In an effort to honor the achievements of exceptional student-athletes, the Missouri Valley Conference has created the MVC Leadership & Service Award (formerly the Good Neighbor Award).  Ten student-athletes have been named by Commissioner Doug Elgin as the honorees for the 2013-14 Winter season.

This year’s Winter honorees include Mason Alwan, Bradley, Men's Basketball; Carly Grenfell, Drake, Women's Basketball; Caitlin Harty, Evansville, Women's Swimming & Diving; Chloe Nelson, Illinois State, Women's Basketball; Kelly Steffen, Indiana State, Women's Track & Field; Lindsey Booker, Loyola, Women's Basketball; Bryonna Snow, Missouri State, Women's Basketball; Kayla McCormick, UNI, Women's Swimming & Diving; Shailey Brumley, Southern Illinois, Women's Swimming & Diving; Kelsey Jacobs, Wichita State, Women's Basketball.

In order to be eligible for the award, the student-athlete must be in good academic standing, must demonstrate good citizenship through good sportsmanship and significant community service, and must participate in a sport, during the season of recognition.  The Valley will recognize 10 student-athletes three times annually (fall, winter, spring), for a total of 30 honorees.  Institutions select their MVC Leadership & Service Award honorees.

Mason Alwan, Bradley, Men's Basketball, Senior

• 3.23 GPA in Marketing
• Bradley University Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2013, Fall 2013)
• Volunteer at Methodist Kourage Kids Camp
• Volunteer at HOIDSA Buddy Walk
• Integral part in the team's adoption of Johnah and Jarret Sahr (gone bowling, played basketball/football and carved pumpkins)
• Volunteer at Doughnuts for Dads
• Reads to children at Hines Elementary School
• Reads to mentally disabled children

Carly Grenfell, Drake, Women's Basketball, Redshirt Junior

• MVC Academic Honor Roll (2010-11, 2011-12)
• Member of Team IMPACT
• Took part in the Student Ambassador Program
• Made contacts with ChildServe and Mercy Children's hospital
• Spearheaded two child-to-team matches
• Coordinated the "draft day" for the basketball team
• Habitat for Humanity (assisted with siding and roofing)
• Iowa State Fair (Blue Ribbon Foundation Fairgrounds 5k, sorted inventory and stuffed gifts bags for all participants)
• Girl Scouts of America Convention (spoke to a roomful of elementary-aged girls about goal setting and values as a student-athlete)
• York Duke Basketball Camps (volunteered at elementary/middle school camps to demonstrate drills and speak about experience as a college athlete)
• Des Moines Step Into Action (interacted with children during the campaign to support the prevention of childhood obesity)
• NCAA Track & Field Championship drug testing escort
• Feeding the homeless volunteer
• Volunteer at Meals for the Heartland
• Military Walk honoring military families
• Volunteer Times Delphic Columnist

Caitlin Harty, Evansville, Women's Swimming & Diving, Senior

• 3.512 GPA in Athletic Training
• Dean's List (four times)
• Freshman Move-in
• Project Linus
• Helped make blankets for children and their families
• Race for the Cure
• Adopt-A-Highway
• Holly's House
• Think Pink Project
• Make a Wish Foundation
• Easter Seals
• the Arthritis Foundation

Chloe Nelson, Illinois State, Women's Basketball, Senior

• 3.95 cumulative GPA in Psychology
• Six semesters of a 4.0 GPA
• Illinois State University Dean's List (every semester)
• All-MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention (2012, 2013)
• AFNI Honor Roll (seven semesters)
• Illinois State Commissioners' Excellence Award (2012-13)
• MVC Elite 18 Winner (2012-13)
• Team Captain (2011, 2012, 2013)
• Redbird Award (2011, 2012, 2013)
• President of SAAC (2013-present)
• Vice President of SAAC (2012-13)
• SAAC representative (2011-12)
• Involved with numerous day cares and after-school programs to promote the importance of reading andd physical fitness
• Komen Race for the Cure
• Community Cancer Center-Day of the Dozer
• Rhapsody in Pink
• American Red Cross Evening with the Stars volunteer (2011, 2013)
• Reggie's Kids Club volunteer (2010-present)
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois volunteer (2013)
• Midwest Food Bank Volunteer (2011)

Kelly Steffen, Indiana State, Women's Track & Field, Senior

• 4.00 GPA
• Member of the Indiana State All-Academic Team (Fall 2011-Spring 2012 and Fall 2012-Spring 2013)
• USTFCCCA Division I All-Academic Team (Spring 2012, Spring 2013)
• MVC Elite 18 Award recipient for Indoor Track and Field (2013)
• Richard Landini Outstanding Junior Award which honors outstanding achievement, service and living up to the ideals and values of the University (Spring 2013)
• Sycamore Scholar-Athlete of the Month (February 2013)
• Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2011-Fall 2013)
• Member of the University Honors Program (Fall 2010-Spring 2014)
• Member of Golden Key International Honor Society (Fall 2012-Spring 2014)
• Member of Alpha Lambda Delta (Spring 2011)
• Group leader at ISU's Christian Student Fellowship (Fall 2012-Spring 2014)
• Member of CSF (Fall 2010-Spring 2014)
• Vice President of SAAC (Fall 2013-Spring 2014)
• Member of SAAC (Fall 2012-Spring 2014)
• Academic mentor of student-athletes (Fall 2012, Fall 2013)
• Helped plan and participated in the student-athlete talent show to raise money for the Lighthouse mansion (Fall 2013)
• Made tie-blankets to donate to a local shelter (Fall 2013)
• Counselor for track and field day camp (Summer 2013)
• President of the Indiana State Sycamores Council of Teachers of Mathematics (Fall 2012-Spring 2013)
• Member of ISSCTM (Fall 2011-Spring 2013)
• Mathematics tutor (Fall 2012-Spring 2014)
• Helped plan and run Parent's Night Out to raise money for March of Dimes (Spring 2013) 
• Helped plan and participate in student-athlete talent show to raise money for Habitat for Humanity (Fall 2011 and Fall 2012)
• Participated in Wabash Valley Race for the Cure (Fall 2012)
• Participated in the Wabashaki Riverside cleanup (Spring 2011)

Lyndsey Booker, Loyola, Women's Basketball, Senior

• 3.789 cumulative GPA in Biology
• Dean's List (every semester)
• Horizon League Honor Roll (2011-13)
• Alpha Sigma Nu inductee (Oct. 2013)
• Damen Award - nominee
• SAAC member (August 2012-present)
• Student-Athlete Peer Mentor (July 2012-May 2013)
• American Medical Student Association member (August 2012-present)
• Chemistry Research (July 2013-present)
• Mather Pavilion Volunteer (Feb. 2012-present)
• ALS Walk for Life Volunteer through AMSA (September 2012)
• Life Source Blood Drive Volunteer through AMSA (October 2012, 2013)
• Organic Chemistry Tutor for a classmate (Spring 2013 semester)
• Danny Did Basketball Clinic (April 2012)
• Misericordia Candy Days (April 2011, 2013)
• Misericordia Team Visits (April 2011, 2013)
• Great Urban Race Volunteer (July 2013)
• Northwestern Campus Kitchen Volunteer (July 2013)
• Kraft Hoops for Hope Volunteer (July 2013)
• Christmas on Campus (December 2012, November 2013)
• Team Basketball Clinic at US Army Base in Vicenza, Italy (August 2013)

Bryonna Snow, Missouri State, Women's Basketball, Senior

• Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Spring 2013)
• Just READ!
• Springfield Elementary Health Screenings
• Meals-A-Million
• Soup Kitchen
• Boys & Girls Club
• Boys & Girls Town
• Champions Committed to Kids
• Adopt-a-Street
• Inner City Mentoring, KCMO
• Elite Camp for Hope
• Ronald McDonald House
• Ozarks Food Harvest
• Habitat for Humanity
• Change For a Change
• Police Athletic League of Kansas City, Youth Day Clinic
• St. Jude Community Service
• Disney Elementary
• Miller Motivation Clinic
• Holiday Food Packing
• Missouri State SAAC (2011-13)
• MVC SAAC (2011-13)

Kayla McCormick, UNI, Women's Swimming & Diving, Senior

• 3.91 cumulative GPA in Movement and Exercise Science (Exercise Science and Sport Psychology) with a coaching minor
• Dean's List (six semesters)
• MVC Swimming & Diving Scholar Athlete (2012, 2013)
• UNI Sport Psychology Research Team (2012-present)
• Presenter at North Central Sport Psychology Conference (February 2013)
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes leader (2013-present)
• SAAC Secretary (2012-13)
• SAAC Co-President (2013-14)
• Vacation Bible School Leader - Caledonia, MN (2011)
• NCAA Leadership Forum Participant in Chicago, Ill. (2011)
• Volunteer - Waterloo Park to Park Half Marathon
• Mentor - Camp Embracing Memories
• Mentor - Northeast Iowa Special Olympics
• Volunteer Coach - UNI Swimming Clinic and Northeast Iowa Special Olympics Swim Meet
• Just Read Program
• Waterloo Catholic Worker House
• Cedar Valley Boys and Girls Club
• Phone volunteer at KWWL Variety of Iowa Telethon
• UNI Relay for Life team captain
• "Change for Change" fundraiser for Waterloo Seeds of Hope Women's Shelter

Shailey Brumley, Southern Illinois, Women's Swimming & Diving, Senior

• 4.00 cumulative GPA
• Dean's List (all semesters)
• Capital One Academic All-District 5 First-team selection (2013)
• MVC Women's Swimming & Diving Elite 18 Award winner (2013)
• MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award (2011-12, 2012-13)
• MVC Conference Honor Roll (2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13)
• Virginia Gordon Scholarship Award (2011-12)
• Silkworm Saluki Futures Scholarship (2012-13)
• MVC Scholar-Athlete Team (2013)
• Du Quoin High School FCA Kick Off BBQ Speaker (2011-13)
• Saluki Athletics Valiant Player (2011-Present)
• Gateway Church Youth Group Student Leader (2012-13)
• Parrish Pumpkin Festival
• Carruthers Elementary Reading Event
• Giant City Schools Family Fun Night (2010)
• March for Babies (March of Dimes event)
• Doc Spackman Tri-Athlon
• Relay for Life

Kelsey Jacobs, Wichita State, Women's Basketball, Junior

• 3.67 GPA in Exercise Science
• MVC Honor Roll (2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13)
• WSU Dean's List (four semesters)
• Shocker Scholar (six semesters)
• AD's Honor Roll (seven semesters)
• Shocks, Cops and Kids Volunteer (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
• Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Volunteer (2010, 2012, 2013)
• WSU Pen Pal Program (2010, 2011, 2012)
• Andover Special Ed Campus Visit Volunteer (2013)
• Head Start Dr. Seuss Day Volunteer (2013)
• Jackson Elementary Reading (2013)
• Pleasant Valley Elementary Reading (2012)
• Allen Elementary Walk-A-Thon Volunteer (2012)