Twenty-Five Flashes Named Distinguished Scholar Athletes
4/20/2017 1:33:00 PM | General, Women's Basketball, Wrestling, Gymnastics, Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field
CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced its Distinguished Scholar Athletes from eight winter sports during the 2016-17 academic year Thursday, including 25 student-athletes from Kent State. With representation from five different sports, the Golden Flashes ranked second to only Eastern Michigan for most honorees in the conference.
The MAC's 208 Distinguished Scholar Athletes were voted upon by faculty athletic representatives, choosing from each sports' Academic All-MAC Teams. Kent State's 25 selections marks an institution best for the winter, topping last year's total of 21.
The number of Distinguished Scholar Athletes from each sport were equivalent to the number of all-conference first-team selections or 33% of nominees, whichever was greater.
Later this spring, the MAC will announce the Distinguished Scholar Athletes from the eight spring sports sponsored by the Conference.
Kent State's 2016-17 Winter Distinguished Scholar Athletes
Men's Indoor Track & Field
Brandon Avers, Kent State, Sophomore, 3.53 GPA, Finance (Bowling Green, Ohio)
Samory Fraga, Kent State, Sophomore, 3.384 GPA, International Relations (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Sam Goodman, Kent State, Sophomore, 3.804 GPA, Economics (Vincent, Ohio)
Brandon Harris, Kent State, Sophomore, 3.236 GPA, Exercise Science (Euclid, Ohio)
TJ Lawson, Kent State, Sophomore, 3.83 GPA, Sports Administration (Stow, Ohio)
Grant Onken, Kent State, Senior, 3.365 GPA, Business Management (Dublin, Ohio)
Walter Petzel, Kent State, Sophomore, 3.906 GPA, Construction Management (Kingston, Ohio)
Kyle Schlumbohm, Kent State, Senior, 3.574 GPA, Accounting (Pemberville, Ohio)
*Abdul-Nasser Seidu, Kent State, Junior, 3.898 GPA, Theatre (Garfield Heights, Ohio)
Women's Indoor Track & Field
*Morgan Bing, Kent State, Junior, 4.00 GPA, Nursing (North Canton, Ohio)
Lauren Burnett, Kent State, Senior, 3.399 GPA, Public Health/Health Promotions and Educations (Macomb, Mich.)
Olivia Gaus, Kent State, Senior, 3.764 GPA, Exercise Science (Mason, Ohio)
*^Chelsea Laury, Kent State, Senior, 3.618 GPA, Special Education (Norton, Ohio)
*Rebecca Leppelmeier, Kent State, Senior, 3.971 GPA, Computer Science (McComb, Ohio)
Angelica Lucas, Kent State, Junior, 3.988 GPA, Actuarial Mathematics (Pittsburgh, PA)
*Ada Nicholson-Burley, Kent State, Senior, 3.861 GPA, Integrated Mathematics (Pickerington, Ohio)
*^Jorian Ordway, Kent State, Senior, 3.916 GPA, Exercise Science (Tampa, Fla.)
Danniel Thomas, Kent State, Senior, 3.675 GPA, Sport & Recreation Management (Westmoreland, Jamaica)
*Sam Tollerud, Kent State, Junior, 4.00 GPA, Exercise Science (Eugene, Ore.)
Wrestling
Anthony Tutolo, Kent State, Junior, 3.60 GPA, Communication Studies (Concord, Ohio)
Women's Basketball
*Jordan Korinek, Kent State, Junior, 4.00 GPA, Special Education (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio)
*Larissa Lurken, Kent State, Senior, 3.72 GPA, Nursing (Cottage Grove, Minn.)
Gymnastics
*Milena Fabry, Kent State, Senior, 3.984 GPA, Biology (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio)
*^Skyelee Lamano, Kent State, Senior, 3.798 GPA, Business Management (Layton, Utah)
Dara Williams, Kent State, Sophomore, 3.870 GPA, Psychology (Bloomington, Ill.)
*2015-16 Distinguished Scholar Athlete
^2014-15 Distinguished Scholar Athlete
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