INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) has identified 491 student-athletes across 13 member institutions who have earned the GLVC Council of Presidents’ Academic Excellence Award, it was announced on Thursday.
While the total number this year did not improve upon the league record set last season with 545 honorees from 15 member schools, it did surpass the previous record mark from 2020-21 of 434 from 15 schools.
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 their career.
Moreover, while the full list of honorees can be found at the link above, the below 22 students from 10 member institutions met the highest standard of academic excellence by concluding their collegiate careers with an unblemished 4.0 cumulative GPA.
- Cayla Bortz, Women’s Bowling, Central Missouri (Disaster & Crisis Management)
- Sydney Sahuri, Women’s Bowling, Central Missouri (Disaster & Crisis Management)
- Mason Majors, Baseball, Drury (Finance)
- Danielle Dennis, Softball, Illinois Springfield (Public Health)
- Emma Little, Women’s Soccer, Illinois Springfield (Psychology)
- Catharina Graf, Women’s Golf, Indianapolis (Finance)
- Sophia Sharanova, Women’s Tennis, Indianapolis (Psychology)
- Parker Boyce, Football, Missouri S&T (Biological Sciences)
- Aubrie Caldwell, Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field, Missouri S&T (Civil Engineering)
- Brandon DiMemmo, Men’s Golf, Missouri-St. Louis (Business Administration)
- Kassandra Hayes, Women’s Track & Field, Missouri S&T (Chemical Engineering)
- Marissa Menendez, Women’s Soccer, Missouri S&T (Chemical Engineering)
- Derrick Evers, Baseball, Rockhurst (Corporate Finance and Accounting)
- Katelyn Kochanowski, Women’s Lacrosse, Rockhurst (Physics of Medicine and Molecular Biology)
- Caroline Lynch, Women’s Golf, Rockhurst (Criminal Justice)
- Emma Mullendore, Women’s Golf, Rockhurst (Biochemistry)
- Brocklyn Barber, Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field, Southwest Baptist (Exercise Science)
- Madeleine Gillman, Women’s Soccer, Southwest Baptist (Nursing)
- Natalie Fakta, Women’s Golf, Truman State University (Leadership)
- Elizabeth Hopwood, Women’s Soccer, Truman State (Exercise Science Education)
- Maria McGonelgle, Softball, Truman State (English Education)
- Frida Hammarlund, Women’s Golf, William Jewell (Business Administration)