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Max Ford

  • Award
    Scholar Athlete of the Month
  • Week Of
    2/8/2016
  • Sport
    Men's Track and Field
  • Bio
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Max Ford has been named Hampton Inn Scholar Athlete of the Week after finishing second overall in the heptathlon at the Don DeNoon Invitational over the weekend (Feb. 5-6). Ford compiled a total of 4,541 points, skyrocketing him to third all-time on the program's top-ten list. The Macomb, Illinois, native is only the fourth Leatherneck in school history to eclipse the 4,000 point mark.

The junior is majoring in physics and boasts a 3.6 GPA.


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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