Bears Honored with Valley Academic Accolades

1. LOUIS – A group of nearly 200 Missouri State student-athletes are among an elite crop of Missouri Valley Conference competitors announced Friday to the 2019-20 MVC Honor Roll.

Conference-wide, 118 student-athletes earned the league’s highest academic achievement by capturing the Missouri Valley Conference President’s Council Academic Excellence Award, including 12 from Missouri State: Lukas McCalla (Men’s Golf), Olina Einarsdottir (Women’s Soccer), Kaitlin Maxwell (Women’s Soccer), Mayleigh Oder (Women’s Soccer), Erin Griesbauer (Softball), Hannah Heinrichs (Softball) Darby Joerling (Softball), Payton Smith (Women’s Swimming & Diving), Jordyn Capra (Women’s Track & Field), Madeline Saville (Women’s Track & Field), Erica Wollmering (Women’s Track & Field), Gerri Idos (Volleyball).

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The President’s Council Academic Excellence Award which requires a minimum 3.8 cumulative grade point average (through the spring 2020 semester), participation in athletics a minimum of two years, and the student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation.

Likewise, 63 Bears earned the prestigious Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award. There were a total of 880 student-athletes in the MVC who earned this honor which requires a minimum GPA of 3.5 for the previous two semesters, a minimum 3.2 cumulative grade point average, and participation in athletics a minimum of two years.

Missouri State honorees on the Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award list are (by sport):

• Baseball: Ty Buckner, Jack Duffy.
• Men’s Golf: Lukas McCalla.
• Men’s Soccer: Matt Bentley, Aadne Bruseth, Michael Creek, Jack Denton, Sean Green, Kyle Hiebert.
• Softball: Steffany Dickerson, Erin Griesbauer, Hannah Heinrichs, Darby Joerling, Payton Minnis, Carolyn Stock.
• Volleyball: Alyssa Doucette, Gerri Idos, Emelie Orlando, Leah Vokolek.
• Women’s Basketball: Abby Hipp, Sydney Manning, Elle Ruffridge, Alexa Willard, Sydney Wilson.
• Women’s Golf: Abby Cavaiani, Brooke Newell.
• Women’s Soccer: Ashley Coonfield, Anna Durnin, Jordan Eickelman, Olina Einarsdottir, Lauren Fisher, Sierra Fury, Kaitlin Maxwell, Mayleigh Oder, Tarah Phongsavath, Emma Skornia, Brooke Zenner.
• Women’s Swimming & Diving: Sarah Allegri, Haley Allen, Allee Armitage, Adriana Avila, Taylor Beadle, Madison Brown, Dayana Popa, Payton Smith, Alex Thorson, Lily van Biljon, Ashley Yarbrough.
• Women’s Tennis: Alye Darter, Ellie Burger, Mara Presot.
• Women’s Track & Field: Danielle Bohannon, Grace Breiten, Jordyn Capra, Jasmine Crawford, Adyson DeLaney, Rochelle Etienne, Emily Graham, Shelby Palmer, Ashley Rolewicz, Taryn Smiley, Erica Wollmering, Emily Yaeger.

The Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll was also announced with 199 Missouri State student-athletes earning accolades for classroom excellence. To qualify for the Valley Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have recorded a minimum 3.2 grade point average for a specified term (fall 2018 and spring 2019), must have been a member of an athletics team, and must have been enrolled full time during the term they earned the honor.

Missouri State honorees on the MVC Honor Roll are (by sport):

• Baseball: Mason Auer, Drake Baldwin, Forrest Barnes, Ty Buckner, Jack Duffy, Logan Geha, Anthony Herron, Hayden Juenger, Dakota Kotowski, Blaise Matheny, Hayden Minton, Blake Mozley, Joey Polak, Nick Schmidt, Cole Schroeder, Carson Shaver, Logan Wiley, Nate Witherspoon, Grant Wood, Trey Ziegenbein, Greg Ziegler.
• Men’s Basketball: Ford Cooper Jr., Abdul Fofana, Kabir Mohammed, Isiaih Mosely, Ross Owens, Gaige Prim, Darian Scott, Lamont West.
• Men’s Golf: Eric Byun, Austin Gillund, Max Kreikemeier, Carter Lee, Lukas McCalla, Chris Obert.
• Men’s Soccer: Connor Bates, Matt Bentley, Aadne Bruseth, Michael Creek, Jack Denton, Sean Green, Kyle Hiebert, Hugo Jonsson, Sam Joyce, Jon Koka, Emerson Krause, Nicolo Mulatero, Zac Newdick, Nikolaus Opel, Will Osgathorpe, Sam Ottley, Pau Ruiz, Giacomo Sala, Greg Stratton, Bastian Thormeier, Nicolas Torres, Kian Yari.
• Softball: Alex Boze, Steffany Dickerson, Erin Griesbauer, Hope Hamilton, Hannah Heinrichs, Madison Hunsaker, Darby Joerling, Gracie Johnston, Olivia Krehbiel, Abi LaValley, Meagan McCorkell, Kelly Metter, Payton Minnis, Madison Orr, Daphne Plummer, Carolyn Stock, Jacie Taber, Kat Taylor, Ashton Thomas, Tess Weakly, Rachel Weber.
• Volleyball: Kennedee Anderson, Aubrey Cheffey, Brooklyn Cink, Laynie Dake, Alyssa Doucette, Amelia Flynn, Gerri Idos, Holly Luginbill, Mary O’Brien, Emelie Orlando, Leah Vokolek.
• Women’s Basketball: Mya Bhinhar, Brice Calip, Brianna Ellis, Jasmine Franklin, Emily Gartner, Abby Hipp, Trinity Knapp, Sydney Manning, Elle Ruffridge, Sydney Schultz, Alexa Willard, Sydney Wilson.
• Women’s Golf: Allison Bray, Abby Cavaiani, Niamh Lendrum, Brooke Newell, Sophia Sadaro, Bridget Schulte, Taylor Towers, Johanna Wollenhaupt.
• Women’s Soccer: Dragana Andonovski, Maddie Augustine, Jacqueline Baetz, Unnur Bergsdottir, Ashley Coonfield, Anna Durnin, Jordan Eickelman, Olina Einarsdottir, Lauren Fisher, Sierra Fury, Emma Hensley, Kyli Jackson, Jade Loftness, Kaitlin Maxwell, Bryn McQuaid, Mayleigh Oder, Kennady Orlick, Lexi Palacio, Tarah Phongsavath, Kayleigh Putnam, Katelyn Schroeder, Emma Skornia, Amanda Sullivan, Brooke Zenner.
• Women’s Swimming & Diving: Sarah Allegri, Haley Allen, Allee Armitage, Adriana Avila, Taylor Beadle, Grace Beahan, Jordan Boyce, Madison Brown, Brooke Dreiling, Paige Farrell, Kellie Fischer, Samantha Hietpas, Weronika Margula, Anna Miller, Chloe Nelson, Dayana Popa, Maddie Prettyman, Alessia Puleo, Sydney Radloff, Karli Sewell, Payton Smith, Olivia Stoneman, Micah Sutherlan, Alex Thorson, Kayla Urmson, Lily van Biljon, Ashley Yarbrough.
• Women’s Tennis: Anna Alons, Ellie Burger, Alye Darter, Claire Martin, Alyson Piskulic, Mara Presot, Taylor Shaw, Susan Salinas.
• Women’s Track & Field: Kennedy Aurentz, Lindsey Biesemeyer, Danielle Bohannon, Grace Breiten, Jordyn Capra, Natalie Clayton, Karissa Coble, Jasmine Crawford, Edna Dar, Adyson DeLaney, Rochelle Etienne, Emily Graham, Carly Hendrickson, Calandra Henry, Jamilah James, Briana Johnson, Timeka Jordan, Rachel Lacey, Riley Lourens, O’Shayla Muldrow, Shelby Palmer, Olivia Richards, Taylor Richey, Ashley Rolewicz, Taryn Smiley, Kara Stelmacki, Manuela Ngo Tonye Nyemeck, Malia Watkins, Melissa Wolk, Erica Wollmering, Emily Yaeger.

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