior, 3.902 GPA, Finance (Barberton, OH)
*Sean Weems, Akron, Senior, 3.533 GPA, Sport Studies (Maple Heights, OH)
2016 MAC Women's Outdoor Track & Field Distinguished Scholar Athletes (5 of 56):
*Caroline Hasse, Akron, Senior, 3.960 GPA, Psychology (Potsdam, Germany)
Daniella Johnson, Akron, Junior, 3.239 GPA, Accounting (Gahanna, OH)
Claudia Garcia Jou, Akron, Senior, 4.00 GPA, Physical Education (Barcelona, Spain)
Jackie Siefring, Akron, Sophomore, 3.822 GPA, Biomedical Engineering (Covington, OH)
Tara Snipes, Akron, Junior, 3.923 GPA, Information Systems Management (Covington, OH)
2016 MAC Men's Golf Distinguished Scholar Athletes (2 of 9):
George Baylis, Akron, Sophomore, 3.267 GPA, Psychology (Ascot, England)
*Louis Birchall, Akron, Senior, 3.832 GPA, Geography and Planning (Ingestre Park, England)
Ariadna Blinova, Akron, Sophomore, 3.32 GPA, Civil Engineering (Riga, Latvia)
Sophia Geier, Akron, Sophomore, 3.93 GPA, Sport Management (Burgebrach, Germany)
*Martina Zerbola, Akron, Senior, 3.96 GPA, Accounting (Neuquen, Argentina)
Kayla Schlosser, Akron, Sophomore, 3.945 GPA, Biology (Erie, PA)
*Erin Seiler, Akron, Senior, 3.594 GPA, MBA Business Analytics (Bowling Green, OH)
*2014-15 Distinguished Scholar Athlete
