Bay City, Mich. — Wayne State University's Matthew Laschuk (Tecumseh, Ont./Academie Ste. Cecile), was named the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference's (GLIAC) 2010-11 male “Scholar-Athlete of the Year", as voted by the league's faculty athletics representatives.

Laschuk a junior this past year at Wayne State, received his second consecutive NCAA Elite 88 Award, presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA's 88 championships. He also earned three All-America honors, finishing 14th in the 200 butterfly and 16th in the 200 breaststroke at the NCAA D-II Championships, and joining the sixth-place 400 medley relay. Laschuk finished sixth in both the 100 butterfly and the 100 breaststroke at the GLIAC Championships in February. He also came in seventh in the 200 breaststroke and joined the second-place 400 medley relay.

A chemistry major at Wayne State, Laschuk has been named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.5+) every semester, earning a perfect 4.00 in five of the six terms. He was also voted to the 2011 CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-America At-Large First Team. A 2011 GLIAC Winter Commissioner's Award recipient, Laschuk was named to the 2011 GLIAC All-Academic Excellence Team. A 12-time All-American in his collegiate career with five First Team (three relays and two individual) and seven Honorable Mention (all individual), he also won the 2009 conference title in the 200 breaststroke.

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