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Last week, the Pac-12 awarded the University of Colorado’s senior runner Morgan Pearson their Men’s Cross Country Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He’s the first CU athlete to earn the award since the school joined the Pac-12 in 2011.
Each year, the conference awards the accolade to the man and woman in each of the 23 sports it hosts that excel in both athletics and academics. In his four years at Colorado after transferring from Duke, Pearson boasts a 3.