UE star has a perfect 4.0 GPA at UE
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- LOUIS – Ben Humrichous of the University of Evansville has been selected the State Farm MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year recipient, and he highlights a list of 14 student-athletes honored as part of the 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Men’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete Teams, announced today by the league office. Voting was conducted by league’s sports information directors.
Humrichous holds a 4.0 grade point average while pursuing his Master of Science degree in Leadership. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from Huntington (Ind.) University, achieving a 3.93 cumulative grade point average. Humrichous leads the Aces in scoring and three-pointers made this year and is second for his team in rebounding and blocked shots.
He is joined on the first-team unit by Trent Brown of Southern Illinois; Filip Skobalj of UIC; Connor Hickman of Bradley; Cade Tyson of Belmont; and Quincy Anderson of Murray State.
Humrichous is the third Purple Aces player to receive the honor joining Jason Holsinger and Colt Ryan. Holsinger was the MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2009 while Ryan earned the nod in 2012 and 2013.
The criteria for the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team voting parallels the CSC (College Sports Communicators) standards for Academic All-America nominations. Student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically and must be enrolled at their institution at the time of nomination either as undergraduates or graduate students. [The 12-month residency requirement for undergraduate transfers is no longer required.] An undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale), and a graduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as both an undergraduate and a grad student unless they are in their first semester as a graduate student and don’t have an established graduate GPA.
