Enright Earns Prestigious Anson Mount Scholar/Athlete Award
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 1:16 pmFrom SMUMustangs.com:
Enright Earns Prestigious Anson Mount Scholar/Athlete Award
Senior-To-Be Chosen As Nation's Top Football Student-Athlete
Aug. 20, 2009
DALLAS (SMU) - SMU senior Mitch Enright has been named the 2009 Anson Mount Scholar/Athlete as part of the 53rd-annual Playboy Preseason All-America football team. The award has been awarded annually since 1987 to the nation's premier football student-athlete.
A native of Southlake, Enright graduated with a 3.99 GPA as a management major. Enright is in his second year of graduate school in SMU's prestigious Cox School of Business and is pursuing his MBA in marketing and strategic leadership after graduating in just three years. He is a two-time member of the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Football Team and a Conference USA Academic Medal winner. He has been a two-year starter and member of the Rimington Trophy Watch List, which is awarded annually to the nation's top center.
Enright is the first Mustang to receive the honor. Every NCAA Division I school has the opportunity to nominate a player with a minimum of a 3.0 grade point average. Enright will receive a medallion and Playboy will present SMU with a check for $5,000 for its general scholarship fund in Enright's honor.
Anson Mount served as Playboy's college football prognosticator for 29 years and was always interested in how the players were doing in school, encouraging them to be students as well as athletes. Following his death, the magazine decided that the Anson Mount Scholar/Athlete Award was an appropriate way to honor his memory.
Enright Earns Prestigious Anson Mount Scholar/Athlete Award
Senior-To-Be Chosen As Nation's Top Football Student-Athlete
Aug. 20, 2009
DALLAS (SMU) - SMU senior Mitch Enright has been named the 2009 Anson Mount Scholar/Athlete as part of the 53rd-annual Playboy Preseason All-America football team. The award has been awarded annually since 1987 to the nation's premier football student-athlete.
A native of Southlake, Enright graduated with a 3.99 GPA as a management major. Enright is in his second year of graduate school in SMU's prestigious Cox School of Business and is pursuing his MBA in marketing and strategic leadership after graduating in just three years. He is a two-time member of the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Football Team and a Conference USA Academic Medal winner. He has been a two-year starter and member of the Rimington Trophy Watch List, which is awarded annually to the nation's top center.
Enright is the first Mustang to receive the honor. Every NCAA Division I school has the opportunity to nominate a player with a minimum of a 3.0 grade point average. Enright will receive a medallion and Playboy will present SMU with a check for $5,000 for its general scholarship fund in Enright's honor.
Anson Mount served as Playboy's college football prognosticator for 29 years and was always interested in how the players were doing in school, encouraging them to be students as well as athletes. Following his death, the magazine decided that the Anson Mount Scholar/Athlete Award was an appropriate way to honor his memory.
