KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced Monday that 62 Division I men's basketball student-athletes have been named 2016-17 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.
Campbellsville's
Elliott Young picks up the honor for the second straight year after recording a 3.73 GPA.
In order to be nominated by an institution's sports information director, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved a junior academic status.
Young finished his career by also being named the Mid-South Conference Champions of Character award winner. On the court, he scored 1,084 points to become the 30
th Tiger to surpass 1,000 in his career.
To learn more about the Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete award, click
here.
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