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MAC Announces Spring Distinguished Scholar Athletes

CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) -- The Mid-American Conference announced Friday, June 24, the list of Distinguished Scholar Athletes from the eight spring sports for the 2015-16 academic season. Out of the 166 student-athletes on the list, 28 Eagles, the most in the conference, were selected as the 'best of the best' from each sport's Academic All-MAC Teams.

The indoor men's track and field team had the most selections of any EMU team, coming in with 10 honorees. Fresh off their MAC title, the women's outdoor track and field team saw nine student-athletes named Distinguished Scholar Athletes. Additionally, both the softball and baseball teams had multiple student-athletes receive the honor with four and two, respectively.