ST. LOUIS - The Missouri Valley Conference has announced the 2018 Women’s Soccer Scholar-Athlete Team. Twenty student-athletes have earned a spot on the 2018 Missouri Valley Conference women’s soccer scholar-athlete team.
This season, 47 student-athletes were nominated for the Valley’s scholar-athlete team. The criteria for the honor parallels the CoSIDA standards for Academic All-America voting. Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA (on a 4.00 scale). Also, students must have participated in at least 75 percent of the regular-season matches or the MVC Championship. Student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen were not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at their institution. Sports Information Directors at MVC institutions voted for the team.
The team includes 11 student-athletes that have a 3.90 cumulative GPA or better. Hannah McDevitt (UNI) and Katie Wells (Indiana State) are three-time first team selections. Linda Fiorito (Drake), Kate Del Fava (Illinois State), Katie Wells (Indiana State), Madison Kimball (Loyola), and Hannah McDevitt (UNI) who represented the MVC on the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team this year were selected to the MVC first-team.
2018 Scholar-Athlete First Team
| Name |
Institution |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Alyssa Brand * |
Drake |
Sr. |
3.71 |
Finance and Marketing |
| Linda Fiorito *^ |
Drake |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Marketing |
| Vanessa Kavan |
Drake |
R-Jr. |
4.00 |
Marketing |
| Kate Del Fava # |
Illinois State |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Pre-Vet Medicine and Animal Science |
| Katie Wells #^ |
Indiana State |
Sr. |
3.96 |
Athletic Training |
| Madison Kimball |
Loyola |
Sr. |
3.86 |
Sport Management & Marketing |
| Madison Laudeman |
Loyola |
Jr. |
3.44 |
Biology |
| Jenna Szczesny |
Loyola |
Sr. |
3.21 |
Exercise Science |
| Kaitlin Maxwell |
Missouri State |
So. |
3.98 |
Finance |
| Hannah McDevitt #^ |
UNI |
Sr. |
3.97 |
Business Economics and Spanish |
| Kelsey Yarrow * |
UNI |
Sr. |
3.78 |
Financial Mgmt & Organizational Leadership |
| Cory Griffith # |
Valparaiso |
Sr. |
3.77 |
Marketing |
#First Team in 2017; *Honorable Mention in 2017; ^ First Team in 2016; % Honorable Mention in 2016
2018 Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention Team
| Name |
Institution |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Olivia Bruce |
Drake |
So. |
3.63 |
Magazine Media and News |
| Abby Basler |
Illinois State |
R-So. |
3.76 |
Elementary Education |
| Kiley Czerwinski ^ |
Illinois State |
Sr. |
3.78 |
Special Education |
| Mikayla Unger |
Illinois State |
Jr. |
3.90 |
Community Health Promotion |
| Danielle Varner |
Indiana State |
So. |
3.93 |
Nursing |
| Brooke Prondzinski # |
Missouri State |
Sr. |
3.70 |
Cell and Molecular Biology |
| Sydney Hayden # |
UNI |
Jr. |
3.96 |
Biology |
| Jordyn Rolli |
UNI |
Jr. |
3.95 |
Exercise Science |
#First Team in 2017; *Honorable Mention in 2017; ^ First Team in 2016; % Honorable Mention in 2016