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Six Zips Earn Academic All-MAC Honors for Football
December 13 | Football, Academics
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CLEVELAND– Six University of Akron football players earned Academic All-Mid-American Conference honors for the 2017 season, the league office announced on Wednesday.
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In total, the MAC honored 144 football student-athletes from its 12 schools. Eastern Michigan led all programs with 18 honorees, followed by Western Michigan (16) and Ohio (14)
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The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport. First-year students and junior college transfers in their first year of residence are not eligible for the award.
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The Academic All-MAC honorees are now under consideration for Distinguished Scholar Athlete honors.
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2017 ACADEMIC ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL
AKRON HONOREES
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Akron Zip                  Yr.      Pos.   Major                               GPA      Hometown
Warren Ball              Sr.      RB     Sport Administration       3.556    Columbus, Ohio
+Nathan Bischof      Jr.       LB      Sport Management        3.319    Akron, Ohio
Kyle Foster              Jr.       H/P    Sport Management         3.214    Parkersburg, W.Va.
+John Lako             So.     LB      Business Management     3.438    Monroe, Mich.
+Xavier Quigley      Sr.      OL      Sport Studies/Coaching   3.252    Ankeny, Iowa
^Anthony Young      Sr.      WR    Intervention/Sp. Ed.         3.540    Medina, Ohio
+ named to the 2016 team
^ named to the 2015 team
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CLEVELAND– Six University of Akron football players earned Academic All-Mid-American Conference honors for the 2017 season, the league office announced on Wednesday.
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In total, the MAC honored 144 football student-athletes from its 12 schools. Eastern Michigan led all programs with 18 honorees, followed by Western Michigan (16) and Ohio (14)
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The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport. First-year students and junior college transfers in their first year of residence are not eligible for the award.
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The Academic All-MAC honorees are now under consideration for Distinguished Scholar Athlete honors.
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2017 ACADEMIC ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL
AKRON HONOREES
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Akron Zip                  Yr.      Pos.   Major                               GPA      Hometown
Warren Ball              Sr.      RB     Sport Administration       3.556    Columbus, Ohio
+Nathan Bischof      Jr.       LB      Sport Management        3.319    Akron, Ohio
Kyle Foster              Jr.       H/P    Sport Management         3.214    Parkersburg, W.Va.
+John Lako             So.     LB      Business Management     3.438    Monroe, Mich.
+Xavier Quigley      Sr.      OL      Sport Studies/Coaching   3.252    Ankeny, Iowa
^Anthony Young      Sr.      WR    Intervention/Sp. Ed.         3.540    Medina, Ohio
+ named to the 2016 team
^ named to the 2015 team
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