Four Bulls Named MAC Distinguished Scholar Athletes

CLEVELAND, OH - The Mid-American Conference announced the Distinguished Scholar Athletes from the eight winter sports during this 2018-19 academic season and four University at Buffalo student-athletes made the list. Women's swimming's Brittney Beetcher and Olivia Sapio, men's basketball's Dontay Caruthers and wrestling's Derek Spann were voted by faculty athletic representatives at MAC institutions representing the 'best of the best' from each sports Academic All-MAC Teams.

Beetcher, a sophomore business management major has a 4.0 grade point average. An All-MAC First Team selection in 2019, Beetcher shattered the school record in the 500-yard freestyle to finish fifth at the Mid-American…