INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) has identified 635 student-athletes across all 15 full-time institutions and three associate members who have earned the GLVC Council of Presidents’ Academic Excellence Award, it was announced on Thursday.
The 635 sets a new league record by 22 students, surpassing the previous mark set in 2024-25 with 613 honorees from 14 member schools.
Rockhurst paced all institutions with 73 recipients, while Indianapolis (61), Lewis (54), and William Jewell (51) also eclipsed the 50-honoree mark.
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 33 students from 11 member institutions met the highest standard of academic excellence by concluding their collegiate careers with an unblemished 4.0 cumulative GPA.
- Alexis Workman, Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field, Drury (Biology)
- Keva Culkin, Women’s Soccer, Drury (Marketing)
- Sadie Christensen, Softball, Drury (Criminology and Psychology)
- August Abrahamsen, Men’s Soccer, Indianapolis (Mechanical Engineering)
- Zy’Aire Parker, Women’s Soccer, Indianapolis (Mechanical Engineering)
- Noah Vachon, Men’s Track & Field, Indianapolis (Finance/MBA)
- Wiktoria Cioch-Gradzik, Women’s Swimming, Lewis (Computer Science)
- Alexis Ingersoll, Women’s Bowling, Maryville (Exercise Science)
- Ethan Anderson, Men’s Cross Country, Maryville (Accounting)
- Eskander Kian Ben Aissa, Men’s Lacrosse, Maryville (MBA)
- Andrew Skifstad, Men’s Lacrosse, Maryville (Finance)
- Anna Finley, Women’s Basketball, Missouri S&T (Mechanical Engineering)
- Jacob Meyers, Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field, Missouri S&T (Applied Mathematics)
- Owen Verning, Men’s Soccer, Missouri S&T (Civil Engineering)
- Mya McClain, Women’s Volleyball, Missouri S&T (Psychology)
- Ashley Borowitz, Softball, Missouri-St. Louis (Nursing)
- Sofia Hughes, Women’s Soccer, Rockhurst (Business Administration)
- Anna Lantz, Women’s Soccer, Rockhurst (Molecular Biology)
- Alex Zoellner, Women’s Soccer, Rockhurst (Communications)
- Lexie Theis, Women’s Volleyball, Rockhurst (Business Administration)
- Dawson Sozio, Men’s Soccer, Southwest Baptist (Media Studies)
- Hayden Prewitt, Baseball, Southwest Baptist (Business Administration)
- Joshua Engle, Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field, Truman State (Mathematics)
- Cora Stimpson, Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field, Truman State (English)
- Rose Baldus, Women’s Soccer, Truman State (Exercise Science)
- Avery Bohnenstiehl, Women’s Soccer, Truman State (Biology–PMED)
- Greta Hanson, Women’s Soccer, Truman State (Biology–POPT)
- Taylor Graham, Women’s Swimming, Truman State (Communication Disorders)
- Allison Heaney, Women’s Swimming, Truman State (Nursing)
- Chloe Myers, Women’s Swimming, Truman State (Nursing)
- Trey Kriener, Men’s Basketball, Upper Iowa (Agricultural Business)
- Martha Pace, Women’s Volleyball, Upper Iowa (Health Administration)
- Laura Torres, Women’s Swimming, William Jewell (Psychological Sciences & Business Marketing)