BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Craig Engels of the Ole Miss men's track and field team and Aubrey Edie of the Rebel volleyball team have been nominated for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship by the University of Mississippi.
The H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship has been presented by the Southeastern Conference since 1986 to the league's top male and female scholar-athletes.
The Southeastern Conference will name the 2017 recipients of the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship on April 27.
Highlights of Ole Miss' nominees include:
CRAIG ENGELS, Men's Track & Field, Ole Miss
Major: Business Administration
- CoSIDA Academic All-District (2016) Three-time USTFCCCA All-Academic
- Three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Helped Ole Miss win its first NCAA title in the distance medley relay (1200m leg) in 2017
- Five-time All-American in track & field (2015 outdoor 800m, 2016 indoor DMR, 2016 outdoor 1500m, 2017 indoor DMR and 800m)
- Four-time SEC champion in track & field (2015 indoor DMR, 2016 indoor DMR, 2016 outdoor 1500m, 2017 indoor DMR)
- Two-time All-Region in cross country (2015, 2016)
- Helped Ole Miss to a program-best fourth-place national finish in cross country in 2016
- School record holder in the outdoor 1500m (3:37.