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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
3/6/2017 Brandon Gilbeck Men's Basketball
2/27/2017 Taylor Higginbotham Women's Basketball
2/20/2017 Marissa Purdum Women's Swimming and Diving
2/14/2017 Holly Hoelting Softball
2/6/2017 Josh Kirby Men's Track and Field
1/30/2017 Mike Miklusak Men's Basketball
1/24/2017 Brad Walls Men's Track and Field
12/12/2016 Jasmine Brown Women's Track and Field
12/6/2016 Kyle Siebert Men's Swimming and Diving
11/29/2016 Emily Clemens Women's Basketball
11/14/2016 Erica Hagen Women's Swimming and Diving
11/7/2016 Kaili Simmons Women's Volleyball
11/1/2016 Brett Taylor Football
10/24/2016 Anna Cullinan Women's Golf
10/17/2016 Ashley Kuhlmann Women's Soccer
10/11/2016 Jacob Bjornsen Men's Soccer
10/3/2016 Maria Bessmertnaya Women's Tennis
9/28/2016 Riggs Baxter Football
9/19/2016 Lexi Kolschefski Women's Volleyball
9/14/2016 Fernando Pacheco Men's Soccer
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