ST. LOUIS – A group of more than 140 Missouri State student-athletes are among an elite crop of Missouri Valley Conference competitors announced Friday to the 2018-19 MVC Honor Roll.
 
Conference-wide, 106 student-athletes earned the league's highest academic achievement by capturing the Missouri Valley Conference President's Council Academic Excellence Award, including seven from Missouri State: Emily Butters (volleyball), Ashley Childers (women's golf), Caroline Finnell (beach volleyball), Kyle Hiebert (men's soccer), Amanthi Silva (women's track), Loretta Stelnicki (women's swimming) and Sydney Zupan (women's swimming).
 
The President's Council Academic Excellence Award which requires a minimum 3.8 cumulative grade point average (through the spring 2019 semester), participation in athletics a minimum of two years, and the student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation. 
 
Likewise, 55 Bears earned the prestigious Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award. There were a total of 731 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: Davis Schwab, Nate Witherspoon
• Men's Golf: Brad Carpenter, Lukas McCalla, Chris Obert
• Men's Soccer: Michael Creek, Kyle Hiebert, Gage Steiner, Stu Wilkin
• Women's Basketball: Brice Calip, Danielle Gitzen, Abby Hipp, Elle Ruffridge, Alexa Willard
• Women's Golf: Ashley Childers
• Women's Soccer: Jordan Eickelman, Olina Einarsdottir, Kaitlin Maxwell, Bryn McQuaid, Tarah Phongsavath, Brooke Prondzinski, Emma Skornia, Brooke Zenner
• Softball: Erin Griesbauer, Hannah Heinrichs, Darby Joerling, Kyana Mason, Carolyn Stock
• Women's Swimming & Diving: Sarah Allegri, Allee Armitage, Taylor Beadle, Madison Brown, Brooke Dreiling, Brianna McCullough, Josie Pearson, Dayana Popa, Loretta Stelnicki, Lily Van-Biljon, Ashley Yarbrough
• Women's Tennis: Alye Darter, Fati Khamissi, Alexia Meyer
• Women's Track & Cross Country: Grace Breiten, Jordyn Capra, Jasmine Crawford, Caroline Duboeuf, Olivia Ott, Shelby Palmer, Madeline Saville, Paityn Stagner, Erica Wollmering
• Volleyball: Cambree Villarreal, Emily Butters, Gerri Idos, Mackenzie Irwin

 
The Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll was also announced with 141 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: Ben Cruikshank, Jack Duffy, Sam Faith, Mason Hull, Hayden Juenger, Alex Moore, Joey Polak, Javier Ramos, Davis Schwab, Logan Wiley, Nate Witherspoon, Tommy Woods, Brooks Zimmerman
• Men's Golf: Brad Carpenter, Carter Lee, Lukas McCalla, Chris Obert
• Men's Soccer: Matt Bentley, Michael Creek, Jack Denton, Dan Edwards, Sean Green, Kyle Hiebert, Nicolo Mulatero, Zac Newdick, Nikolaus Opel, Max Schliebener, Gage Steiner, Greg Stratton, Stu Wilkin, Ian Wu
• Women's Basketball: Mya Bhinhar, Brice Calip, Shameka Ealy, Emily Gartner, Danielle Gitzen, Abby Hipp, Sydney Manning, Elle Ruffridge, Alexa Willard, Sydney Wilson
• Women's Golf: Allison Bray, Abby Cavaiani, Ashley Childers, Brooke Newell, Bridget Schulte
• Women's Soccer: Ashley Coonfield, Anna Durnin, Jordan Eickelman, Olina Einarsdottir, Sierra Fury, Grace Heenan, Karen Kozol, Kaitlin Maxwell, Bryn McQuaid, Josie Meeks, Tarah Phongsavath, Brooke Prondzinski, Jami Rance, Katelyn Schroeder, Emma Skornia, Masen Stamp, Brooke Zenner
• Softball: Alex Boze, Steffany Dickerson, Erin Griesbauer, Hope Hamilton, Hannah Heinrichs, Madison Hunsaker, Darby Joerling, Abi LaValley, Kyana Mason, Kelly Metter, Payton Minnis, Daphne Plummer, Carolyn Stock, Ashton Thomas
• Women's Swimming & Diving: Sarah Allegri, Haley Allen, Allee Armitage, Adriana Avila, Taylor Beadle, Madison Brown, Brooke Dreiling, Jessica Kantra, Kaylee Larson, Brianna McCullough, Anna Miller, Josie Pearson, Dayana Popa, Madelyn Prettyman, Sydney Radloff, Payton Smith, Loretta Stelnicki, Micah Sutherlan, Alex Thorson, Kayla Urmson Lily Van-Biljon, Haley Womack, Ashley Yarbrough
• Women's Tennis: Anna Alons, Phoebe Boeschen, Ellie Burger, Alye Darter, Fati Khamissi, Clara Gandara Gonzalez, Alexia Meyer, Mara Presot, Brooke Smith
• Women's Track & Field / Cross Country: Tomi Bamigbade, Lindsey Biesemeyer, Danielle Bohannon, Grace Breiten, Renae Buschling, Jordyn Capra, Jasmine Crawford, Edna Dar, Adyson Delaney, Caroline Duboeuf, Kayla Fallis, Emily Graham, Brittany McPike, Olivia Ott, Shelby Palmer, Taylor Richey, Ashley Rolewicz, Madeline Saville, Taryn Smiley, Paityn Stagner, Sidne Williamson, Erica Wollmering, Emily Yaeger
• Volleyball: Emily Butters, Alyssa Doucette, Amelia Flynn, Gerri Idos, Mackenzie Irwin, Emelie Orlando, Cambree Villarreal, Leah Vokolek, Makina Wratten