ST. LOUIS, Mo. – After enjoying historic individual seasons on the pitch, the tandem of Zac Blaydes and Ian McGrath was honored for its work off the field on Monday, with each taking home Scholar-Athlete honors from the Missouri Valley Conference.
The Scholar-Athlete team, which is selected annually from a pool of athletes that boast of a 3.2 grade-point-average or better, features 11 players from around the conference with a further seven taking home an honorable mention. In order to qualify, a player must have appeared in at least 75% of his team's matches and reached sophomore status in eligibility.