Shannon Fouts earns scholar-athlete honors

Sisters High School Alum Shannon Fouts (Class of 2013) was presented with the Female Scholar Athlete of the Year Award for the 2015-2016 school year at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

This award is given for academic and athletic excellence and represents all sports at the university. Finishing up her junior year, Fouts competes for the Cal Poly Mustangs in Division I Indoor and Beach Volleyball. She studies Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Administration with a concentration in Sport Management and has a 3.88 cumulative GPA.

This past spring, Fouts helped lead the Beach Volleyball team to its most successful season in program history and a semi-final berth in the first-ever Big West Conference Beach Volleyball Tournament. The Scholar Athlete Award was presented at the "Night of the Mustang" banquet, where all members of the Cal Poly athletic department were present, on June 2.