ATLANTA – A total of nine Georgia State student-athletes were honored by the Scholar Baller program, in conjunction with the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) earlier this week when the organization announced the recipients of the 2015 Academic Momentum Awards.
Top nominations were categorized into three teams based on each student-athlete’s academic improvement and the impact each student-athlete’s academic performance had on his or her classmates, teammates, academic advisors, and professors. A total of 28 award recipients from NCAS partner schools were selected for the Academic Momentum Award First Team, 16 recipients were chosen for the Academic Momentum Award Second Team, and 9 recipients were selected for the Academic Momentum Award Third Team.