Bowling Green State University Athletics
15 Falcons Named MAC Winter Distinguished Scholar Athletes
April 15, 2016 | General, Women's Basketball, Gymnastics, Women's Swimming & Diving, Women's Track and Field, Swimming & Diving
Mid-American Conference Official Release
Cleveland, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced the Distinguished Scholar Athletes from the eight winter sports during this 2015-16 academic season Friday morning (April 15), as a total of 202 students were voted by faculty athletic representatives at MAC institutions representing the 'best of the best' from each sport's Academic All-MAC Teams.
Of those 202 students named as 2015 Distinguished Scholar Athletes, 15 of them don the Orange and Brown of Bowling Green State University. That total ranked the Falcons fifth in the Mid-American Conference, despite the Falcons not sponsoring men's indoor track & field, men's swimming & diving and wrestling – three of the eight winter sports in the MAC. The BGSU women's basketball program led the MAC among number of student-athletes to receive the Distinguished Scholar Athlete award within their respective sport with four honorees.
Six Falcon student-athletes earned Distinguished Scholar Athlete honors for the second straight year: Becca Rae (women's indoor track & field), Kayla Effinger (women's swimming & diving), Victoria Griffin (women's swimming & diving), Lauren Feely (gymnastics), Alyssa Nocella (gymnastics) and Rachel Reis (gymnastics).
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.
A complete listing of all 15 Bowling Green State University student-athletes to earn the 2015-16 Winter Distinguished Scholar Athlete award is listed below:
WT&F: Allison Francis, Bowling Green, Junior, 3.802 GPA, History (Groose Pointe Woods, MI)
WT&F: Aliyah Gustafson, Bowling Green, Junior, 3.959 GPA, Exercise Science Iowa City, IA)
WT&F: Jody Musser, Bowling Green, Junior, 3.904 GPA, Communication Disorders (Massillon, OH)
WT&F: *Becca Rae, Bowling Green, Senior, 3.797 GPA, Communication Disorders (Orillia, Ontario)
WT&F: Rebecca Schott, Bowling Green, Junior, 3.917 GPA, Health Science (Montgomery, MI)
WS&D: *Kayla Effinger, Bowling Green, Senior, 3.752 GPA, Biology (Carmel, IN)
WS&D: *Victoria Griffin, Bowling Green, Junior, 3.260 GPA, Criminal Justice (Littlestown, PA)
WS&D: Elodie Schreiber, Bowling Green, Redshirt-Sophomore, 3.804 GPA, Interior Design (Saint-Nabor, France)
WBB: Miriam Justinger, Bowling Green, Senior, 3.537 GPA, Exercise Science (Sylvania, OH)
WBB: Rachel Myers, Bowling Green, Sophomore, 4.000 GPA, Dietetics (Findlay, OH)
WBB: Abby Siefker, Bowling Green, Junior, 4.000 GPA, Biology (Ottoville, OH)
WBB: Lauren Tibbs, Bowling Green, Fifth-Year Senior, 3.600 GPA, M.A., Media & Comm. (Taylor Mill, KY)
GYM: *Lauren Feely, Bowling Green, Junior, 4.00 GPA, Inclusive Early Childhood (Gurnee, IL)
GYM: *Alyssa Nocella, Bowling Green, Senior, 3.775 GPA, Exercise Science (Gilbertsville, PA)
GYM: *Rachel Reis, Bowling Green, Junior, 4.00 GPA, Exercise Science (Ponte Vedra, FL)
*2014-15 Distinguished Scholar Athlete (Note: 2014-15 was the first year the award was given)
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