Bohuslavsky, Faxon, and Lunsford Named MIAA Scholar-Athletes in Basketball

FHSU Sports Information Department

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Fort Hays State Women’s Basketball had three student-athletes earn the MIAA Scholar-Athlete Award for the 2015-16 season. Beth Bohuslavsky, Jill Faxon, and Paige Lunsford all earned the distinction.To earn the Scholar-Athlete Award, a student-athlete must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.50, have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms, and, if competing in a championship sport of the MIAA, earn All-MIAA honors.

Bohuslavsky was an All-MIAA Second Team selection this year, earning All-MIAA honors for the third consecutive year. Faxon was an All-MIAA Third Team selection after earning honorable mention status last year. Lunsford grabbed her first career All-MIAA honor with an honorable mention nod, while also being named to the MIAA All-Defensive Team. Bohuslavsky holds a 3.88 GPA as an Elementary Education major. Faxon and Lunsford are both Health and Human Performance majors, Faxon with a GPA of 3.67 and Lunsford at 3.94.

Fort Hays State and Pittsburg State were the only schools with multiple MIAA Scholar-Athlete Award recipients and the two schools made up more than half of the 11 women’s basketball student-athletes in the conference to earn the honor.

Below are the MIAA Scholar-Athlete Award recipients for FHSU.