2012 Scholar-Athlete of the Year Nominees – IUPUI
Each day, The Summit League will feature one institution’s male and female student-athlete nominees for The Summit League Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, the highest award bestowed by the league. The award honors the outstanding academic achievement, athletic achievement, attitude and leadership of one male and one female student-athlete. The award is voted on by the league’s faculty athletic representatives and will be announced on Thursday, June 28.
IUPUI’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year Nominees
Perez Agaba, Men’s Soccer
Sr. // 3.99 GPA // Major: Biomedical Engineering //
Minors: Math/Pre-Med
Academic Achievements
Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American and Academic All-District
honoree … Four-time Academic All-League selection …
Three-time Commissioner’s List for Academic Excellence
selection … Named to the School of Engineering &
Technology’s Dean’s List all four years …
2008-10 IUPUI E&T Alumni Association Golf Classic Award
… Recipient of the 2010 Bepko Scholarship for Outstanding
Academic Achievement and the ProAAct Scholarship Award for Academic
Excellence … Named one of IUPUI’s Top 100
students.
Athletic Achievements
2010 NSCAA/Performance Subaru second team All-Midwest Region
honoree … 2010 All-League second team … Two-time
Summit League All-Tournament Team selection … 2008 Summit
League All-Newcomer Team honoree … Named Summit League
Player of the Week during the 2011 season.
Other Campus Curricular or Extracurricular
Activities
Named a LOWE’s Senior Class First Team All-American
and was one of the 10 finalist for the national award …
Received an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship … 2011 IUPUI Mike
Carroll Scholarship Recipient … Mentor at Harshman
Elementary School … Volunteered with the Urban Soccer
Development Program and Project Lead the Way and the National
Robotics Competition … Peer menior/tutor in math and
chemistry at IUPUI.
Agaba’s complete IUPUI bio.
Elizabeth Bourgeois, Swimming & Diving
Jr. // 3.71 GPA // Major: Mechanical Engineering //
Minor: Math
Academic Achievements
A 2011 Summit League Academic All-League and Commissioner’s
List of Excellence honoree … Named the ChiaYee Ang and Mark
E. Hemphill Outstanding Leader and Scholar … Recipient of
the IUPUI E&T Dean’s Recognition scholarship, Women in
Technology and Leadership scholarship, Commitment to Engineering
Excellence scholarship, IUPUI’s Mike Carroll scholarship and
H. Eugene Hunt and Rebecca A. Mohr scholarship … Named one
of IUPUI’s Top 100 students … On the Academic
Advisor’s List for six semesters.
Athletic Achievements
Two-time All-League selection … Owns six individual school
records and part of three relay school records …
IUPUI’s 20120 Newcomer of the Year and 2011 Team MVP
… IUPUI Athlete of the Month in March 2011 and 2012 …
Named Swimmer of the Week in October 2010.
Other Campus Curricular or Extracurricular
Activities
Participated in IUPUI’s Preparing Outstanding Women
for Engineering Roles (POWER) Camp, Project Lead the Way and
E&T’s Student Council … A member of Alpha Lambda
Delta, Phi Etta Sigma, and Golden Key International Honor
Society.
Bourgeois’ complete IUPUI bio.
Previously Highlighted Nominees:
IPFW - Drew Imel & Lauren McCracken
