June 10, 2008

Complete Scholar Athlete Release in PDF Format

IRVING, Texas - Conference USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky announced today the recipients of the 2007-08 Scholar Athlete of the Year Awards, as approved by the Board of Directors. C-USA Scholar Athlete of the Year awards are presented to the top student-athletes in each conference-sponsored sport. The award is based on academic achievement (GPA), athletic achievement and service.

Seven of C-USA's 12 institutions produced at least one scholar athlete winner. Rice, SMU, Tulsa and UTEP each had three student-athletes selected. Four student-athletes were repeat winners, as indicated below on the complete list:

2007-08 SCHOLAR ATHLETE AWARD WINNERS:

Baseball - Jimmy Cesario, Houston
Men's Basketball - Paulius Packevicius, Rice
Women's Basketball - Jetta "Twiggy" McIntyre, Houston
Men's Cross Country - Brad Morris, Rice
Women's Cross Country - Marissa Daniels, Rice*
Football - Paul Smith, Tulsa*
Men's Golf - Brad Benjamin, Memphis
Women's Golf - Kate Ackerson, SMU
Men's Soccer - Ben Shuleva, SMU
Women's Soccer - Jami Tullius, UTEP
Softball - Sara Dyer, Tulsa
Women's Swimming & Diving - Jennifer Basel, SMU
Men's Tennis - Arnau Brugues, Tulsa*
Women's Tennis - Hannah Priest, East Carolina
Men's Track and Field - Mickael Hanany, UTEP*
Women's Track and Field - Keisha Walkes, UTEP
Volleyball - Kelley Wernert, East Carolina

* Repeat winner