Posted: May 20, 2020
Texas Lutheran's Jalen Starks named SCAC's Elite 19 award winner for Men's Track & Field
LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- In an announcement made today from Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference headquarters, Texas Lutheran University's Jalen Starks was named the 2020 SCAC Men's Track & Field Elite 19 award winner.
Starks, a sophomore from San Antonio, Texas (Antonian), currently holds a 3.808 GPA as a Communication Studies major.
Starks is a two-time All-SCAC honoree. At the 2019 SCAC Track & Field Championship, Starks helped the Bulldogs to their third-straight SCAC Men's Track title after he finished second in the shot put (14.54 meters) and took third in the hammer throw (41.27 meters). He earned All-SCAC honors in both events.
Due to the cancelation of the 2020 spring season, the criteria for the SCAC Elite 19 honor was modified. The award is presented to the student-athlete who has completed the equivalent of at least 60 credit hours at his or her current institution and has at least a cumulative 3.25 GPA.
For this spring only, an All-SCAC honor at any point of the student-athlete's career was enough to satisfy the requirement that the student-athlete must be an all-conference award winner. Normally, the student-athlete must have earned All-SCAC honors in his/her sport for that particular season.
The SCAC Elite 19 award was established prior to the 2018-19 academic year and is meant to recognize the best of the best within each conference sponsored-sport as it relates to both academic and athletic achievement.
Starks is the second Bulldog to earn an SCAC Elite 19 award. He joins TLU Baseball's Cullen Motsinger, the SCAC Baseball Elite 19 award winner for 2019.
SCAC Elite 19 Men's Track & Field Award Winners
2020 - Jalen Starks, Texas Lutheran University