Tovar Earns NCC Honor Athlete Award
Senior All-American Dustin Tovar is one of seven male student-athletes who have been honored by the North Central Conference as the league's Honor Athletes for the 2004-05 academic year.
Tovar, a senior from Abilene, Kan., finished third in the NCAA II tournament, helping lead the Mavericks to their second straight national title. He holds a 3.335 GPA in speech communication and posted a 26-11 record last season.
The other honored student-athletes with the schools they represent are: Nate Beerling, Minnesota Duluth; Rodrigo Cintra, North Dakota; Aaron Graumann, Augustana; Bob Jeske, Minnesota State; Nate Miller, St. Cloud State, and Tim Schellhammer, South Dakota.
Each school selected its top student-athlete on the basis of academic performance, athletic ability and performance and leadership in campus and community activities. In addition, each student-athlete must have graduated this spring or be within 12 credit hours of graduation. The select group will be honored at the NCC Honor Awards Dinner May 23 in Okoboji, Iowa, and are finalists for the league's Stan Marshall Award which will be announced at the dinner.
Tovar, a senior from Abilene, Kan., finished third in the NCAA II tournament, helping lead the Mavericks to their second straight national title. He holds a 3.335 GPA in speech communication and posted a 26-11 record last season.
The other honored student-athletes with the schools they represent are: Nate Beerling, Minnesota Duluth; Rodrigo Cintra, North Dakota; Aaron Graumann, Augustana; Bob Jeske, Minnesota State; Nate Miller, St. Cloud State, and Tim Schellhammer, South Dakota.
Each school selected its top student-athlete on the basis of academic performance, athletic ability and performance and leadership in campus and community activities. In addition, each student-athlete must have graduated this spring or be within 12 credit hours of graduation. The select group will be honored at the NCC Honor Awards Dinner May 23 in Okoboji, Iowa, and are finalists for the league's Stan Marshall Award which will be announced at the dinner.
