CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Mid-American Conference announced the Distinguished Scholar Athletes from the seven fall sports during the 2018-19 academic season on Saturday, Dec. 22. 110 students were voted by faculty athletic representatives at MAC institutions representing the 'best of the best' from each sports Academic All-MAC Teams. Anthony Bowie, Tommy Clark, and Jake DeJulio represented Western Michigan men's soccer.

The Distinguished Scholar Athlete is a fifth-year award given to students who have excelled in athletics and academics.  Following each season from the fall sports schedule, any student with a 3.20 GPA and participation in at least 50 percent of the contests was automatically named to the previously announced Academic All-MAC Team from each sport.  Also, first-year students and junior college transfers in their first year of residence were not eligible for the award.
 
From the Academic All-MAC Teams, the faculty athletic representatives selected the 'best of the best' of our Academic All-MAC Teams to be honored with a 3.50 GPA or higher with the Distinguished Scholar Athlete Award for the 2018-19 season.  The number of Distinguished Scholar Athletes from each sport were equivalent to the number of first-team selections or 20% of nominees, whichever was greater.

Junior forward Anthony Bowie continues to collect the academic post-season awards. He recently was named the first CoSIDA Academic First Team All-American in Bronco men's soccer program history, along with being named to the United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-North/Central Region Second Team. He is now a two-time MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete and Academic All-MAC award winner. Bowie boasts a 4.0 GPA and scored career-high numbers in 2018 with seven points (2g-3a). 

Redshirt senior Tommy Clark receives his second career Distinguished Scholar Athlete award along with a back-to-back Academic All-MAC honor. A Senior CLASS Award candidate, Clark maintains a 3.93 cumulative GPA as a Biomedical Science major. He is also pursuing a major in Spanish. Clark finished his career in Brown & Gold with six points (2g-2a) during his final year as a Bronco in 2018 while accumulating 19 career points (3g-13a). 

One of three men's soccer student-athletes in the MAC to own a 4.0 GPA, junior Jake DeJulio is a Food & Consumer Marketing major earns his first Distinguished Scholar Athlete accolade. DeJulio appeared in 18 games in 2018, tallying one assist. 

2018 MAC Men's Soccer Distinguished Scholar Athletes (12):
Daniel Strachan, Akron, Sophomore, 3.528 GPA, Business (Lakewood, Ohio)
Chris Sullivan, Bowling Green, Sophomore, 4.00 GPA, Business Administration (Naperville, Ill.)
Jan Maertins, Northern Illinois, Junior, 3.967 GPA, Business Administration (Rheinfelden, Germany)
Max Voss, Northern Illinois, Senior, 3.735 GPA, Business Administration (Herten, Germany)
TC Hull, SIUE, Senior, 3.782 GPA, Business Administration (St. Charles, Ill.)
*Kashaun Smith, SIUE, Junior, 3.80 GPA, Mass Communications (Kingston, Jamaica)
*Greg Solawa, SIUE, Senior, 3.583 GPA, Business Administration (Niles, Ill.)
*Sebastian Garcia-Herreros, West Virginia, Junior, 3.60 GPA, Civil Engineering (Southwest Ranches, Fla.)
*Ryan Kellogg, West Virginia, Junior, 3.80 GPA, Finance (Parkville, Mo.)              
*Anthony Bowie, Western Michigan, Junior, 4.00 GPA, Sales and Business Marketing (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
*Tommy Clark, Western Michigan, Senior, 3.93 GPA, Biomedical Science (South Bend, Ind.)
Jake DeJulio, Western Michigan, Junior, 4.00 GPA, Food & Consumer Marketing (Overland Park, Kan.)

*2017 Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
#2016 Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
^2015 Distinguished Scholar-Athlete