MVC Release
 
ST. LOUIS – After securing its 15^th conference title, the Missouri State women's swimming and diving team landed 11 student-athletes on the Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete team, as announced Wednesday.
 
Seniors Brianna McCullough, Loretta Stelnicki, and Josie Pearson led the way for the Bears, each sporting at least a 3.5 GPA. Sophomore Allee Armitage was one of 14 MVC swimmers to maintain a perfect 4.0.
 
Sarah Allegri and Haley Allen represented the juniors while Armitage, Taylor Beadle, Lily van Biljon, Madison Brown, and Ashley Yarbrough were first-time honorees in the sophomore class.
 
Scholar-Athlete honors require athletes to have completed at least one year and maintain either a 3.2 grade-point average and obtain all-conference honors, achieve a 3.5 grade-point average and finish top-16 in an individual event at the conference championships, or maintain a 3.8 grade-point average and participate in the MVC championship (including non-scorers).
 

• Allee Armitage – So., 4.0 GPA
• Loretta Stelnicki – Sr., 3.80 GPA
• Brianna McCullough – Sr., 3.76 GPA
• Sarah Allegri – Jr., 3.70 GPA
• Taylor Beadle – So., 3.70 GPA
• Lily van Biljon – So., 3.68 GPA
• Josie Pearson – Sr., 3.66 GPA
• Madison Brown – So., 3.65 GPA
• Haley Allen – Jr., 3.65 GPA
• Ashley Yarbrough – So., 3.63 GPA
• Anna Miller – So., 3.42 GPA