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Hill Named MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Week
10/22/2012 12:26:00 PM | Football, E-Gridiron Group
Hill was also the National Running Back of the Week and the MAC Offensive Player of the Week
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — Eastern Michigan University sophomore running back Bronson Hill (Grand Rapids, Mich.-Catholic Central) was named the Mid-American Conference Male Scholar Athlete of the Week for the period ending Oct. 14. This marks the first time in his career he has won the weekly honor.
The MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week award is presented to a MAC male and female student-athlete who has a cumulative grade point average of a 3.0 or better and performs well during the week's competition. The winners are selected by a group of the conference's faculty and athletic representatives.
Hill, who carries a 3.15 GPA as an undecided major, turned in the then-best single-game rushing performance in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) this year with 283 yards gained on 28 rushes to go along with an EMU record-tying four touchdown runs against the University of Toledo, Oct. 13. His rushing effort is the second best in school history, trailing only Larry Radcliff's 291 rushing yards, Oct. 16, 1971, at home against Eastern Kentucky.
Three of his touchdowns came during the chaotic third quarter, as Hill busted off big runs of 47 yards, 58 yards, and 70 yards for touchdowns; within three minutes of one another.
He joins teammate Javonti Greene as the only EMU runners in school history to record two 50-yard plus runs for scores in a single game. Greene rushed for 155 yards and touchdowns of 55 yards and 53 yards at Virginia, Oct. 23, 2010.
Overall, Eastern Michigan's 624-yard outburst against Toledo, Oct. 13, was good for the third-best total offensive effort by an EMU team in program history and second best against an FBS opponent. The Green and White piled up 637 yards against FCS foe Indiana State, Aug. 28, 2008, and 632 yards against MAC foe Akron, Oct. 18, 1997.
The MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week award is presented to a MAC male and female student-athlete who has a cumulative grade point average of a 3.0 or better and performs well during the week's competition. The winners are selected by a group of the conference's faculty and athletic representatives.
Hill, who carries a 3.15 GPA as an undecided major, turned in the then-best single-game rushing performance in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) this year with 283 yards gained on 28 rushes to go along with an EMU record-tying four touchdown runs against the University of Toledo, Oct. 13. His rushing effort is the second best in school history, trailing only Larry Radcliff's 291 rushing yards, Oct. 16, 1971, at home against Eastern Kentucky.
Three of his touchdowns came during the chaotic third quarter, as Hill busted off big runs of 47 yards, 58 yards, and 70 yards for touchdowns; within three minutes of one another.
He joins teammate Javonti Greene as the only EMU runners in school history to record two 50-yard plus runs for scores in a single game. Greene rushed for 155 yards and touchdowns of 55 yards and 53 yards at Virginia, Oct. 23, 2010.
Overall, Eastern Michigan's 624-yard outburst against Toledo, Oct. 13, was good for the third-best total offensive effort by an EMU team in program history and second best against an FBS opponent. The Green and White piled up 637 yards against FCS foe Indiana State, Aug. 28, 2008, and 632 yards against MAC foe Akron, Oct. 18, 1997.
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