ST. LOUIS ? Kelsey Luna has earned the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference's Good Neighbor Award as Indiana State's representative on the 10-person list compiled this semester by the league office. Each school is also allowed to select one of its in-season student-athletes for the honor which is awarded in the fall, winter and spring.

Luna was named an ESPN The Magazine Second Team All-American earlier this week, giving the Indiana State women's basketball program a member of that prestigious list each of the last four seasons. Additionally, she has earned ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District First Team honors earlier this year while taking home second team academic all-district as well as academic all-conference plaudits last year.

She maintains a perfect 4.0 grade-point average in Psychology. Luna has been named to both the Indiana State Athletic Director's Honor Roll as well as the MVC Honor Roll on three separate occasions. She has also been named to the Dean's List of College of Arts and Sciences for excellence in scholarship as well as earning the Psychology Department's Sophomore Academic Excellence Award.

Luna has been very active in Habitat for Humanity; worked as a counselor at St. Josephs High School basketball camps; served as a teacher's assistant with the St. Monica Elementary school; worked as a counselor at Sanctuary Kamp and has been a captain of the Saving Sally for Memory Walk, which is a Fundraiser to help fight Alzheimer's disease.

Joining Luna as the winter honorees around the Valley are: Jenny Van Kirk, Bradley; Kenton Walker, Creighton; Matt Jurysta, Drake; Shannon Novosel, Evansville; Kristi Cirone, Illinois State; Roxy Stiles, Missouri State; Abby Girard, UNI; Kelly Dvorak, Southern Illinois and Marcy Sudbeck, Wichita State.

In order to be eligible for the award, the student-athlete must be in good academic standing, must demonstrate good citizenship through good sportsmanship and significant community service, and must participate in a sport, during the season of recognition.   The Valley will recognize 10 student-athletes three times annually (fall, winter, spring), for a total of 30 honorees.  Institutions select their Good Neighbor Award honorees.