CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference handed out the Medal of Excellence Award to twenty-four student-athletes Wednesday night during its annual honors ceremony, including Kent State's Luke Burch and Larissa Lurken.
The Medal of Excellence is an award presented annually to one male and one female student-athlete from the graduating class of each of the 12 Conference member institutions. To be honored with the Medal of Excellence Award, student-athletes had to participate on the varsity level in a conference sponsored sport and shown evidence of academic success with a minimum 3.50 accumulative grade-point average, exhibited athletics excellence, leadership and service.