CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) -- Eastern Michigan University track and field student-athlete Newlyn Stephenson (Gary, Ind.-Thea Bowman Leadership Academy) brought home a pair of league-wide weekly awards, the Mid-American Conference announced today, Feb. 1. Stephenson was named the MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Week, and the MAC Men's Field Athlete of the Week after his impressive performance in the weight throw at the UNM Team Open, hosted by the University of New Mexico, Jan. 27.
Stephenson was not only the best in the Mid-American Conference, but was quite literally the best in the nation last week.