CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced today the Distinguished Scholar Athletes from the eight winter sports during this 2015-16 academic season. Faculty athletic representatives at MAC institutions selected more than 200 students from each sport’s Academic All-MAC teams as the ‘best of the best’. Ball State placed 13 worthy student-athletes on the list.
The Distinguished Scholar Athlete is a second-year award given to students who have excelled in athletics and academics. Following each season from the winter 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.