Reid Farchmin of Mahomet honored for academic achievement at Olivet

2016 Mar 24

Reid Farchmin of Mahomet, Illinois, has been honored for academic achievement as a scholar-athlete at Olivet Nazarene University for the 2015-2016 winter sports season. He is a senior majoring in engineering and was honored as follows:

Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete for second time in career

CCAC All-Academic Team

for men's basketball

A total of 21 Olivet Nazarene University students in 2015-2016 winter sports were named recently as scholar-athletes by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC). The Tiger men's basketball players honored as scholar-athletes for the 2015-2016 season represent the largest group recognized for academic achievement in a single season in that program's history.

Daktronics-NAIA scholar-athletes are juniors and seniors with a grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale. To make the CCAC All-Academic Team, student-athletes must have a minimum 3.25 grade point average with at least 30 semester hours completed.