The Valparaiso University men's golf duo of redshirt junior
Ryan Somerville (Aurora, Ill. / Aurora) and junior
Adam Melliere (Zionsville, Ind. / Zionsville) were named to the Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete Team on Tuesday.
Somerville owns a 3.86 cumulative grade point average in finance, while Melliere is also a finance major and boasts a 3.83 cumulative GPA.
In addition to leading the team in the classroom, Somerville and Melliere led the Beacons on the golf course this season, finishing with season scoring averages of 74.24 and 74.79, respectively. Melliere capped his season with his second career top-11 finish at the Missouri Valley Conference championship at 213 (E) including a glowing Round-2 score of 68 (-3) on Monday of this week.