Twelve BGSU Student-Athletes Earn 2025 1A FAR Academic Excellence Award
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio – The 1A Faculty Athletics Representatives (1A FAR) Board has announced the recipients of the 2025 1A FAR Academic Excellence Award, with 12 Bowling Green State University student-athletes among those honored.
The award recognizes outstanding student-athletes for their significant accomplishments in the classroom while competing at the highest level of college sports. To qualify, honorees must graduate with a cumulative GPA of 3.80 or higher and have participated in at least two years of NCAA intercollegiate athletics at a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) institution. Award recipients, nominated by their institutions, represent student-athletes from the 10 FBS conferences and the FBS independents.
BGSU's honorees include:
- Raegan Burkey —Track & Field / Women's Cross Country
- Blane Cleaver — Football
- Lexi Czerwien — Women's Soccer
- Jaden Frigerio — Women's Soccer
- Isabelle Gilmore — Women's Soccer
- Dom Grguric — Football
- Darin Hudak — Men's Golf
- Lily Kaiser —Swimming & Diving
- Kennady Kreinbrink —Gymnastics
- Charlie Nowinski — Men's Cross Country.
- Wynnie Reid — Softball
- Mia Tyler —Volleyball
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