Gear, Browning, Fauntleroy And O’Toole Named MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athletes - USC Athletics

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Gear, Browning, Fauntleroy And O’Toole Named MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athletes

May 01, 2020 | Men's Volleyball, Features

USC men's volleyball players Kyle Gear, Brandon Browning, Bill Fauntleroy and Michael O'Toole were named 2020 MPSF All-Academic Scholar Athletes.

It's the second honor for Gear, who also was a 2019 selection. The junior is a biological sciences major with a 3.11 cumulative grade point average.

Sophomores Browning and Fauntleroy are both business administration majors, with Browning posting a 3.54 GPA and Fauntleroy at 3.39.

O'Toole, a redshirt freshman, is a chemical engineering major with a 3.65 GPA.

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