University of Evansville senior Matt Hunsaker has been chosen for the third consecutive year as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference Men's Golf Scholar-Athlete Team. He has been a unanimous selection the last two years.
Hunsaker's 75.62 career scoring average is the second best in University of Evansville history. Academically, Hunsaker has a 3.92 grade point average. He will graduate on Saturday with a degree in Accounting. Hunsaker was a finalist this spring for the Ralph H. Coleman Award, presented annually to UE's most outstanding senior male scholar-athlete. He was a 2008 Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar.
Hunsaker was one of four repeat selections on the MVC scholar-athlete team, along with Blake Driskell and Todd Obergoenner of Southern Illinois, and Bradley's Zach Wanken. The quartet is joined on the first team by Bradley's Cody Thompson and Wichita State's Grady Pauls. Hunsaker, Obergoenner, Thompson and Wanken were each unanimous selections. Sports information directors in the conference voted for the award.
The criteria for the MVC scholar-athlete team parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for academic ESPN the Magazine All-America voting. Nominees must have at least a 3.00 cumulative grade point average (4.0 scale), must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institutions, and must have participated in at least 50 percent of his team’s rounds or played at the State Farm MVC Championship. Wichita State won the 2009 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Men's Golf Championship, April 27-28, at Cape Girardeau, Mo.
2009 Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Golf Scholar-Athlete Team
FIRST TEAM, School Yr. GPA Major Hometown
#Blake Driskell, Southern Illinois Jr. 3.85 Civil Engineering Cape Girardeau, Mo.
#Matt Hunsaker, Evansville Sr. 3.92 Accounting Henderson, Ky.
#Todd Obergoenner, Southern Illinois Sr. 4.00 Exercise Science Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Grady Pauls, Wichita State Sr. 3.85 Physical Education Hesston, Kan.
Coby Thompson, Bradley So. 4.00 Chemistry East Galesburg, Ill.
#Zach Wanken, Bradley Jr. 3.97 Chemistry Galesburg, Ill.
HONORABLE MENTION Yr. GPA Major Hometown
Tyler Johnson, UNI Jr. 3.21 Business Administration Belle Plaine, Iowa
#2008 first-team scholar-athlete selection
