Tulsa's Zach Nulisch Receives C-USA Scholar Athlete Award
7/19/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
July 19, 2011
Irving, Texas - Conference USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky announced today the recipients of the 2010-11 Scholar Athlete of the Year Awards, which are determined by the Faculty Athletics Representatives, and Tulsa's Zach Nulisch was among the honorees.
Nulisch completed his undergraduate studies in finance with a 3.975 GPA, earning TU's Warren Garrison Academic Excellence Award as the graduating senior with the highest GPA. He was named to the TU President's List and picked up C-USA Academic Medalist honors as a freshman and sophomore, and as a junior and senior, was named to the Dean's List and was a C-USA Academic Medalist. Nulisch was selected to the C-USA All-Academic team as a sophomore, and he picked up ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VI first team honors as a sophomore and senior.
Nulisch also earned four letters as a member of the men's soccer team. He played in 67 games and had 36 starts, and tallied four goals and eight assists for 16 career points. Nulisch was also active in the Tulsa community throughout his career, participating in Shadow A Student-Athlete Day, Pet Adoption League, MAC's National Soccer School summer camps and TU's True Blue Neighbors program at Kendall Whittier Elementary School.
The 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. Scholar-athletes were selected from C-USA's 12 institutions and 20 sports (combining indoor and outdoor track & field).
2010-11 SCHOLAR ATHLETE AWARD WINNERS Baseball: Marc Bourgeois, Southern Miss
 Men's Basketball: Connor Frizzelle, Rice
 Women's Basketball: *Amanda Peterson, UAB
 Men's Cross Country: Matt Carey, Rice
 Women's Cross Country: Risper Kimaiyo, UTEP
 Football: Austin Davis, Southern Miss
 Men's Golf: Erik Mayer, Rice
 Women's Golf: Carolyn Cochran, UAB
 Women's Rowing: Chelsey Lauzon, UCF
 Men's Soccer: Zach Nulisch, Tulsa
 Women's Soccer: Vendula Strnadova, Memphis
 Softball: Antoinette "Toni" Paisley, East Carolina
 Women's Swimming & Diving: Audra Egenolf, SMU
 Men's Tennis: Oscar Podlewski, Rice
 Women's Tennis: Rebekka Hanle, Rice
 Men's Track and Field: **Philip Adam, Rice
 Women's Track and Field: Allison Pye, Rice
 Volleyball: *Tracey Lam, Rice * repeat winner
