Troy University Athletics
Five Former Trojans Named to FAR Academic Excellence List
9/29/2011 10:14:00 AM | Baseball, Softball, Basketball (W), Soccer, Volleyball
NEW ORLEANS - Five former Troy University student-athletes were among 19 Sun Belt student-athletes from the more than 400 Division I Football Bowl Subdivision student-athletes named as the inaugural recipients of the 1A FAR Academic Excellence Award.
The award was established by the 1A Faculty Athletics Representatives to recognize student-athlete academic achievement.
Recipients must have graduated in the past academic year with at least a 3.80 cumulative grade-point average and have participated in at least two years of intercollegiate athletics at an FBS institution in a sport sponsored by an FBS conference. Football student-athletes at FBS institutions that are independent in football were also eligible for the award.
The award was given to 432 student-athletes: 136 men and 296 women. Twenty-eight percent of the recipients majored in mathematics, science or engineering; 22 percent in business-related field.
The five former Trojans were: Kortney Cooper (Softball), Victoria Rogoschewsky (Volleyball), April Madden (Soccer), Daniel Peterson (Baseball) and Alyce Shearing (Women's Basketball).
The award was established by the 1A Faculty Athletics Representatives to recognize student-athlete academic achievement.
Recipients must have graduated in the past academic year with at least a 3.80 cumulative grade-point average and have participated in at least two years of intercollegiate athletics at an FBS institution in a sport sponsored by an FBS conference. Football student-athletes at FBS institutions that are independent in football were also eligible for the award.
The award was given to 432 student-athletes: 136 men and 296 women. Twenty-eight percent of the recipients majored in mathematics, science or engineering; 22 percent in business-related field.
The five former Trojans were: Kortney Cooper (Softball), Victoria Rogoschewsky (Volleyball), April Madden (Soccer), Daniel Peterson (Baseball) and Alyce Shearing (Women's Basketball).
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