STUDENT-ATHLETES OF THE MONTH
Each month, the UW Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) selects its ���Student-Athletes of the Month.���
These student-athletes are nominated by their coaches and academic advisors based on the following criteria:
��� Be academically eligible and in good academic standing
��� Have obtained an outstanding achievement or recognition in academics
��� Make a significant contribution to their respective team
��� Be actively engaged in community service
SAAC members then vote on the winners at the first SAAC meeting of each month. The goal is to have
each sport represented throughout the year. At the end of the year, all of the ���Student-Athletes of the Month���
become the nominations for the male and female Student-Athlete of the Year awards, which is awarded at
the Buckinghams.
DORCAS AKINNIYI
WOMEN���S TRACK & FIELD
Akinniyi, a senior from
Carollton, Texas, is
majoring in Psychology with
a certificate in Integrated
Liberal Studies and holds a
3.0-plus cumulative gradepoint average. Her eligibility for the indoor season
is exhausted, but she will
compete for UW during the
outdoor season. During the
2012 indoor season she was
the NCAA runner-up in the
pentathlon and she won the
pentathlon at the Big Ten
championships for the thirdstraight year. Akinniyi is
president of SAESO and has
been actively involved with
the group throughout her
time at UW. She was instrumental in hosting this year���s
Party for Parties event.
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MORGAN PAIGE
WOMEN���S BASKETBALL
Paige is a junior from Marion, Iowa,
and is a Life Science Communications major. She has not only carried
above a 3.5 cumulative grade-point
average, but she also leads the
women���s basketball team team in
scoring (17 ppg) and is one of its best
free throw shooters (81.5 percent).
She is described by coaches and staff
as ���beyond reliable and extremely
dependable.���
SCOTT LIEGEL
WRESTLING
Liegel is a redshirt junior
from Spring Green, Wis.,
majoring in Kinesiology with
a 3.8-plus cumulative gradepoint average. He plans on
attending medical school after completing his degree at
UW. Liegel earned Academic
All-Big Ten honors last year
and had one of the department���s top GPAs last semester. He is ranked in the top
20 in the country at 174 lbs.
On top of his work on the
mat and in the classroom, he
has put a lot of time toward
community service and is a
big reason why the wrestling
team boasted one of the
highest community service
hours totals and GPAs ever
in a semester.
