OleMissSports.com
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Forrest Gamble of the Ole Miss men’s golf team and Jennifer Miller of the Rebel soccer team have been nominated for the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship by the University of Mississippi.
The H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship has been presented by the Southeastern Conference since 1986 to the league’s top male and female scholar-athletes.
The Southeastern Conference will name the 2016 recipients of the H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship on April 28.
Highlights of Ole Miss’ nominees include:
Forrest Gamble, Men’s Golf, Ole Miss
- SEC Men’s Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2015)
- Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American (2015)
- Named to the Chancellor’s List every semester
- Finished in the top-ten at the FAU Slomin Autism Invite to help the Rebels towards a first-place finish
- Fired a season-low round of 2-under par 69 in the opening round of the FAU Slomin Autism Invite
- Finished in the top-20 at the Shoal Creek Invitational in his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama
- Paced the Rebels with two rounds of even-par 72 at the Old Waverly Collegiate Championship to help Ole Miss finish second
- Fired a career-low 66 at the SEC Championships at Sea Island, Georgia, en route to a tie for 11th place
- Competed in every tournament his freshman season, earning his first top-five finish at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate
- Physics major with a 3.