Men's Volleyball Players Honored At Salute To Scholar-Athletes
May 31, 2012 | Men's Volleyball
Salute To Scholar-Athletes Banquet Photo Gallery
IRVINE, Calif. --- UC Irvine Athletics honored Carson Clark as well as five others at the "Salute To Scholar-Athletes" banquet Wednesday night.
Ian Castellana, Jeremy Dejno, Connor Hughes, Dan McDonnell and Will Montgomery all earned scholar-athlete distinction. A total of 113 student-athletes were honored, bringing UCI's total to 3,616 since 1983.
Requirements for this award include maintaining a 3.0 grade-point average (GPA) over the previous three quarters or a 3.2 GPA over two quarters for freshmen and transfer students. Student-athletes must also earn letters in their sports.
The Scholar-Athlete award was implemented by the Big West Conference to honor those student-athletes that have maintained a high level of scholastic excellence while participating in intercollegiate athletics. UCI expanded the award to include teams that do not participate in Big West-sponsored sports.
Along with the scholar-athletes, Clark, a four-time All-American, was honored with a Class Performance Award. Clark was named the Most Outstanding Player in both the NCAA and MPSF Championships which earned him the honor of UCI Outstanding Senior Performance.
Dejno, McDonnell and Montgomery were also selected as MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athletes for the 2012 men's volleyball season. The MPSF award is given to student-athletes who have a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average, are at least a sophomore academically, have completed one full academic year at the institution prior to the season for which the award is being received and have competed in fifty percent or more of the institution's competition.
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