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Oluwole and Squires Earn SUNY Scholar-Athlete Honors

| By: David O’Brian (dobrian@binghamton.edu)

Bearcat duo honored for athletic and academic accomplishments

VESTAL, N.Y. – Junior high jumper Matthew Oluwole and graduate student wrestler Mikey Squires have been named SUNY Chancellor Scholar-Athletes in their sports for the 2025-26 winter season. 

The SUNY Scholar Athlete Award honors student-athletes for combining academic achievement with success in the arena of athletic competition. Students are nominated by their institutions based on their cumulative grade point average, current and career statistics, and athletic and academic honors. In the spring, fall and winter, student-athletes from each division are selected as winners, and in July two student athletes are selected as the overall men's and women's winners from each division. 

Oluwole won the men's high jump title at the America East Indoor Track & Field Championships back in February. He was also chosen to the conference's All-Academic team in his sport.

Squires, meanwhile, qualified for the NCAA Wrestling Championships in the 197 lbs weight class in March. He punched his ticket by virtue of his runner-up finish at preceding EIWA Championships. After transferring from Princeton, Squires went 20-5 this season for the Bearcats.

More than 14,000 student-athletes compete at SUNY institutions representing 53 different colleges and universities at the NCAA Division I, NCAA Division III/USCAA and NJCAA levels and are eligible for the awards. The SUNY Scholar Athlete Awards recognize outstanding academic and athletic success in 29 different sports and are presented three times a year to coincide with the specific sports contested in the fall, winter and spring seasons. The Scholar Athletes of the Year in each sport will then be nominated for an overall Scholar Athlete of the Year for men's sports and women's sports in each category that will be announced in mid-July.

Since the 2003-04 academic year, 99 Binghamton student-athletes across all sports have been named SUNY Chancellor's Scholar Athletes.  
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