NCAA Announces Recipients of Newest 1A FAR Academic Excellence Award

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, September 27. YESTERDAY, the NCAA announced the recipients of one of its newest awards called the 1A FAR Academic Excellence Award. The award was established by the 1A Faculty Athletics Representatives to recognize student-athlete academic achievement.

Recipients must have graduated in the past academic year with at least a 3.80 cumulative grade-point average and have participated in at least two years of intercollegiate athletics at a Football Bowl Subdivision institution in a sport sponsored by a Football Bowl Subdivision conference. Football student-athletes at Football Bowl Subdivision institutions that are independent in football were also eligible for the award.

Aquatics-related recipients:
Air Force: Eric Robinson
Alabama: Brooke Baldi, Britney Busch, Kate Shannon Gray, Samantha Lugar
Arizona State: Jordyn Green
Arkansas: Erin Neumann
Auburn: Melissa Marik, Andrew Mitchell
Boise State: Amanda Burnett
Boston College: Brett Bromann, John Maloy, Megan Tincher
Cincinnati: Erin Mullins
Duke: Alessondra Speidel
Eastern Michigan: Elisa Torres, Lindsey Kolar
Georgia: Lisa Caprioglio
Illinois: Ann Miller, Sara Stoneburg
Kentucky: Kayla Sergesketter
LSU: Laust Helmig
Maryland: Mitchel Challacombe, Aleksander Damjanic, Jessalyn Crawford
Miami (Ohio): John Eick
Michigan: Emily Christy
Michigan State: Brian Rockwell, Sarah Mory
Minnesota: Kayla Jamison
Nebraska: Kaitlin Arntz, Sarah Ziegelmann
Nevada: Margaret Doolittle
New Mexico: Nan Wittenberg
New Mexico State: Tessa Bain, Victoria Eickerman
North Carolina: Ashley Miller
North Texas: Mary Beth Geeze, Kelly Gordon, Laura Littleton, Kristen Tuttle
Ohio: Rachel Heim, Stella Johnson
Ohio State: Megan Alexander, Morgan Menzie, Courtney Jenkins
Pittsburgh: Sarah Looney
Purdue: Katie Beck, Allie Smith
Rutgers: Kirsten Fontana
SMU: Audra Egenolf, Ana Lara Carrillo, Tim Raschle
South Carolina: Courtney Forcucci
Stanford: Kelsey Ditto
Syracuse: Jakub Kotynia, Katherine Lewinski
Tennessee: Jill Pierce, Geoff Sanders
Texas: Adrienne Woods
Texas A&M: Emily Neal, Sarah Stratton
Toledo: Megan Friedli
Utah: Kristina Evans
Virginia Tech: Donald Stewart
West Virginia: George Farquhar

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