Bradley University Athletics

Ciaramitaro Named MVC Scholar-Athlete

Men's Golf 4/16/2020 1:05:00 PM

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Senior Alex Ciaramitaro was named a First-Team Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete according to an announcement by the league office Thursday afternoon.

With Ciaramitaro's honor, Bradley Men's Golf has produced a First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete in each of the last eight years and boasted at least one first-team pick in 12 of the last 13 seasons. In fact, the Braves own a league-high 13 First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete selections over the last eight years.

A mechanical engineering major with a 3.66 cumulative grade point average, Ciaramitaro entered the year with 12 career collegiate rounds, before pacing Bradley with a 74.71 stroke average in 2019-20 in his first full season concentrating on golf. He was the team's top finisher in each of the last six tournaments with his adjusted stroke average 23rd in the MVC.

Ciaramitaro earned his first career top-10 finish in the spring opener at the Invitational at Savannah Harbor, tying for sixth overall after he fired a career-best four-under 68 in the final round. His season stroke average ranked 17th among Bradley season marks and his career average (75.30) is seventh all-time at BU.

A two-sport athlete at Bradley, Ciaramitaro was a four-year letterwinner in soccer and was an honorable mention MVC Scholar-Athlete in his final year of eligibility with in soccer.

The criteria for the MVC scholar-athlete team parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for its Academic All-America® program. Nominees must have at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (4.0 scale), while the student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institutions and must have participated in at least 50 percent of his team's rounds.

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Players Mentioned

Alex Ciaramitaro: Redshirt Senior

Players Mentioned

Alex Ciaramitaro
: Redshirt Senior