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ST. LOUIS -- Twelve conference softball student-athletes have been named to the 2021 MVC Scholar-Athlete first team, including six repeat first team selections, as voted on by the league's softball sports information directors and announced by the Missouri Valley Conference office today.  

Drake’s Macy Johnson claimed the MVC Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.  Johnson has a 4.00 GPA in Masters of Communications Leadership and led the Bulldogs in batting average, runs, hits, triples, stolen bases and total bases.  

Southern Illinois placed four student-athletes on the first team, the most in the league.  Illinois State and UNI claimed two spots while Bradley, Drake, Evansville and Loyola earned one nod each.  In all, seven conference schools are represented on the first team.

Impressively, Southern Illinois has earned at least two MVC Scholar-Athlete first team selections for 
24-consecutive seasons.

In order to be eligible, student-athletes must have at 3.3 GPA or higher, be at least a sophomore in athletic and academic standing and meet certain playing requirements.