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Scott Earns Arthur Ashe Award
5/8/2006 5:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Murray State Lady Racer Joi Scott was presented with a 2006 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports-Scholar Award for outstanding academic and athletic achievement. The official presentation was made Friday night in a ceremony at MSU's Curris Center.
Scott was named to the Arthur Ashe Sports-Scholar Award Honorable Mention Team, averaging 20.3 points and 8.6 rebounds per game in 20 games last season. She shot 55.2 percent from the field and hit 70.2 percent of her free throws. She also averaged 1.8 blocked shots, 1.7 assists and 1.3 steals per contest.
As a junior animal health technology student, the native of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, has a 3.20 cumulative grade-point average.
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars must exhibit academic excellence and community activism as well as showing athletic ability. Students must compete in an intercollegiate sport, maintain a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.2 and be active on their campuses or in their communities.
The awards were established by "Diverse: Issues In Higher Education" magazine to honor undergraduate students of color who have made achieving both academically and athletically a winning combination. The awards were named in honor of professional tennis player Arthur Ashe, inspired by his commitment to education as well as his love for the game of tennis.
