TOLEDO, Ohio — Six University of Toledo student-athletes were named Distinguished Scholar Athletes from the spring season by the Mid-American Conference. The awards were received following strong contributions in the field of competition and exemplary work in the classroom.
The Rocket women's golf programs led the way with two student-athletes recognized. Baseball, softball, men's tennis and women's tennis each landed one student-athlete on the list. Seniors Pinyada Kuvanun (women's golf) and Luke Vitosevic (men's tennis) received the honor for a second time, while seniors Claire Aleck (women's tennis), Kaitlyn Bergman (softball), Brad Boss (baseball) and Pimchanok Kawil (women's golf) were honored for the first time.
The Distinguished Scholar Athlete is given to student-athletes who have excelled in athletics and academics. Following each season, any student-athlete with a 3.20 GPA and participation in at least 50 percent of the contests is automatically named to the Academic All-MAC Team for each sport. First-year students and junior college transfers in their first year of residence are not eligible for the award. Â Â Â Â
From the Academic All-MAC Teams, the league's faculty athletic representatives selected the 'best of the best' from the Academic All-MAC Teams. Only student-athletes holding a cumulative 3.50 GPA or higher are eligible for the Distinguished Scholar Athlete Award. The number of Distinguished Scholar Athletes from each sport are equivalent to the number of first-team selections or 20% of the nominees, whichever is greater.
    A complete listing of the six Toledo student-athletes to earn the 2019 Spring Distinguished Scholar Athlete award is below:
2019 MAC Spring Sports Distinguished Scholar Athletes -Â Toledo Honorees
Women's Golf
Pimchanok Kawil, Toledo, Senior, 3.703 GPA, Operations & Supply Chain Management/International Business (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
*Pinyada Kuvanun, Toledo, Senior, 3.621 GPA, International Business (Khonkean, Thailand)
Women's Tennis
Claire Aleck, Toledo, Senior, 3.913 GPA, Speech and Language Pathology (Ada, Mich.)
Men's Tennis
*Luka Vitosevic, Toledo, Senior, 3.877 GPA, Finance (Belgrade, Serbia)
Baseball
Brad Boss, Toledo, Senior, 3.78 GPA, MBA in Administration (Temperance, Mich.)
Softball
Kaitlyn Bergman, Toledo, Senior, 3.890 GPA, Education (Lebanon, Ohio)
* Second time named MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete
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