Softball Leads the MAC With 11 Academic Recognitions

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference announced its 2017 Softball Academic All-MAC team Wednesday, May 31. Western Michigan and Northern Illinois tied with a league-best 11 recognitions. Eastern Michigan and Kent State followed with 10 apiece. In total 89 softball student-athletes were honored.

All 11 Broncos will now be eligible to be voted as Distinguished Scholar-Athletes by the league, an award which began in 2015. Distinguished Scholar-Athletes will be announced later this year.

The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50…