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Gopher Athletics announces 2004-05 Scholar-Athlete Awards
The University of Minnesota Academic Counseling and Student Services (ACSS) announced its scholar-athlete awards for the 2004-05 season. Over 350 scholar athletes were recognized at the 16th Annual Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet on April 19th at the McNamara Alumni Center on the U of M campus.
The scholar-athlete award is in recognition of outstanding academic achievement while participating in intercollegiate athletics. To qualify for the award, student-athletes must maintain a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0. Of the Minnesota student- athletes, almost half are scholar-athletes.
The following Gopher wrestlers were recognized:
Three Gopher coaches shared the ACSS Partnership Award: men's head gymnastics coach Mike Burns, men's assistant basketball coach Jim Molinari and wrestling assistant coach Joe Russell. The award is presented to a member of the coaching staff in recognition of superior partnership with ACSS in support of student-athlete success.