TOLEDO, Ohio - Senior forward JT Shumate of the Toledo men's basketball team has been named the Mid-American Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week, the league office announced today. Shumate currently holds a 3.827 grade-point average as a middle childhood education major.
A Newark, Ohio native who was a CSC First-Team Academic All-American last year, Shumate averaged 22.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 53.3 percent (16-of-30) from the field to help Toledo to a pair of victories last week.
In the Rockets' 83-75 road win at Northern Iowa last Tuesday, Shumate led the way with 24 points on 10-of-19 shooting and grabbed six rebounds.