PROVIDENCE, RI – Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced that Southern Methodist University forward Semi Ojeleye has been named the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The selection was made by the Conference’s Academic Affairs Committee.
A senior from Ottawa, Kansas, he will receive a $2,000 scholarship, which may be applied to graduate or professional studies. Earlier this month, Ojeleye was named a Second Team Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
He helped lead his Mustang team to its second American regular-season title in three seasons while averaging a team-leading 18.