ENMU Presents Midwestern State with 24Strong Donation

On Nov. 11, ENMU President Dr. Jeff Elwell presented Kyle Williams, the athletic director from Midwestern State University (MSU), a$5,000 check in memory of Robert Grays, a Lone Star Conference athlete.

Grays was a 19-year-old sophomore at MSU who wastragically injured during a Sept. 16 football game against Texas A&M-Kingsville and passed away a few days later.

ENMU started a campaign to honor the fallen student athlete. Donations from students, faculty, staff and community members matched by the ENMU Foundation established the scholarship in Grays’ memory.

ENMU Student-Athletes Among the Top in the Lone Star Conference

The Lone Star Conference (LSC) announced in January that ENMU held the highest number of student athletes with a 4.0 GPA. The final count included 330 students with a perfect GPA for the fall 2017 semester with 48 of those students being from ENMU. This was an increase from the spring 2017 semester when the Hounds placed third with 36 total students.

The LSC announced that 1,213 student-athletes earned the Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the 2017 fall semester, with ENMU tying with UT Permian Basin for third place in the number of student-athletes on the honor roll. The Commissioner’s Honor Roll is announced at the conclusion of the fall and spring semesters. Tobe eligible, student-athletes must have a minimum 3.30GPA for the current semester.

“We are proud of our student-athletes and their dedication to their academic pursuits,” said ENMU Athletics Director Dr. Greg Waggoner. “They continue to put their priorities in place in addition to significant demands on their time, training and competing at the NCAA Division II level.”