June 4, 2004

Conference USA named the recipients of its 2003-04 Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards on Friday. C-USA Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards are presented to the top student-athletes in each conference-sponsored sport. The award is based on academic achievement (GPA), athletic achievement and service.

DePaul, Southern Miss, TCU and Tulane each produced three scholar-athlete award winners, while USF had two. Nine of C-USA's 15 institutions produced at least one scholar-athlete winner.

2003-04 SCHOLAR ATHLETE AWARD WINNERS:

Baseball Joey Charron, Tulane

Men's Basketball Drake Diener, DePaul

Women's Basketball Lana Lewis, Southern Miss

Men's Cross Country Rick Britton, DePaul

Women's Cross Country Christa Benton, USF

Football Nick Browne, TCU

Men's Golf Chris Wheeler, Tulane

Women's Golf Jennifer Keefe, Southern Miss

Men's Soccer Anders Cedergren, Cincinnati

Women's Soccer Jamie Perry, Saint Louis

Softball Sarah Martz, DePaul

Women's Swimming Tiffany Sue Strawn, TCU

Men's Tennis Matt Mayer, Louisville

Women's Tennis Olivia Berry, Southern Miss

Men's Track and Field Gaute Myklebust, Memphis

Michael Frater, TCU

Women's Track and Field Kristina West, USF

Volleyball Karlyn Daly, Tulane