August 16, 2018 Article from GOBLUERAIDERS.COM
Stockstill, Simpson earn C-USA Scholar Athlete awards
IRVING, Texas - Conference USA faculty athletics representatives announced their selections of the 2017-18 Scholar Athlete of the Year Awards on Thursday, and two Middle Tennessee student-athletes were selected.
Former men's basketball standout Edward Simpson and redshirt senior football player Brent Stockstill were among the 18 student-athletes selected. It was Simpson's first award and Stockstill's second.
The C-USA Scholar Athlete of the Year awards are presented to the top student-athletes in each conference-sponsored sport, determined by a vote of the league's 14 FARs. The award is based on academic achievement (GPA), athletic achievement and service.
Scholar-athletes were selected from C-USA's full-time and affiliate institutions in 17 sports (combining indoor and outdoor track and field). Rice led the way with eight student-athletes receiving the Scholar Athlete Award. Stockstill, Charlotte's Haley Pace and Rice's Elsa Racasan were repeat honorees after earning the award in 2016-17.
Please see below for the complete list of this year's honorees:
2017-18 SCHOLAR ATHLETE AWARD WINNERS
Sport | Recipient |
---|---|
Baseball | Nick Sandlin, Southern Miss |
Men's Basketball | Ed Simpson, Middle Tennessee |
Women's Basketball | Erica Ogwumike, Rice |
Men's Cross Country | Adolfo Carvalho, Rice |
Women's Cross Country | *Elsa Racasan, Rice |
Football | *Brent Stockstill, Middle Tennessee |
Men's Golf | Mitchell Meissner, Rice |
Women's Golf | Maggie Simmermacher, Old Dominion |
Men's Soccer | Jason Beaulieu, New Mexico # |
Women's Soccer | Martha Thomas, Charlotte |
Softball | *Haley Pace, Charlotte |
Women's Swimming & Diving | Anna Lynch, Marshall & Marie Claire Schillinger, Rice |
Men's Tennis | Eric Rutledge, Rice |
Women's Tennis | Lindsey Hodge, Rice |
Men's Track & Field | Scott Filip, Rice |
Women's Track & Field | Morgan McIntyre, WKU |
Women's Volleyball | Jessica Lucas, WKU |
* Repeat winner
# Affiliate member