Flashes Post Second Highest Fall Term GPA in Program History
1/15/2021 9:52:00 PM | Football
KENT, OHIO- Kent State football, led by head coach Sean Lewis, closed the fall semester posting the second-highest fall term grade-point-average (GPA) in program history.
The Golden Flashes saw nearly a third of their student-athletes post a GPA of 3.4 or higher. Highlighting the academic success for the Golden Flashes were the 10 players named to the Mid-American Conference's Academic All-MAC team.
Keshunn Abram Sr. 3.21, Accounting
Dean Clark, Soph. 3.70, Business Management
Dustin Crum, Sr 3.43, Aeronautical Systems Engineering Technology
Adam Dulka, Sr 3.38, Education
Kesean Gamble, Sr. 3.24, Criminology
Daniel Johnson, R-So, 3.39, Sociology
AJ Musolino, R-Jr, 3.37, Marketing
Matt Trickett, Jr. 3.89, Accounting
Isaac Vance, R-Jr, 3.6, Sports Administration
Xavier Williams, Jr, 3 33, Digital Sciences
"Really proud of our Flash FAST family and how they lived, practiced and showed their "be the alpha" mentality dealing with the challenging circumstances that we are all going through," Head Coach Sean Lewis said." "Their character, their resolve, their ability to problem solve each and every day and with the help of our tremendous academic support team is truly remarkable." "For us to have the second-highest fall-term GPA in program history, the number of Dean's List student-athletes and the Academic All-Conference team is a product of the hard work done by our student athletes, the leadership of our coaches and academic staff. We always say work works and this a direct result of that, I couldn't be more proud of our team, we will always strive to do better as our student-athletes pursue their degrees."
From the Mid-American Conference: The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport. Additionally, first-year students and first-year junior college transfers were ineligible for the honor. Outstanding academic and athletic accomplishments in the 2020 season were also taken into consideration.
