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).

FEMALE WINNER
Institution: Bowling Green
Name: Emma Stransky
Sport: Soccer
Position: Forward
Year: Junior
GPA: 4.00
Major: Exercise Science
Week’s Achievements: Emma Stransky scored both BGSU goals as the Falcons topped Kent State, 2-1, in the team’s lone match of the week. Stransky's first goal came on a header in the 36th minute, and after the Flashes tied the game early in the second half, the junior slotted a ball into the right side of the net with just under an hour gone for the eventual winning goal. The brace was the first of her career. Stransky now has BG-best totals of five goals and 10 points this season. She ranks second in the MAC in both categories and is tied for the league lead with two game-winning goals. Stransky has 12 goals and 29 points in her career, and with seven GWG, has moved into BGSU's career top-10 in the latter category.
 
MALE WINNER
Institution: Ohio
Name: Parker Navarro
Sport: Football
Position: Quarterback
Year: Graduate Student
GPA: 3.968
Major: MS in Management
Week’s Achievements (detailed description of week’s events):
Graduate student quarterback Parker Navarro helped lead Ohio’s offense this past Saturday at No. 1 Ohio State. Navarro went 3-for-13 for 94 yards with one touchdown and no interceptions. Navarro’s longest pass of the game came in the opening minutes of the third quarter when he completed a 67-yard touchdown pass to Chase Hendricks for Ohio’s first touchdown of the game.