Joonas Jokinen was in the kitchen with his mom when he got a notification from Temple's men's soccer Twitter page. His mom stopped what she was doing and gave him a hug.
The senior midfielder and forward had found out he was the recipient of the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award.
"You come to college, especially as a student-athlete, you have class, you have training, you have lift, you have everything in-between," Jokinen said. "So it's really gratifying knowing that you put in all the work and you're recognized for that, so it feels really good.