The Gulf South Conference announced Auburn University at Montgomery’s Braden Nye as the 2026 GSC Men’s Soccer Champion Scholar-Athlete.

CHAMPION SCHOLAR-ATHLETE HISTORY

Nye, a senior from Jackson, Tenn., earned the GSC Champion Scholar-Athlete Award with a 4.00 grade point average while majoring in accounting. He is AUM’s first recipient of the 2026-27 academic year and third overall, while becoming and the program’s first awardee since 2023 (Seth Buchanan).

This is the eighth year that the Gulf South Conference has presented the Champion Scholar-Athlete Award. The award is given out at the final site of each GSC Championship event and awarded to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA among teams participating. Each student-athlete GPA is based on the most recently completed term, and the individual must have a minimum of 48 credit hours to be eligible for the award. Student-athletes are only eligible to win the award once per academic year.