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: University of Toledo
Name: Joad Martinho
Sport: Cross Country
Position: 
Year: Junior
GPA: 3.196
Major: Operations & Supply Chain Management
Week’s Achievements (detailed description of week’s events):Junior Joad Martinho’s first-place finish helped Toledo win its second consecutive Mid-American Conference Men's Cross Country Championship in Buffalo, N.Y. on Saturday. Martinho won the individual championship by nearly five seconds with a final time of 23:48.5. He becomes the third-straight individual champion from Toledo, joining Dennis Mutai (2023) and Dominic Serem (2024).
 
FEMALE WINNER
Institution: University of Toledo
Name: Karina James
Sport: Cross Country
Position: 
Year: Senior
GPA: 3.916
Major: Health Care Administration
Week’s Achievements (detailed description of week’s events): Junior Karina James tallied a first-place finish to help Toledo wins its fifth-consecutive Mid-American Conference Women's Cross Country Championship in Buffalo, N.Y. on Saturday. This marks the 11th conference championship for the Rockets, the most in league history by any school. James crossed the finish line with a final time of 20:28.8 to become the eighth Rocket to win an individual crown. She is the second in the past two years after Mercy Kinyanjui took the individual title in 2024.