Mays, Mukes Named Jesse Owens Student Award Winners

BATON ROUGE – LSU student-athletes Skylar Mays and Sydney Mukes have been named the Jesse Owens Student Award recipients by LSU's Black Faculty and Staff Caucus organization. The award is presented to the minority student-athletes with the highest GPA.

It is the third straight year that Mays has earned the accolade and the second straight year for Mukes. It marks the third year in a row that a volleyball player has been honored as Milan Stokes was named the recipient in 2018.

Mays graduated in pre-med/kinesiology, while Graves received his degree in general business. Mays was named the CoSIDA Basketball Academic All-America of the Year in 2020 and was the two-time SEC Scholar-Athlete of the…