ANNVILLE, Pa. – On Friday afternoon, the Middle Atlantic Conference announced their 2022 Fall MAC Senior Scholar-Athletes. Among the seven student-athletes honored by the conference were a pair of Messiah Falcons with
Logan Horst named the men's cross country Senior Scholar Athlete and
Jake Lent-Koop named the honoree for men's soccer.
For every sport the MAC sponsors, one student-athlete is honored for their strong academic and athletic prowess. This distinction is handed out to a singular student-athlete across all MAC institutions, including all of the MAC Commonwealth and MAC Freedom schools.
Messiah has been honored with 74 total Senior Scholar-Athletes by the MAC with 31 men and 43 women celebrated. The Falcons' 74 honors are more than double any other school in conference history, with Lebanon Valley sitting in second place with 33 honors.
For the Fall of 2022, Messiah was the only institution with more than one individual named Senior Scholar Athlete.
Logan Horst - Men's Cross Country
Logan Horst (Rising Sun, Md.) is a two-time MAC individual champion and MAC Runner of the Year (2021, 2022). Horst is also a three-time All-MAC honoree with two first-team and one third-team placing at the annual MAC Championship. The senior led Messiah to back-to-back MAC team titles in 2021 and 2022. Horst is also a two-time NCAA Championship qualifier after earning all-region honors in 2021 (5th-place) and 2022 (10th-place).
Horst is majoring in civil engineering with an expected graduation date in the spring of 2023. He currently holds a 4.00 grade-point-average (GPA). Horst is a two-time Men's Cross Country Academic All-MAC selection and a four-time MAC Academic Honor Roll recipient. He has also been named USTFCCCA All-Academic two times.
Jake Lent-Koop – Men's Soccer
Jake Lent-Koop (Rio Rancho, N.M.) is a two-time United Soccer Coaches First-Team All-American (2021, 2022). He is also a two-time All-MAC Commonwealth First-Team selection while earning MAC Commonwealth Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2022. Lent-Koop led the Falcons to three-straight MAC Commonwealth titles (2020 season was canceled) and was named the MAC Commonwealth Championship MVP in 2021.
Lent-Koop is majoring in biology with an expected graduation date in the spring of 2023. He currently holds a 3.81 grade-point-average (GPA). Lent-Koop is a two-time United Soccer Coaches First-Team Scholar All-American (2021, 2022) and was named the 2022 United Soccer Coaches Men's Scholar Player of the Year. He was also named a College Sports Communicator First-Team Academic All-American this past season. Lent-Koop is a two-time Men's Soccer Academic All-MAC honoree, and a four-time MAC Academic Honor Roll recipient.
