University of Houston Athletics
Football's Ebner and Soccer's Scott Win Athletic Award
6/8/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
HOUSTON - University of Houston defensive tackle Jake Ebner and goalkeeper Shelby Scott were among the 18 athletes honored with the 2008-09 Conference USA Scholar-Athlete Award in their respective sports, as announced Monday by Conference USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky.
Nine of C-USA's 12 institutions produced at least one scholar-athlete winner.
Ebner is no stranger to C-USA awards. In 2008 he was among 12 student-athletes to be honored with the C-USA Spirit of Service Award and was named to the C-USA Football All-Academic Team. Ebner also received the Robert L. Grainger Outstanding Leadership Award and was twice named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic Alll-District VI First Team.
The Friendswood, Texas, native began his career at UH in 2005 and saw action as fullback, tight end and offensive lineman but changed to defense his senior year.
He was one of 34 players to play in all 14 games during his sophomore year, setting a school record. Ebner also is an active FCA member who has done much volunteer work during his time off the field.
Scott also has been recognized for her talents on the field. She was named to the C-USA All-Academic First Team as a senior and is leaving Houston as the program's leader in wins, shutouts and saves. The Dallas native was also named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District VI First Team for two years in a row.
As a junior she started all 18 games as goalkeeper and was named C-USA Defensive Player of the Week. She ended her career at UH with 304 saves, breaking the school record, and played in 54 games. Scott spent her spare time volunteering for Big Brothers and Big Sisters and maintained a 3.92 GPA while attending UH's Honors College.
