Courtesy of Akron's Sport Information Department
CLEVELAND, Ohio - University of Akron junior Clayton Murphy (New Paris, Ohio) has been selected as the Mid-American Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week honoree the league announced on Wednesday, Feb. 10.
Murphy was also selected as the MAC Men's Track Athlete of the Week after registering the first sub-four-minute mile (3:57.11) in program and Stile Athletics Field House history, to round out competition at the 12th Annual Akron Invitational on Feb. 6.
Murphy's efforts represented the third-best mile time in the country this season, just .