The Scholar Athlete of the Week Award is presented to a MAC male and/or female student-athlete who has a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and performs well during that week's competition. An institution can nominate up to one male and one female student-athlete per week in any of that current season's sports. The winners are selected by a representative of the MAC's Faculty Athletics Representatives (FARs).

MALE WINNER 
Institution: Ball State 
Name: Mickey Pearson Jr. 
Sport: Basketball 
Position: Forward 
Year: Redshirt Junior 
GPA: 3.646 
Major: Sociology 
Week’s Achievements (detailed description of week’s events): 
Redshirt junior forward Mickey Pearson Jr. averaged 12.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game to help the Cardinals score wins over Detroit and SIUE last week. In Wednesday’s 68-65 win over the Titans, Pearson scored 15 points and tallied seven rebounds. He also added a block, while making a pair of free throws in the final 14 seconds to score what proved to be the game-winning point. In Sunday’s 83-71 victory over the Cougars, he chipped in 10 points and collected five rebounds. 
 
FEMALE WINNER 
Institution: Toledo 
Name: Sophia Wiard 
Sport: Basketball 
Position: Guard 
Year: Senior 
GPA: 3.884 
Major: Finance 
Week’s Achievements (detailed description of week’s events): Sophia Wiard helped lead Toledo to a pair of wins last week over Michigan and Loyola Maryland. Wiard was outstanding in a big 69-46 win vs. Michigan, scoring 14 points while grabbing six rebounds and dishing out five assists. She only had one turnover against the Wolverines and helped the Rockets beat them for a second straight season. Wiard led Toledo with 13 points in Sunday's 65-35 win vs. Loyola Maryland, adding five rebounds, four assists, and a pair of steals as well.