CLEVELAND, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) - Eastern Michigan University senior running back Samson Evans (Crystal Lake, Ill.-Prairie Ridge-Iowa) was named the Mid-American Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week today, Nov. 2. It marks consecutive wins for the Green and White, after fellow football player Jesús Gómez (Puebla, Mexico-Prepa Tec Pubela) collected the honor last week.
The Scholar Athlete of the Week Award is presented to a MAC male and/or female student-athlete who has a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and performs well during that week's competition. An institution can nominate up to one male and one female student-athlete per week in any of that current season's sports.