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Bowling Green State University Athletics
Guyer Named Finalist For Walter Byers Scholarship Award
March 20, 2006 | Gymnastics
March 20, 2006
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Senior Jessica Guyer has been named one of the three finalists for the 2006 Walter Byers Award, given out to an athlete that demonstrates excellence in academic performances. Guyer, who maintains a perfect 4.00 grade-point average while majoring in biology, is also one of the top performers on this years gymnastics squad.
Guyer, a co-captain, has registered six first-place finishes throughout the season. She also has 11 top-three finishes. She finished first on the floor exercise three times throughout the year including a 9.850 against Eastern Michigan. She also has one first-place finish on the vault and five top three finishes, including a 9.775 vs. Western Michigan and 9.725's versus Northern Illinois and at the All-Ohio. She was named MAC Gymnast of the Week once, where she finished first on the beam and floor against Northern Illinois.
The Columbus, Ohio native was named MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week on Feb. 23 after leading the Falcons to a near win at Western Michigan. Two weeks prior she was named Mid-American Conference Gymnast of the Week after posting season-bests on the balance beam and floor.
In 1988, the National Collegiate Athletic Association established the Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship Program as a means of recognizing the contributions of the former executive director through encouraging excellence in academic performance by student-athletes. Under this program, one male and one female student-athlete are annually awarded a postgraduate scholarship in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and potential for success in postgraduate study. It is intended that an individual named a Byers Scholar will be recognized as one who has combined the best elements of mind and body to achieve national distinction for his or her achievements, and promises to be a future leader in his or her chosen field of career service.
Only athletes competing in their final year of eligibility and have an undergraduate cumulative grade-point average off 3.500 or better can earn the scholarship.
