Miami Ohio University Athletics
RedHawks Place 17 on Distinguished Scholar Athlete List
12/21/2015 12:00:00 AM | General
CLEVELAND- The Mid-American Conference announced today the Distinguished Scholar Athletes from the seven fall sports during this 2015-16 academic season as 210 students were voted by faculty athletic representatives at MAC institutions representing the `best of the best' from each sports Academic All-MAC Teams. Miami placed 17 on this list.
The Distinguished Scholar Athlete is a second-year award given to students who have excelled in athletics and academics. Following each season from the fall 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 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% of nominees, whichever was greater.
Later this winter and spring, the MAC will announce the Distinguished Scholar Athletes from the remaining 16 winter and spring sports sponsored by the Conference.
Below are all of Miami's award winners.
2015 MAC Men's Cross Country Distinguished Scholar Athletes
Zack McBride, Miami, Senior, 3.33, Finance & Management and Leadership (Painesville, Ohio)
Joe Stewart, Miami, Senior, 3.85, Finance (Naperville, Ill.)
2015 MAC Women's Cross Country Distinguished Scholar Athletes
Laura Bess, Miami, Senior, 3.55, Bio-Engineering (Brownsburg, Ind.)
McKenna Kiple, Miami, Junior, 3.93, Accounting (Wheaton, Ill.)
Alesha Vovk, Miami, Sophomore, 3.72, Kinesiology (Lakewood, Ohio)
2015 MAC Women's Field Hockey Distinguished Scholar Athletes
Bea Dechant, Miami, Senior, 3.33, Sport Leadership and Management (Mannheim, Germany)
Mariona Heras, Miami, R-Sophomore, 3.4, Mechanical Engineering (Terrassa, Catalonia)
Megan Paul, Miami, Sophomore, 3.97, Marketing (Novi, Mich.)
Kelsi White, Miami, Junior, 4.0, Political Science & East Asian Languages (Louisville, Ky.)
2015 MAC Women's Soccer Distinguished Scholar Athletes
Jess Bronke, Miami, Senior, 3.46, Marketing (Downers Grove, Ill.)
Lauren Kelly, Miami, Senior, 3.70, Speech Pathology & Audiology (Manhattan, Ill.)
Shannon Stearns, Miami, Junior, 3.75, Special Education (Orland Hills, Ill.)
Haley Walter, Miami, Senior, 4.00, Middle Childhood Education (Cincinnati, Ohio)
2015 MAC Women's Volleyball Distinguished Scholar Athletes
Paige Hill, Miami, Junior, 3.59, Speech Pathology and Audiology (Massillon, Ohio)
Jenny Ingle, Miami, Graduate Student, 3.86, Master's in Gerontological Studies (Ludlow Falls, Ohio)
Katie Tomasic, Miami, Sophomore, 4.00, Chemical Engineering and Kinesiology (Livonia, Mich.)
2015 MAC Football Distinguished Scholar Athletes
Kent Kern, Miami, Senior, 3.76 GPA, Kinesiology and Premedical Studies (Toledo, Ohio)
