IRVING, Texas –– The American Athletic Conference announced the league's Scholar-Athlete of the Year recipients for the 2021-22 academic year today.
The University of Tulsa had five student-athletes named as AAC scholar-athlete honorees. It marked the third consecutive year that Tulsa has had at least four AAC scholar-athlete award winners. Four of Tulsa's five scholar-athlete award winners this year came in running sports.
Each of the scholar-athlete award winners, as selected by the league's Faculty Athletic Representatives, received a $2,000 scholarship.
In the eight -year history of Tulsa's membership in The American, a total of 25 Golden Hurricane student-athletes have now been recognized as their particular sports' recipient of the scholar-athlete of the year award.