ST. LOUIS – Seventy-one student-athletes highlight more than 1,500 who earned selection to the 2015-16 Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll, as announced by the league office. Those 71 student-athletes earned the league’s highest academic achievement by capturing the Missouri Valley Conference President’s Council Academic Excellence Award.
The President's Council Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum 3.8 cumulative grade point average (through Spring 2016 semester), participation in athletics a minimum of two years, and the student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation. Also, hundreds of student-athletes received the league’s Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum grade point average of 3.5 for the previous two semesters, a minimum 3.2 cumulative grade point average, and participation in athletics.
In addition, the Missouri Valley Conference has announced its 2015-16 Honor Roll, which recognizes academic achievement of student-athletes. To qualify for the Valley Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have recorded a minimum 3.2 grade point average for a specified term (Fall 2015/Spring 2016), must have been a member of an athletics team, and must have a minimum of 12 hours of enrollment during the fall or spring semesters.
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President's Council Academic Excellence Award Winners:
Bradley -- Burns, Lyle -- Men's Golf
Bradley -- Kovacevic, Andrew -- Men's Soccer
Bradley -- DiVerde, Alex -- Men's Track
Bradley -- Razo, Thomas -- Men's XC/Track
Bradley -- Spenn, Kathryn -- Softball
Bradley -- Danielson, Elena -- Women's XC/Track
Bradley -- Houmes, Lauren -- Women's XC/Track
Bradley -- Smits, Liz -- Women's XC/Track
Drake -- Troester, Alexander -- Men's Soccer
Drake -- Jandal, Ali -- Men's XC/Track
Drake -- McCann, Robert -- Men's XC/Track
Drake -- Saxton, James -- Men's XC/Track
Drake -- Varela, Brianna -- Rowing
Drake -- Clausen, Katie -- Women's Golf
Drake -- Johnson, Maddie -- Women's Tennis
Drake -- Bell, Kayla -- Women's Track
Drake -- Aerts, Cassie -- Women's XC/Track
Drake -- Huston, Emma -- Women's XC/Track
Evansville -- Knights, William -- Men's Golf
Evansville -- Arguello, Allie -- Women's Soccer
Evansville -- Smith, Abigail -- Women's Swimming
Evansville -- Beaber, Katherine -- Women's XC
Evansville -- Karp, Michelle -- Women's XC
Illinois St. -- Hendren, Jacob -- Baseball
Illinois St. -- Rosch, Ashley -- Volleyball
Illinois St. -- Sanks, Kelly -- Women's Swimming
Illinois St. -- Ilves, Kadi -- Women's Tennis
Indiana St. -- Malchow, Abigail -- Softball
Indiana St. -- Dirks, Kelsey -- Women's Basketball
Indiana St. -- Lovelace, Sydney -- Women's Soccer
Indiana St. -- Steele, Elle -- Women's Soccer
Indiana St. -- Melchi, Jessica -- Women's Track
Loyola -- Mazanke, Jake -- Men's XC/Track
Loyola -- Rogers, Ashley -- Softball
Loyola -- Magnuson, Hannah -- Women's XC/Track
Missouri St. -- McPherson, Rebecca -- Softball
Missouri St. -- Williams, Kenzie -- Women's Basketball
Missouri St. -- Brewer, Molly -- Women's Soccer
Missouri St. -- Federhofer, Rachel -- Women's Soccer
Missouri St. -- Josten, Lauren -- Women's Soccer
Missouri St. -- Le, Cassie -- Women's Soccer
Missouri St. -- Oostendrop, Brooke -- Women's Soccer
Missouri St. -- Broomfield, Robiann -- Women's Track
UNI -- Friedman, Ted -- Men's Basketball
UNI -- Fick, Ben -- Men's Track
UNI -- Nielsen, Terry -- Men's Track
UNI -- Braakhuis, Jana -- Volleyball
UNI -- Davison, Stephanie -- Women's Basketball
UNI -- Johnson, Alyssa -- Women's Basketball
UNI -- Przybylski, Sonja -- Women's Golf
UNI -- McHugh, Sarah -- Women's Soccer
UNI -- Welch, Maddie -- Women's Soccer
UNI -- Kemp, Sarah -- Women's Swimming
UNI -- Jackson, Tara -- Women's Track
UNI -- Peth, Rachel -- Women's Track
UNI -- Rice, Tatiana -- Women's Track
SIUE -- Wieser, Jacob -- Men's Soccer
S. Illinois -- Rolland, Tyler -- Baseball
S. Illinois -- Rogers, Chase -- Men's Track
S. Illinois -- Gonzalez, Kelsey -- Softball
S. Illinois -- Walch, Alexandra -- Women's Track
S. Illinois -- Handley, Kiley -- Women's Swimming
S. Illinois -- Timms, Morgan -- Women's Swimming
S. Illinois -- Frey, Matthew -- Men's Swimming
S. Illinois -- Vukobrat, Dusan -- Men's Swimming
S. Illinois -- Dorris, McKenzie -- Volleyball
Wichita St. -- Davis, Tucker -- Men's Track
Wichita St. -- Peters, Chris -- Men's Track
Wichita St. -- Lockhart, Diamond -- Women's Basketball
Wichita St. -- Pedrazzi, Rebecca -- Women's Tennis
Wichita St. -- Pinkston, Jennifer -- Women's Track