MVC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE(S) for UE

Cecilia Thon earns MVC President’s Council Academic Excellence Award

This is quite an honor/academic achievement: "The prestigious honor requires a 3.8 cumulative grade point average, a minimum of two years of participation in athletics and the student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation at the time of the recognition...Thon is finishing her studies as an International Studies major. In her time at UE, she has accumulated a 3.96 GPA. In November, Thon earned MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention recognition..."

Bio

She is the daughter of athletic parents. I remember her dad, "Dickie" Thon, playing MLB for the Houston Astros among other MLB teams (over 15 years) and was an All-Star in '83.

He was signed by the California Angels as an amateur free agent on November 23, 1975, while in high school in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. During his 15-year career, Thon spent two seasons with the Angels (1979–1980), seven seasons with the Houston Astros (1981–1987), one season with the San Diego Padres (1988), three seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies (1989–1991), one season with the Texas Rangers (1992), and finished his career with the Milwaukee Brewers (1993).