268 Student-Athletes to be Recognized for Academic Success
The University of Maine’s 26th annual Scholar-Athlete Recognition Ceremony will honor 268 student-athletes for their academic success on Feb. 9 in Wells Conference Center.
At the 6:30 p.m. ceremony, 187 student-athletes will be recognized as scholar-athletes for achieving a 3.0 or higher grade point average for the 2014 year and/or having a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0. Eighty-one first-year student-athletes will be honored as “rising stars” for earning a 3.0 GPA or higher in their first semester at UMaine.
A total of 3,376 medallions have been presented since the annual awards began in 1989. This year marks the largest group of student-athletes to be recognized at the ceremony. It also is the 11th consecutive year that more than half of the university’s student-athletes will be honored.
During the reception, the annual recipients of the M Club Dean Smith Award — presented to the top male and female scholar-athlete — will be announced. Team MAINE will also be named, honoring the sophomore, junior or senior from each team who has achieved the highest grade point average in 2014.
The event is sponsored by the University of Maine Foundation, University Credit Union, University of Maine M Club and the UMaine Alumni Association.
The news release from UMaine Athletics listing all the scholar-athletes is online.