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Scholar Athlete of the Month

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Grant Palmer

  • Award
    Scholar Athlete of the Month
  • Week Of
    9/12/2024
  • Sport
    Baseball
  • Bio
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In August, Palmer was named a recipient of the OVC Academic Medal of Honor is given annually to the student-athletes who achieve the highest grade point average in a Conference-sponsored sport.

Every Academic Medal of Honor recipient for the 2023-24 academic year carried a perfect 4.0 grade point average. Of the 310 award winners, 50 were awarded Academic Medals of Honor for multiple sports (counted just once in the final recipients list).

Over the past five years, there have been over 1,500 student-athletes earn the OVC Academic Medal of Honor.


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
6/8/2023 Parker Govern Men's Golf
4/19/2023 J.R. Heavilin Baseball
4/19/2023 Piper Foote Softball
3/20/2023 Lucas Hofer Men's Track and Field
3/20/2023 Briza Dure Women's Track and Field
2/8/2023 Paige Grice Women's Tennis
2/8/2023 Logan Lommel Men's Track and Field
1/10/2023 Anna Deets Women's Basketball
1/10/2023 Alec Rosner Men's Basketball
11/1/2022 Ramy Atia Men's Soccer
11/1/2022 Paulina Wuestefeld Women's Cross Country
9/20/2022 Nick Davenport Football
9/20/2022 Kennedy Bauer Women's Volleyball
7/5/2022 Olivia Kerr Women's Golf
7/5/2022 Riley Hansen Women's Golf
1/10/2022 Elizabeth Lutz Women's Basketball
1/10/2022 Jadrian Flores Men's Basketball
10/1/2021 Matt Muetterties Football
10/1/2021 Kennedy Davis Women's Volleyball
9/9/2021 Luke Duball Men's Soccer
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