ST. LOUIS – For the second consecutive year, Illinois State junior David Perkins has been named to the 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete First Team, announced by the conference office on Friday.
Perkins is second on both the Redbirds' team and in the MVC with a 72.0 stroke per round average. He finished the season with five top-10 finishes, three of those coming in the top-five. Of his 33 rounds during the season, 20 of those were at or below par.
The East Peoria, Illinois, native, had two third-place finishes during the season including at the season opener at the Badger Invitational and in the regular-season finale at the Boilermaker Invitational.