EUGENE — Oregon’s Justin Herbert was named the 2019 Pac-12 football Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Herbert is the first Duck football player to receive the award, which is presented in each of the 24 sports sponsored by the Pac-12 since 2008-09.

The senior has a 4.01 grade-point average while majoring in general science. Herbert is a two-time CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American and is a finalist for the 2019 William V. Campbell Trophy, commonly unknown as the academic Heisman.

He has thrown for 3,140 yards with 31 touchdowns and five interceptions and completing 67.5 percent of his passes this season and ranks second in Oregon history in career passing yards (10,210) and touchdown passes (94).