{"id":2352,"date":"2013-02-20T08:34:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T14:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/?p=2352"},"modified":"2013-02-20T08:34:38","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T14:34:38","slug":"clapp-earns-wiac-scholar-athlete-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/2013\/02\/20\/clapp-earns-wiac-scholar-athlete-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Clapp earns WIAC Scholar-Athlete Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/02\/clappswimming201302.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2353\" alt=\"clappswimming201302\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/02\/clappswimming201302.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point senior <a href=\"http:\/\/athletics.uwsp.edu\/roster.aspx?rp_id=3649\" rel=\"smarttag\" rev=\"3649\">Joey Clapp<\/a> (Faribault, MN) has been selected the recipient of the 2013 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Max Sparger Men&#8217;s Swimming &amp; Diving Scholar-Athlete Award.<\/p>\n<p>A native of Faribault, Minn., Clapp owns a 3.60 grade point average and is majoring in physical education with a minor in health education. In 2012, he was named to the Capital One NCAA Division III Academic All-District Six Men&#8217;s At-Large First Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Clapp is a three-time member of the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll and been recognized on UW-Stevens Point&#8217;s Dean&#8217;s List on numerous occasions.<\/p>\n<p>An 11-time All-American, he owns nine first team medals and two honorable mention trophies. Clapp has claimed 20 WIAC titles, including 12 relay and eight individual. In 2012, he was named the conference&#8217;s Swimmer of the Meet, and his team&#8217;s MVP for the second straight year. Clapp owns numerous conference, school and pool records, and is a team captain this season.<\/p>\n<p>Clapp is a three-year member of UW-Stevens Point&#8217;s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Students for Health, Physical Education &amp; Recreation Club.<\/p>\n<p>The WIAC Scholar-Athlete Award is named after Max Sparger, who served as commissioner of the Wisconsin State University Conference for 22 years from 1971-93. He oversaw the transition of the conference from NAIA to full NCAA membership. Sparger arrived at UW-Stout in 1959 and served the institution in a variety of capacities, including as an assistant football and basketball coach, head wrestling coach and head football coach. He served as UW-Stout&#8217;s athletics director from 1969-71.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point senior Joey Clapp (Faribault, MN) has been selected the recipient of the 2013 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Max Sparger Men&#8217;s Swimming &amp; Diving Scholar-Athlete Award. A native of Faribault, Minn., Clapp owns a 3.60 grade point average and is majoring in physical education with a minor in health education. In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2353,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,6,12,21],"tags":[255,305,341,343,344,361],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uwsp.edu\/cps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}