JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - North Florida's Aiden Arnold was named Men's Scholar Athlete of the Year, while fellow Osprey, Nicole Shepherd earned Scholar Athlete of the Year on the Women's side. Arnold highlights a list of 26 student-athletes and Shepherd highlights a list of 51 student-athletes that were announced by the league office as Academic All-ASUN Tuesday.

Arnold, a graduate student, holds a 4.0 GPA while working towards his Master's degree in Kinesiology. He is a two-time ASUN Academic Honor Roll CSC Academic All-District Team selection. Arnold scored at the ASUN Indoor Championships with a sixth-place finish in the Men’s Mile with a personal-best time of 4:03.91. He also notched two first-place finishes in the Men’s Mile this season. He ran the anchor leg in the Men’s Distance Medley Relay that clocked a silver-medal time of 9:47.91 at the ASUN Indoor Championships. He helped North Florida finished runner-up at the ASUN Indoor Championships, the program’s best placement in the event.

Shepherd holds a 3.99 GPA while majoring in Criminal Justice and Sociology. She is a two-time ASUN Academic Honor Roll selection and CSC Academic All-District Team selection. This season, the junior secured the Women's High Jump title with a bar of 1.73m at the ASUN Indoor Championships. Shepherd helped UNF to a runner-up finish, marking the programs best placement at the event. 

The Academic All-ASUN recognizes student-athletes who excel both on the field and in the classroom. All student-athletes named to the list boast a 3.50 cumulative grade point average or better and participated in at least half of their team's games.

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