Five Falcons Named MW Scholar-Athlete
7/8/2016 12:00:00 AM | Cross Country
July 8, 2016
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Five members of the Air Force cross country team were named Mountain West Scholar Athletes, the conference office announced this afternoon (July 8). The five cross country runners were represented by one senior, one junior and three freshmen.
Senior Daniel Shellhouse (3.53, humanities), junior Samantha Skold (3.53, biology) and freshmen Mickey Davey (3.74, electrical engineering), Noah Riley (3.50, international history) and Parker Seale (3.72, systems engineering) represented the Falcons' cross country team on the conference list, which included a league-record 734 student-athletes from across the Mountain West's 11 schools.
Skold earned Scholar-Athlete honors for the second time, while the other four were first-time honorees.
The Mountain West Scholar-Athlete Award is one of the highest academic honors bestowed by the conference. To be eligible for selection, student-athletes must have completed at least two academic terms at their member institution, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher and have participated in varsity competition for a Mountain West-sponsored sport.
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