YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) - Senior Jordann McDermitt (Davison, Mich.-Davison) of the Eastern Michigan University women's cross country team, earned Mid-American Conference Scholar Athlete of the Week for her performance in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, Nov. 10, the league office announced Tuesday, Nov. 14.
The MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week honor is presented weekly to a MAC male and female student-athlete who has a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and performs well during the week's competition.
McDermitt, who carries an impressive 3.97 in exercise science, led the Eagles with a fifth-place finish out of a pool of over 220 competitors at the regionals held Friday in Terre Haute, Ind.