ST. LOUIS - This year's Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete First-Team and Honorable Mentions include 19 student-athletes, with 46 being nominated for the honor. 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 3.30 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 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.

Illinois State's Kate Del Fava earns the Scholar-Athlete of the Year title, earning first-team recognition in the 2017 and 2018 seasons as well. She maintains a 4.00 GPA in Pre-Veterinarian Medicine and Animal Science, and has been recognized in her senior campaign time and time again, taking home the 2019 Player of the Year, 2019 Elite 17 Award, and was also named a finalist for the 2019 Senior Class Award, among other titles.

All eight participating conference schools have members on the team; Illinois State being the strongest represented with five members. Loyola brings four members while Missouri State has three honorees. Six members of the team earned spots last year, with UNI's Sydney Hayden and Jordyn Rolli improving from 2018 Honorable Mentions to 2019 First-Team laurels.

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