Toledo, Ohio – Three athletes from the University of Toledo track and field team were named Distinguished Scholar Athletes for the indoor season by the Mid-American Conference on Wednesday.
 
Senior Janelle Noe, junior Atalia Lima and junior Athena Welsh were awarded the honor for their efforts on the track and in the classroom during the indoor track and field season. This is the second consecutive year Noe has received the honor. 
 
Lima became the Rockets' first pentathlon champion at the MAC Championships, scoring 3542 points. Welsh and Noe led the Rockets in distance and mid-distance events during the season. Welsh took home the title for the 5000m with a time of 16:33.55 and also landed on the podium for the 3000m (9:48.87, fourth) and mile (4:50.15, sixth). Noe made three podium appearances at the championships for the 800m (2:10.79, fourth), mile (4:44.93, third), and distance medley relay (11:55.25, sixth). 
 
Faculty athletic representatives made selections from the Academic All-MAC teams to be honored with the Distinguished Scholar Athlete Award for the 2018-19 season. To qualify for the award, student-athletes must have a 3.50 GPA or higher and the number of Distinguished Scholar Athletes from each sport were equivalent to the number of first-team selections or 20% of nominees, whichever was greater.  
 
2018-19 MAC Distinguished Scholar Athletes 
Toledo Women's Indoor Track & Field
Atalia Lima, Toledo, Junior, 3.534 GPA, Interdisciplinary Studies (Boa Vista, Brazil) 
*Janelle Noe, Toledo, Senior, 3.845 GPA, Exercise Science (Sylvania, OH) 
Athena Welsh, Toledo, Junior, 3.614 GPA, Marketing (Louisville, OH) 
 
* 2017-18 Distinguished Scholar-Athlete