Missouri State women’s soccer players, Kate Blair and Nicole Logan were among 14 student-athletes named as Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athletes for 2007 in a vote for the league’s sports information directors. Blair was a first-team selection while Logan received honorable mention honors.
Blair, a senior from St. Louis, Mo. carries a 3.88 GPA in marketing management and has earned first-team scholar-athlete honors for the third-straight year at Missouri State. Blair has become a four-year starter for the Bears and her nine game-winning goals ranks second on the Missouri State Career Leaders chart.
A sophomore forward from Olathe, Kan., Logan makes the honorable mention squad with a 3.90 GPA in fashion merchandise management. Logan proved to be an offensive threat this season netting three goals and posting two assists. She played in all 19 matches this season and led her team in points with eight.
A total of 52 student-athletes were nominated for the Valley’s scholar-athlete team. The criterion for the honor parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for Academic All-America voting. Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.00 cumulative gpa (on a 4.0 scale). Also, students must have participated in at least 75 percent of the regular season matches. Student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen were not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at their institution.
2007 MVC Scholar-Athlete Team
*** Kate Blair, Missouri State
Sinead Brown, Drake
Heather Duncan, Creighton
Marcy Gans, Creighton
Heidi Grey, Evansville
** Kayla Lambert, Evansville
Jenna O’Hara, UNI
Raquel Rattray, Illinois State
Bethany Russ, Illinois State
Sam Russell, Creighton
Amy Seubert, UNI
** Julie Winkler, Evansville
* indicates number of consecutive years named first-team scholar athlete
2007 MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention
Erin Bianchi, Indiana State
Cindi Brenner, Drake
Nicole Logan, Missouri State
Alyssa Ramsey, Indiana State
Mel Routledge, Illinois State
