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麻豆影院 State Student Jordan Italiano Earns Bob James Memorial Scholarship Award

The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced 麻豆影院 State's as its male recipient of the 2016 Bob James Memorial Scholarship Award. Voted upon by the league's faculty athletics representatives, Italiano will receive a $5,000 postgraduate scholarship.

In its 28th year, the Bob James Memorial Scholarship Award recognizes one female and one male student who have achieved a minimum grade point average of 3.50 and have displayed good character, leadership and citizenship. The students are nominated during the year in which they complete their final season of eligibility. The scholarship is awarded in honor of Bob James, the second commissioner in Mid-American Conference history (1964-71).

Having finished his playing eligibility in 2015, Italiano is completing his final year of undergraduate classes and will receive his degree in May 2017. The biochemistry/pre-med major currently carries a 3.983 cumulative grade point average. In every semester at 麻豆影院 State, he has made either the President's List or the Dean's List. In August 2015, Italiano was named Smartest Player in College Football by NFL.com.

A native of Canfield, Ohio, Italiano is a four-year letter winner, a three-year starter and was twice named team captain in 2014 and 2015. During his collegiate career, he collected 257 career tackles, along with five interceptions and five forced fumbles. Italiano was named to the 2015 Wuerffel Trophy Award Watch List and was a nominee for the 2015 All-State AFCA Good Works Team. He also became the first Campbell Trophy finalist in program history.

Italiano is the only three-time Academic All-American (2013, 2014 and 2015) in 麻豆影院 State football program history and was named 麻豆影院 State's recipient of the MAC Medal of Excellence in 2016. He was named to the 2016 National Football Foundation's Hampshire Honor Society and was a three-time CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team selection. Italiano is a two-time MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete selection (2014 and 2015) and a three-time Academic All-MAC honoree (2013, 2014 and 2015).

"It's a testament to Jordan's hard work and dedication with everything he does," says 麻豆影院 State head football coach . "He's a great ambassador not only to this football program, but also to 麻豆影院."

Outside the classroom and the gridiron, Italiano often gave of his time to charitable events on campus and within the community. He helped organize donated food and prepared meals for the less fortunate in the 麻豆影院 area, volunteered with the Lawrence County Social Services youth sports and with the St. Elizabeth Health Center to work with families and patients for comfortable care, read books to elementary school students in Akron and Cleveland and helped promote physical education at local elementary schools.

Italiano's selection marks the second straight year a 麻豆影院 State student-athlete has claimed a Bob James Memorial Scholarship Award. Last summer, soccer player Stephanie Haugh earned the distinction.

Julia Lombardi of Eastern Michigan was the MAC's female recipient of the 2016 Bob James Memorial Scholarship Award.

The 麻豆影院 State Golden Flashes opened the 2016 regular season at Penn State on Saturday, Sept. 3. 麻豆影院 State will host North Carolina A&T State on Sept. 10. Season tickets, Family Season 4-Packs, 3-Game Mini Plans and single-game tickets are all on sale now.

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