ST. LOUIS – Illinois State senior David Perkins has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Men's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year, announced by the conference office on Thursday afternoon.
Perkins, who earned first team All-Scholar-Athlete team honors last season, is the fifth Redbird student-athlete to earn multiple honors, joining Nic Baker (2001, 2002), Mike Cushing (1995, 1996, 1997), Adam Goldie (2000, 2002), and Jeff Kellen (2010, 2011). This year he earned four MVC Golfer of the Week honors in the shortened season, giving him 11 career Golfer of the Week honors, the second-most in MVC history.