Omaha, Nebraska — Two members of Creighton's men's and women's basketball teams have been named to the Division I-AAA Athletic Directors Association's 22nd annual Scholar-Athlete Team. In addition, the association selected this year's male and female scholarship athletes and two graduate scholarship recipients.
Clayton's Ryan Kalkbrenner and stephen ashworth Participated in the men's scholarship team. Kalkbrenner won the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year award for the third time. Associated Press He averaged 17.3 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, ranked second in the nation with 107 blocked shots, and received a special award as an All-America selection. Ashworth averaged 11.1 points and 4.2 assists per game, making 80 3-pointers. He won the BIG EAST Sportsmanship Award. Creighton's men's team finished 25-10 and reached the Sweet 16 for the third time in the past four seasons.
Kalkbrenner was also the recipient of a $5,000 graduate student scholarship on the men's side. Kalkbrenner is a graduate student studying sports leadership. He has also been selected to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team three times. Belmont University's Tuti Jones won her $5,000 scholarship for women for her graduate studies. Additionally, each year one male student-athlete and one female student-athlete are selected as the Division I-AAA ADA Scholar-Athlete of the Year. This year's recipients, both male and female, are Tessa Miller and Isaiah Walker of Belmont University.
morgan marie and lauren jensen It was also recognized by women. Both women are regulars on the Clayton Dean's List and were named to the All-BIG EAST First Team on the Hardwood. Jensen led CU with 17.4 points and 74 3-pointers per game, while Murray averaged 15.2 points and a team-leading 6.5 rebounds. The Blue Jay women's team finished 26-6 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Jensen and Kalkbrenner were both on the I-AAA Scholar-Athlete team a year ago.
“We are very excited to recognize and congratulate this year's men's and women's scholar-athlete teams,” said Janet R. Cohn, Division I-AAA ADA president and director of athletics at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. “In addition to offering graduate scholarships, we are fortunate to be able to recognize such worthy scholars. It’s a testament to their work ethic on both sides of the court.”
Basketball players from all Division I-AAA ADA member institutions are eligible to receive these prestigious annual awards. Each candidate must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale) in their undergraduate studies and be a starter or significant reserve with legitimate athletic eligibility. The candidate must appear in at least 50% of the games of the team listed on the nomination form. To be eligible to be recommended to the Scholar-Athlete team, each individual must have achieved junior academic standing at their respective institution (transfers to non-eligible athletic departments are not eligible).
About Division I-AAA ADA: Now in its 23rd year, the Division I-AAA Athletic Directors Association's mission is to strengthen the efforts common to the Division I-AAA membership (the 98 Division I organizations that do not sponsor football). It is to do. Specifically, aspects related to the flagship basketball program. For more information about Division I-AAA ADA, please visit www.div1aaa-ada.com. The Division I-AAA ADA is administered by the National Collegiate Athletic Directors Association (NACDA), which is in its 59th year. For more information about NACDA and its 18 professional associations, please visit www.nacda.com.