INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) has identified a league-record 434 student-athletes across 15 member institutions who have earned the GLVC Council of Presidents’ Academic Excellence Award, it was announced on Thursday.

This year’s total marks the second time more than 400 honorees have been recognized since the award was first inaugurated in the spring of 2010 and breaks last year’s record of 420 from 16 schools. The previous sub-400 league record of 355 from 16 schools was set in 2015-16.

The recipients of the GLVC Council of Presidents’ Academic Excellence Award exemplify the outstanding student-athletes in the GLVC. Each honoree has exhausted his or her eligibility in the intercollegiate sport in which they participated and maintained at least a 3.5 grade point average throughout their academic career.

In addition, to be eligible for the award, the student-athlete must have competed in the GLVC for a minimum of two years and completed 96 credit hours. A student-athlete can only earn the distinguished honor one time in his or her career.

Eighteen students from nine member institutions met the highest standard of academic excellence by concluding their collegiate careers with an unblemished 4.0 cumulative GPA, which are listed below.
 

• Megan Tersteeg, Softball, Drury (Biochemistry)
• Tyler Pasley, Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field, Illinois Springfield (Philosophy)
• Dana Youssef, Women’s Soccer, Indianapolis (Biomedical Science)
• Brandon McCombs, Men’s Basketball, Lewis (Accounting)
• Logan Rezash, Baseball, Lindenwood (Business Administration)
• McKenna Montgomery, Women’s Basketball/Golf, Lindenwood (Exercise Science/Business Administration)
• Connor Ciemiewicz, Men’s Lacrosse, Lindenwood (Biological Sciences)
• Caleb Shipley, Football, McKendree (Special Education/Elementary Education)
• Margaret Schnoeker, Women’s Golf, McKendree (Special Education/Elementary Education)
• Miranda Gajewski, Softball, McKendree (Biopsychology)
• Shelby Summer, Softball, McKendree (Secondary Mathematics Education)
• Max Wootten, Men’s Soccer, Missouri-St. Louis (Mathematics)
• Chanelle Boldridge, Volleyball, Southwest Baptist (Psychology and Criminal Justice)
• Thomas Cormier, Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country, Truman State (Accounting)
• Madeline Bostick, Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country, Truman State (Exercise Science)
• Carly Garnett, Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country, Truman State (Accountancy)
• Gemma Saathoff, Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country, Truman State (Nursing)
• Morgan Smith, Volleyball, Truman State (Biology)