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Lobos Lead with 145 MW Scholar-Athlete Selections

Composite Mountain West Scholar-Athlete List

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. --- The Mountain West offices have released it's 2015-16 Scholar-Athlete teams, and for the fifth consecutive year, The University of New Mexico leads the conference, this time with a program record 145 MW Scholar-Athletes.

The MW Scholar-Athlete award is one of the highest academic honors bestowed by the conference. To be eligible for selection, student-athletes must have completed at least two academic terms at the member institution, while maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 or better, and have participated in varsity competition in a Mountain West-sponsored sport.