Guagenti Named GLIAC Scholar Athlete of the Year
Senior John Guagenti of the Oilers men's track and field team was named the 2012 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Scholar Athlete of the Year on July 23.
Guagenti posted a 3.84 grade point average (4.0) in business management and earned two GLIAC Commissioner's Awards in his career (2011, 2012). Guagenti was a member of the GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team during the winter and spring sports seasons. He was also named an Academic All-American and was a three-time member of the GLIAC All-Academic Team.
Guagenti was tabbed the 2011-12 USTFCCCA Midwest Region "Track Athlete of the Year" and the GLIAC Indoor "Track Athlete of the Year" after winning both the 200-meter and 400-meter dashes at the GLIAC Championship. At the NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championship, Guagenti earned All-American awards in the 400-meter and 4x400-meter relay. He was then named the GLIAC Outdoor "Track Athlete of the Year", capturing a title in the 400-meter and later went onto be named All-American in the same event at nationals. Guagenti has been named All-American eight times in indoor and outdoor track during his career at the NCAA Division II level.
Hillsdale College track athlete Amanda Putt took home the honor on the female side.
"The GLIAC is very proud of the academic and athletic accomplishments of John Guagenti and Amanda Putt," stated GLIAC Commissioner Dell Robinson. "There performance in the classroom has led them to being named to one of our top academic honors. John and Amanda are both an example of the outstanding Scholar Athlete's we have in this conference."
Both Guagenti and Putt are now in the running for the Division II Conference Commissioners Association (CCA) Regional "Scholar-Athlete of the Year," awards presented by Disney's Wide World of Sports.