Kent State Baseball's Lyon Named MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Week

http://www.kentstatesports.com/sports/bsb/2010-11/releases/20110402vq34z4 CLEVELAND -- Kent State junior catcher David Lyon (Emporium, Pa.) has been named the Mid-American Conference Male Scholar Athlete of the Week, as announced by the conference office Friday (April 1). Lyon, a sports administration major carrying a 3.73 grade point average, finished a spectacular three-game stretch in grand fashion in Kent State's Mid-American Conference and home opening series against Toledo last weekend (March 25-27) at Olga A. Mural Field at Schoonover Stadium. The junior catcher went 2-for-3 with four RBIs and a run scored – including a three-run home run over the right field wall in the bottom of the second in Kent State's 8-2 victory over the Rockets last Sunday (March 27). Lyon finished the series batting a whopping .778 with seven hits – including two doubles and a homer – with six RBIs and a run scored. He posted a slugging percentage of 1.333 and an on-base percentage of .818 as the Golden Flashes took two of three games in the set. Lyon is the second Kent State student-athlete to earn MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week for the 2010-11 academic year. Junior track & field student-athlete Diana Dumitrescu (Campulung Arges, Romania) earned the distinction on March 4. The MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week honor is presented to a MAC male and female student-athlete who has a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and performs well during the week's competition. The winners are selected by a group of the conference's faculty athletic representatives.