2012 Scholar-Athlete of the Year Nominees – Oral Roberts
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.
Oral Roberts’ Scholar-Athlete of the Year Nominees
Shadrack Koech, Cross Country and Track & Field
Sr. // 3.73 GPA // Major: Accounting
Academic Achievements
ORU President Cup winner … President’s Honor Roll
selection … Member of the Accounting Honor Society.
Athletic Achievements
Two-time first team All-League Cross Country … Earned
second team All-League honors in 2009.
Other Campus Curricular or Extracurricular
Activities
Member of the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public
Accountants and The Accounting Society at ORU … Volunteered
and lead a ministry at Tulsa International Fellowship and at
various track events around Tulsa … Tutored and mentored
autistic students at Greater Grace Academy … Interned at a
local CPA firm for the past year and a half.
Koech’s complete ORU bio.
Kristen Radcliff, Cross Country and Track & Field
Sr. // 3.78 GPA (undergraduate) | 3.63 GPA (graduate) //
Major: Health and Exercise Science | Master’s of Management
// Minor: Business Administration
Academic Achievements
Two-time Academic All-American … ORU First Lady’s Cup
winner in 2012 … Named the Outstanding Student in the HPER
department in 2011 … Three-time Summit League
Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence honoree …
Three-time President’s List, Vice President’s List and
Golden Eagle Super Scholar selection.
Athletic Achievements
Named the 2012 Summit League Outdoor Track MVP and the 2011 Indoor
Track MVP … 2011 All-Midwest region selection …
Two-time All-League honoree.
Other Campus Curricular or Extracurricular
Activities
Four-year SAAC representative … Volunteered for
Positive Progress, a program for high school girls, Special
Olympics and at a local track club … Reading and math tutor
at local elementary school … Vice President of HPER club at
ORU.
Radcliff’s complete ORU bio.
Previously Highlighted Nominees:
IPFW - Drew Imel & Lauren
McCracken
IUPUI - Perez Agaba & Elizabeth
Bourgeois
UMKC - Cosmas Ayabei & Kaelene
Curry
NDSU – Zach Wentz & Amy
Anderson
OU – Timothy Montague & Alyssa
Vela
