Track and Field’s Lawson Named MAC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week
4/17/2019 3:12:00 PM | Men's Track & Field
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Kent State redshirt junior TJ Lawson collected another award on Wednesday, as he was named Mid-American Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week. Lawson was named MAC Male Field Athlete of the Week on Tuesday.
The MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week honor is presented weekly to a MAC male and female student-athlete who has a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and performs well during the week's competition. The winners are selected by a group of the conference's faculty athletic representatives.
Kent State is now tied for the conference lead with seven scholar-athlete selections for the 2018-19 academic year.
In his first outdoor competition of the year, Lawson posted the fourth-best decathlon performance in the world during the 2019 outdoor season with a school-record 7,876 points. The redshirt junior earned 800 or more points in six events and set three PRs during the competition en route to a No. 2 NCAA ranking. A two-time All-American in the event, he captured his second consecutive Tennessee Relays decathlon title by winning the 100m and shot put while finishing in the top-3 in all but one event. In addition to his MAC-leading decathlon score, Lawson ranks fourth in the conference in the high jump (6'-9.5") and long jump (24'-4.25"), as well as sixth in the 100-meter dash (10.78).
Lawson also earned the award in February following the MAC Indoor Championships and is a four-time recipient during his time as a Golden Flash.
The Golden Flashes will head to the Virginia Challenge this weekend for competition on Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20.
Players Mentioned
