MAC Names Distinguished Scholar Athletes for Fall Semester
12/21/2015 9:56:00 AM | Cross Country, Field Hockey, Football, General, Women's Soccer, Women's Volleyball
CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Mid-American Conference announced today the Distinguished Scholar Athletes from the seven fall sports during the 2015-16 academic season as 210 student-athletes were voted by faculty athletic representatives at MAC institutions representing the 'best of the best' from each sports Academic All-MAC teams.
The Golden Flashes boasted 20 student-athletes named Distinguished Scholar Athletes, which is four more than last year.  Football and women's soccer led Kent State with five honorees each.
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 percent 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.
WXC: Morgan Bing, Kent State, Sophomore, 4.0, Nursing (North Canton, Ohio)
WXC: Hannah Fleck, Kent State, Senior, 372, Interior Design (Celina, Ohio)
FH: Ines Delpech, Kent State, Sophomore, 4.0, Sociology (Tandil, Argentina)
FH: Silvia Figa Malgosa, Kent State, Sophomore, 3.98, Nutrition (Matadepera, Spain)
FH: Jessica Nesbitt, Kent State, Sophomore, 3.35, Managerial Marketing (Hamilton, New Zealand)
FH: Shannon Talbot, Kent State, Sophomore, 3.80, Accounting (North Wales, Pa.)
WSOC: Kristen Brots, Kent State, Sophomore, 3.97, Nursing (Naperville, Ill.)
WSOC: Donavan Capehart, Kent State, R-Sophomore, 3.664, Business Management (Orient, Ohio)
WSOC: Jaime Eiben, Kent State, Sophomore, 3.971, Actuarial Mathematics (Mentor, Ohio)
WSOC: Abbie Lawson, Kent State, Junior, 3.94, Marketing (Stow, Ohio)
WSOC: *Brittany Maisano, Kent State, Junior, 3.986, Fashion Merchandising (Dublin, Ohio)
VB: Kelsey Bittinger, Kent State, Sophomore, 4.000, Applied Physics (Strongsville, Ohio)
VB: Challen Geraghty, Kent State, Sophomore, 3.613, Speech Pathology and Audiology (Louisville, Ky.)
VB: Kelly Hutchison, Kent State, Senior, 3.809, Exercise Science (Columbus, Ohio)
VB: *Bridget Wilhelm, Kent State, Senior, 3.734, Advertising (Euclid, Ohio)
FB: Matt Bahr, Kent State, Sophomore, 3.91 GPA, Criminal Justice (Kenton, Ohio)
FB: George Bollas, Kent State, Sophomore, 3.67 GPA, Chemistry (Aurora, Ohio)
FB: *Nick Cuthbert, Kent State, Senior, 3.96 GPA, Criminal Justice (Chesterland, Ohio)
FB: *Matt Dellinger, Kent State, Senior, 3.71 GPA, Applied Conflict Management (Clarkston, Mich.)
FB: *Jordan Italiano, Kent State, Senior, 3.98 GPA, Biochemistry/Pre-Med (Canfield, Ohio)
*2014 Distinguished Scholar AthletePlayers Mentioned
