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: Bowling Green
Name: Javontae Campbell
Sport: Basketball
Position: Guard
Year: Senior
GPA: 3.64
Major: Individualized Studies
Week’s Achievements: Javontae Campbell led the Falcons in a week that included a win over Kansas State as well as a 131-point performance. Campbell led BGSU in assists in each of BG’s three games, logging at least five in each contest including a season-high nine against Aquinas. Campbell also led the Falcons in scoring against Utah Valley with 24, his fourth 20-point game of the season. In the win over Kansas State, Campbell tallied 17 points, six rebounds and five assists while shooting 54.5-percent from the field. He followed it up against Utah Valley with the 24 points in addition to five rebounds, five assists, three steals and a block. Campbell closed out his week by flirting with a quadruple-double. In just 24 minutes of action against Aquinas, he stuffed the stat sheet with seven points, nine assists, seven rebounds, six steals and two blocks.
FEMALE WINNER
Institution: Miami University
Name: Amber Tretter
Sport: Women’s Basketball
Position: Forward
Year: Junior
GPA: 4.0
Major: Architecture
Week’s Achievements (detailed description of week’s events): Amber Tretter averaged 20.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 2.5 assists per game in a pair of wins over Cincinnati and Western Kentucky. The junior scored 21 points and added 11 rebounds in an OT win over the Bearcats, which included a fade-away jumper as time expired in regulation to send the game to extra time. She then posted 20 points and five boards in an 80-53 victory against the Lady Toppers, giving her back-to-back 20-point outings for the first time in her career. She was 5-of-7 from long range against WKU.
