Logan Hughes Receives GLVC Paragon Award

Senior Continues to Add to List of Honors

St. Louis, Mo. – Missouri-St. Louis baseball player Logan Hughes (Walnut Shade, Mo./Branson) was named the recipient of the Great Lakes Valley Conference Richard F. Scharf Paragon Award as voted on by the league. He becomes the first ever UMSL student-athlete to receive this award and adds to his list of honors this season. Earlier this week, Hughes was named a CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team Selection and was named a GLVC Second Team All-Conference selection earlier this year as well.

The Richard F. Scharf Paragon Award was established prior to the 1990-91 school year in honor of Richard F. Scharf, Commissioner Emeritus of the Great Lakes Valley Conference. The Paragon Award is awarded annually to one male and one female student-athlete based on academic excellence, athletic ability and achievement, character and leadership to represent the best student-athletes the GLVC has to offer.

Hughes was voted as a co-recipient on the men’s side, earning the honor along with Southern Indiana soccer player Duncan Bray, and SIU Edwardsville softball player Jenny Esker won the women’s award. The recipients will be honored during a reception at the GLVC spring meetings on May 26 in Indianpolis, Ind.

Hughes was the starting third baseman for UMSL and batted fourth in the order all year. He was a GLVC Second Team All-Conference selection at third base after hitting .345 on the season, third best on the team, and led the Rivermen with 70 hits, six home runs and 56 RBIs. His 56 RBIs tied the school record for most RBIs in a single season, matching the record he set last year. Hughes scored 39 runs on the season and had 12 doubles with a slugging percentage of .517. Hughes started off the season with a bang, hitting safely in each of the first 14 games of the season.

During his two-year career at UMSL, Hughes moved into seventh in the school records for most career doubles with 34, and is sixth in career RBIs with 112. Over the last two seasons with Hughes, the Rivermen have had tremendous team success as well, winning the GLVC Championship and advancing to the NCAA Regionals last season, and finishing second in the GLVC Tournament this year. The team had a combined 69-38-1 record during the two years with Hughes. In the classroom, Hughes is a physical education major and carries a 3.85 GPA.

Hughes continues to add to his impressive list of awards during his career at UMSL. Last year, he was named the 2003 GLVC Baseball Scholar Athlete of the Year, and was a GLVC Academic All-Conference selection and will earn that honor again this season. Earlier this week, Hughes was named a CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team selection and will have his name on the ballot for voting for Academic All-American honors.