ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Three Belmont men's golfers were named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team as announced by the conference office on Wednesday.
Junior
Chris Harpum was named Scholar-Athlete of the Year, while juniors
Jack Darke and
Grey Goff earned spots on the Scholar-Athlete Team.
Harpum becomes the first Belmont men's golfer to be named MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year as he earned her spot on the Scholar-Athlete Team for the second consecutive year.
The Union, Kentucky native has a 3.81 GPA in Business leads the team in scoring at 73.5 and has six top-25 finishes this season.
Darke earns a spot on the team for the first time. The Cumming, Georgia product has a 3.767 GPA in Finance. He has a 76.7 scoring average and one top-10 finish this season.
Goff is on the team for the second consecutive year. The Lexington, Kentucky native has a 74.1 average and two top-30 finishes this season.
The criteria for the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team voting parallels the CSC (College Sports Communicators) standards for Academic All-America voting. Student-athletes must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale). He must have participated in at least 75 percent of his team's games during the regular season. No student-athlete is eligible until he/she has completed one full calendar year at his/her current institution and been on a college roster in that sport for two years. For transfers, graduate students, and two-year college graduates, the student-athlete must have completed one full calendar year at the nominating institution to be eligible, although graduate students who are competing at a different institution than the one from which they earned their undergraduate degree are eligible even if they are in their first semester at the graduate institution. Nominees in graduate school must have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or above both as an undergrad and in grad school.
For a full list of honorees, go to www.mvc-sports.com.
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