SPRINGFIELD – Missouri State University will recognize a record 281 student-athletes here Wednesday evening (Jan. 24) as honorees on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for the fall 2023 semester.
 
The distinguished scholars all posted a 3.0 grade-point average or better during the fall term and represent all 17 intercollegiate programs. Director of Athletics Kyle Moats, along with Missouri State President Clif Smart and Faculty Athletics Representative Dr. Jim Hutter, will formally acknowledge the honor roll recipients during halftime ceremonies of the Bears basketball game against Drake at Great Southern Bank Arena on Jan. 24.

The fall semester's AD Honor Roll accounts for 68.4 percent of all Bear participants. A total of 74 student-athletes posted a perfect 4.0 GPA during the fall semester, while 182 (44.3 percent) made the Missouri State Dean's List with a 3.50 grade-point average or higher.

As a department, Missouri State's fall semester GPA of 3.23 is the highest on record with 13 teams boasting a 3.20 team GPA or better with six having a team GPA of at least 3.50. The sports of football and softball had their best fall-semester grade point averages since 2016 with track and field, men's golf, and women's golf boasting their highest fall semester GPA ever. Baseball had its second-best semester GPA on record.

A complete list of fall 2023 semester AD Honor Roll recipients, listed alphabetically by sport, is below:

Baseball (22): Brendan Beaver, Carter Bergman, Logan Chambers, Tyler Charlton, Will Duff, Tyler Epstein, Garrett Ferguson, Taeg Gollert, Maloy Heaghney, Cody Kelly, Dylan Leach, Izzy Lopez, Nick Rodriguez, Jahlani Rogers, Jason Schaaf, Stephen Schissler, Dalen Stewart, Zack Stewart, Curry Sutherland, Jake Syverson, Brandt Thompson, William Zareh.

Beach Volleyball (20): Rebecca Bach, Sage Canon, Amanda Cleary, Riley Drew, Erin Eschleman, Holly Ford, Anna Intagliata, Allyson Larkin, Kenzi McSpadden, Olivia Muriel, Brooke Plessner, Olivia Rattler, Sydney Sampson, Madeleine Schrandt, MacKenzie Steele, Mia Sukeena, Halle Sullivan, Natasha Thoms, Claudia Wala, Trinity White.

Football (32): Jahiel Blue-Smith, Caden Bolz, Grant Burkett, Jacob Clark, Gary Clinton, Justin Curtis, Josh Deal, Cole Feuerbacher, Grant Goodson, Nik Goodwin, Spencer Grosz, P.J. Hall, Raveion Harrell, Cash Hudson, Danielson Ike, Lemondre Joe, Andrew Link, Cristian Loaiza, Celdon Manning, Lance Mason, Ethan Merrell, Liam O'Reilly, Jorda Pachot, Keaton Renfro, Owen Rozanc, Jax Rumsey, Dylan Simmons, De'Andre Washington, Jalen Williams, Tavier Williams, Hunter Wood, Larry Wright. 

Men's Basketball (6): NJ Benson, Dawson Carper, Kanon Gipson, Nick Kramer, Damien Mayo Jr., Chance Moore. 

Men's Golf (6): Max Bowman, Max Kreikemeier, Christian Rischer, Eric Schuessler, Owen Swearingen, Hampus Wijkstrom. 

Men's Soccer (20): Jesus Barea, Ollie Bate, Tyler Caton, Pascal Corvino, Jack Denton, Pedro Arcoverde, Gianluca Fiorini, Pablo Guillen, Gijs Hovius, Maliek Howell, Jon Koka, Joseph Ling, Alejandro Lopez, Javier Martin Gil, Alex Matthews, Gustav Moberg, Daniel Normann, Michael Peck, Daniel Shabani, Kian Yari.x

Men's Swimming & Diving (16): Chris Bedsole, Alex Boutin, Lucas Chadwell, Jack Dean, Aiden Dunn, Jack Grandy, Reese Hodgins, George Holesinger, AJ Huskey, Cole Hysong, Bruno Miranda Guerra, Dylan Moffatt, Storm Opdahl, Logan Schelfaut, Nicholas Schuster, Brunno Suzuki-Tomiyama.

Softball (20): Taylor Akers, Mackenzie Chacon, Emily Chadwick, Kim DeBold, Kenzie Derryberry, Abby Ford, Emily Gerardy. Shelby Houchlei, Gracie Johnston, Sofia King, Olivia Krehbiel, Kelsie Lewis, Sidney McLaughlin, Chloe Merced, Annie Mueller, Alexis Perales, Emily Shipman, Makenzi Swick, Kayla Ulrich, McKenzie Vaughan. 

Volleyball (13): Deja Bickers, Maddy Bushnell, Lucca Dunser, Jaycee Fixsen, Iva Halacheva, Josie Halbleib, Manuela Ibarguen, Lindsay Lahr, Kate Owen, Tegan Polcovich, Neele'ge' Sims, Morgan Sprague, Katie Wemhoener.

Women's Basketball (7): Kaemyn Bekemeier, Kyrah Daniels, Katrine Jessen, Blake O'Grady, Paige Rocca, Lacy Stokes, Louis Volker.

Women's Golf (9): Rylie Andrews, Tierney Baumstark, Helena Bel, Chayenne Chivrac, Kayla Pfitzner, Kyleigh Pfitzner, Lilly Whitley, Johanna Wollenhaupt, Coyee Zhang.

Women' Soccer (29): Jenna Anderson, Iraia Arrue, Elena Bartak, Ella Becker, Kaeli Benedict, Alyssa Bucheit, Caroline Carter, Hailey Chambliss, Abby Couch, Camielle Day, Gracie English, Joey Fosnow, Ana Paula Fraiz, Abby Hansen, Eydis Helgadottir, Reilly Heman, Emma Hensley, Julia Kristensen, Katherine Montgomery, Grace O'Keefe, Hailey Palmer, Lillie Rasmussen, Carly Raunig, Brynna Rutherford, Maddie Schneiderhahn, Gabbi Schlapper, Riley Sherron, Riley Smith, Addisyn Weiskopf.

Women's Swimming & Diving (31): Grace Affeldt, Kelsey Boyce, Lauren Chaney, Sophia Coleta, Lily DeSpain, Caitlyn Friebe, Ashlie German, Kennedy Grosklaus, Emma Haugland-Mackey, Sophia Hawley, Lindsey Hervey, Claire Houston, Lana Janson, Ainsley Jenkins, Cabrini Johnson, Cameryn Johnson, Evie Kolb, Ainsley Krug, Anika Lam, Paige Lenahan, Anna Lucas, Ashley Mallonee, Marina Ortega Bonilla, Alessia Puleo, Samantha Roemer, Olivia Sala, Kelly Sego, Payton Smith, Jordan Wenner, Ulyana Zubina, Yuliya Zubina.

Women's Tennis (7): Cristina Flaquer, Amy Henning, Mary Houston, Sandra Lukacova, Lisa Muehlbauer, Juliette Robinson, Nicole Ross.

Women's Track & Field (41): Track (41): Kate Anderson, Alyssa Ball, Chelsey Brown, Riley Bryan, Magdalena Burdova, Natalie Clayton, Ella Conklin, Ella Cronhardt, Jordan Drum, Chloe Ezell, Whitney Farrington, Tabitha Fox, Kambree Gibson, Hayden Gray, Katie Griffin, Maggie Haase, Meghan Halstead, Victory Ifah, Brooke Jenkins, Kayleigh Jenkins, Rachel Lacey, Anna Lombardo, Adrien Martens, Mia McLain, Abby Meyer, Kamdyn Moody, Madilyn Moore, Seleena Morris, Mihane Nambara, Margo Nea, Emily Nuttall, Reagan Reedy, Olivia Rogers, Jaide Rose, Lena Singleton, Grace Spoonhour, Bessie Swoboda, Caden Van Hauen, Anabella Verkler, Nakaja Weaver, Linzy Williams.