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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
11/16/2015 Sean McGuire Football
11/10/2015 Melanie Pearson Women's Swimming and Diving
11/3/2015 Diego Lopez Men's Soccer
10/26/2015 Andrew Blackburn Men's Golf
10/19/2015 Jacob Judd Football
10/12/2015 Michaela Cody Women's Soccer
10/5/2015 Nathan Knuffman Football
9/28/2015 Peyton Crosser Women's Volleyball
9/21/2015 Alejandro Pacheco Men's Soccer
9/14/2015 Courtney Lubbers Women's Tennis
9/8/2015 Brett Taylor Football
9/2/2015 Victoria Kappel Women's Soccer
5/11/2015 Brent Turner Baseball
5/4/2015 Nate Davis Men's Golf
4/28/2015 Sammy Marshall Softball
4/20/2015 Jessica Schultz Women's Golf
4/13/2015 Aaliyah White Women's Track and Field
4/6/2015 Andrew Blackburn Men's Golf
3/30/2015 JJ Reimer Baseball
3/24/2015 Arianna Demos Women's Tennis
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