ST. LOUIS - Bradley’s Hannah Thompson has been named the MVC Volleyball Scholar-Athlete of the Year and headlines a group of 22 student-athletes named to the 2021 Missouri Valley Conference volleyball scholar-athlete first team and honorable mention team, announced by the league office today. The team is selected by a vote of the league’s volleyball sports information directors, with approval from head coaches. 

With a 4.00 grade point average in Health Science, Thompson, a senior outside hitter for Bradley, is a three-time selection on the scholar-athlete team.  This year’s first team includes 11 players that have received previous MVC volleyball scholar-athlete recognition, including seven repeat first team honorees. 

Forty-three student-athletes were nominated for the MVC’s scholar-athlete team. The criterion for the honor parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) 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. Student-athletes must have reached sophomore status in both athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen were not eligible).