One hundred seventy-three student-athletes highlight more than 3,000 of those to earn selection to the 2024-25 Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll, as announced by the league office.  Those 173 student-athletes earned the league’s highest academic achievement by capturing the Missouri Valley Conference Board of Directors Academic Excellence Award.
 
The Board of Directors Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum 3.8 cumulative grade point average, participation in athletics a minimum of two years, and the student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation (by the end of the Spring 2025 semester).  Indiana State University had the most individuals, with 29.
 
The Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum grade point average of 3.5 for each of the previous two semesters, a minimum 3.2 cumulative grade point average, and participation in athletics a minimum of two years.  More than 1,000 student-athletes earned the award, top by Belmont and Indiana State – each with 136 honorees.

And more than 2,000 MVC student-athletes received Honor Roll recognition.  For the MVC Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have recorded a minimum 3.2 grade point average for a specified term (Fall 2024/Spring 2025), must have been a member of an athletics team, and must have been enrolled full time during the term they earned the honor.

2024-25 MVC Academic Honor Roll (PDF)