PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Keanan Joyner, a former University of Memphis track and field distance runner, has received one of the league's two Commissioner's Postgraduate Leadership Awards from the American Athletic Conference Academic Affairs Committee, Commissioner Mike Aresco announced Thursday.
The awards are given to one male and one female student-athlete from an American Athletic Conference-sponsored sport who have been admitted to a degree-granting or professional program for the following year and who have demonstrated leadership through excellence in academic credentials, athletic performance and depth of commitment to service within the institution or the community.