IRVING, Texas – Conference USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky announced today that Old Dominion University men’s tennis player Carlos Lopez Villa was one of 18 recipients of the 2014-15 C-USA Scholar Athlete of the Year Awards, which are determined by the league’s Faculty Athletics Representatives. The 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.
Scholar-athletes were selected from C-USA’s full-time and affiliate institutions in 17 sports (combining indoor and outdoor track & field). Rice led the way with four student-athletes receiving the Scholar Athlete Award, followed closely by UTEP with three representatives. Four student-athletes were repeat winners from a year ago.
Please see below for the complete list:
2014-15 SCHOLAR ATHLETE AWARD WINNERS:
Baseball - James McMahon, Southern Miss
Men’s Basketball - Seth Gearhart, Rice
Women’s Basketball - Cameasha Turner, UTEP
Men’s Cross Country - Elphas Maiyo, UTEP
Women’s Cross Country - Mary Lever, WKU
Football - Brian Nordstrom, Rice
Men’s Golf - *Brett Patterson, Middle Tennessee
Women’s Golf - *Camino Sardinero, UTEP
Men’s Soccer - Braeden Troyer, South Carolina #
Women’s Soccer - Kelly Culicerto, Marshall
Softball - Megan Low, UTSA
Women’s Swimming & Diving - *Krista Rossum, North Texas
Men’s Tennis - Carlos Lopez Villa, Old Dominion
Women’s Tennis - *Franziska Sprinkmeyer, North Texas
Men’s Track and Field - Evan Karakolis, Rice
Women’s Track and Field - Belle MacFarlane, Rice
Volleyball - Samantha Bane, Marshall & Dempsey Thornton, UTSA
* Repeat winner
# Affiliate member