ST. LOUIS – Senior David Howard has excelled in the classroom and on the floor and was recognized on Thursday for his accomplishments as he was named to the Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete First Team.
 
The Accounting Major from Nashville, Tenn. had one of the top GPA's on the University of Evansville men's basketball team, sitting at 3.56.  It was also the second-highest among those named to the First Team. 
 
Howard has enjoyed the best year of his career in 2016-17, setting career highs in all categories during the season, highlighted by a career-best 21 points earlier this season against Drake.
 
Joining him on the First Team were Clayton Custer (Loyola), Ben Richardson (Loyola), Austin Ruder (Missouri State) and Reed Timmer (Drake).
 
The criteria for the Missouri Valley Conference's Scholar-Athlete Team voting parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for Academic All-America voting. Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.20 cumulative grade-point average (4.0 scale). Student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen were not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at their institution. He must have played in 75 percent of his team's games.
 

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