ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. --- The Mountain West offices have released it's 2016-17 Scholar-Athlete teams, and for the sixth consecutive year, The University of New Mexico leads the conference, this time with a total of 106 MW Scholar-Athletes.
The MW Scholar-Athlete award is one of the highest academic honors bestowed by the conference. To be eligible for selection, student-athletes must have completed at least two academic terms at the member institution, while maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or better, and have participated in varsity competition in a Mountain West-sponsored sport.
Five different programs either led the league or tied for the league lead within their respective sports: baseball, men's golf, women's golf, men's track and field and softball.