High Point, NC – Erskine College senior men's basketball player Michael Byrd was named a finalist for the Murphy Osborne Award as announced by the Conference Carolinas office Friday afternoon.
 
To be eligible for the award, nominees must be a senior student-athlete with a minimum grade point average of 3.25. The candidate must be a full-time student at the time of nomination, must have been a full-time student for at least two years at the member school, and must be a starter or important substitute in a conference sport. The recipient is selected by the conference Faculty Athletic Representatives.
 
Michael has been a four-year member of the basketball team and is a Biology major with a minor in Chemistry.  He is currently ranked number one in his senior class with a 3.98 GPA and has been accepted into MUSC for the fall of 2017.  He has also served as Student Body President at Erskine for the past two years.  Michael also received the Omricon Delta Kappa Student-Athlete Award last May for his service and leadership both on and off the court.