SLO Reporter

Offensive lineman Dominic Stellini-Splan has been named Cal Poly's Big Sky Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year for football.

The conference announced Friday its 2021-22 Scholar-Athletes of the Year recipients, which included representatives from every league institution and affiliate member.

The Big Sky had 26 recipients earn Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors in 2021-22. Six of the honorees earned a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA for their careers, while 12 surpassed the 3.90 GPA mark.

"Once again, our annual Scholar-Athletes of the Year have highlighted the best and brightest the Big Sky Conference has to offer," Commissioner Tom Wistrcill said. "We are so proud of this exemplary group of student-athletes for not only being leaders on the field, but also in classrooms around the league. We are excited to watch their futures unfold as this group continues to represent the Big Sky well after their collegiate careers have concluded."

To be eligible for this award, the student-athlete must have exhausted his or her intercollegiate athletic eligibility and/or be a member of the graduating class, earned a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.2 (on a 4.0) scale, been a participant in a Big Sky-sponsored sport, completed at least two (2) years of intercollegiate competition at the institution, and been a letter winner.

Stellini-Splan earned his bachelor's degree in ethnic studies after playing two seasons plus a redshirt year at Cal Poly. He also played two seasons at City College of San Francisco prior to joining the Mustangs in the spring of 2019.

Stellini-Splan played in the final three games of the 2021 season at Cal Poly as a backup at center. He also played in a pair of games late in the 2020 season (which was played in the spring of 2021 due to the pandemic).

Stellini-Splan is a 2017 graduate of Tracy High School, where he twice earned all-league and all-area honors.

Earlier this year, the Big Sky office announced its Fall, Winter and Spring All-Academic Teams as well to round out the 2021-22 academic award cycle.

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