CLEVELAND – Ten Northern Illinois University student-athletes, representing four different sports earned the Distinguished Scholar Athlete Award from the Mid-American Conference for the fall.
Headlining the list is National Football foundation Scholar-Athlete, Campbell Award finalist and Academic All-America
Max Scharping (Green Bay, Wis./Southwest), who earned his fourth Distinguished Athlete Award of his career. Football, which had 10 Academic All-MAC honorees this year and won 2018 MAC Championship Game, had three other student-athletes earn the award this year as well.
CC –
Ashley Tutt, So., 3.839 GPA, History (Channahon, Ill.)
MSOC –
Jan Maertins, Jr., 3.967 GPA, Business Administration (Rheinfelden, Germany)
MSOC –
Max Voss, Sr., 3.735 GPA, Business Administration (Herten, Germany)
VB –
Miranda Karlen, So., 3.971, Undeclared Health & Human Services (Evansville, Wis.)
VB –
Jori Radtke, So., 3.646, Organizational/Corporate Communication (Buffalo Grove, Ill.)
VB –
Meg Wolowicz, Sr., 3.766, Rehab and disability Services (Manitowoc, Wis.)
FB –
Ty Harmston, Sr., 3.628 GPA, Human Anatomical Sciences (Stockton, Ill.)
FB –
Corey Lersch, So., 3.968 GPA, Nursing (McHenry, Ill.)
FB –
Benn Olson, So., 3.829 GPA, Engineering Management (Burnsville, Minn.)
FB –
Max Scharping, Sr., 3.875 GPA, Exercise Physiology/Fitness Leadership (Green Bay, Wis.)
Volleyball was right behind football with three honorees, while men's soccer had two honorees. Of the 10 Huskie Distinguished Scholar Athletes, three – Scharping, Wolowicz and Radtke – were first team All-MAC honorees in their respective sports.
The Distinguished Scholar Athlete 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 an Academic All-MAC Team from each sport. 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 a 3.50 GPA or higher with the Distinguished Scholar Athlete Award for the 2018-19 season. The number of Distinguished Scholar Athletes from each sport were equivalent to the number of first-team selections or 20% of nominees, whichever was greater.
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