ST. LOUIS – The Indiana State track & field teams have had 15 student-athletes named to the Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete team for the shortened 2020 season, the Valley announced Tuesday morning.
 
This year the Missouri Valley Conference recognized 131 athletes named to the 2020 Track & Field Scholar-Athlete team for their performance in the classroom and in the sport of Track & Field. 43 student-athletes hold at least a 3.80 cumulative grade-point average and 12 on the list maintain a perfect 4.0.
 
The Missouri Valley Conference modified their awards criteria to be considered for the 2020 T&F Scholar-Athlete Team due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of the MVC Outdoor T&F Championship. To be considered each student-athlete had to meet the following criteria and procedures:

• 3.3 Cumulative GPA
• At least a sophomore in academic and athletic standing
• Placed in the top eight of an individual event or top three in a relay event at the Indoor T&F Championship
• Any student-athlete who was scheduled to participate in the outdoor meet this spring (regardless of whether they participated in the indoor event this past February) who also meets the academic criteria and has met the athletic criteria in any previous MVC championship during their career.

 
Of the 15 total honorees for the Sycamores, five were men and 10 were women. On the men's side, two are returning honorees while the women boast five returning honorees. Indiana State's 15 scholar-athletes were the third-most in the Valley trailing only Loyola's 19 and Illinois State's 30.
 
The honorees for the men were: sophomore Noah Hufnagel, junior Cale Kilian, sophomore Matthew Lewis-Banks, junior Nick Schultz and sophomore Callan Whitehouse.
 
Honored for the women were: junior Hanna Atwood, senior Imani Davis, junior Katilyn Davis, redshirt junior Tajaa Fair, sophomore Alexis Grider, senior Allana Ince, redshirt junior Jezel Martin, sophomore Taylor Pierce, junior Jocelyn Quiles and senior Alli Workman.
 
Men (5):
Noah Hufnagel - Sophomore, Physical Education - Exercise Science, 3.653
Cale Kilian* - Junior, Physical Education - Exercise Science, 3.348
Matthew Lewis-Banks# - Sophomore, Business, 3.389
Nick Schultz* - Junior, Elementary Education, 3.61
Callan Whitehouse - Sophomore, Safety Management, 3.636
 
Women (10)
Hanna Atwood* - Junior, Criminology & Criminal Justice, 3.66
Imani Davis*# - Senior, Health Sciences, 3.316
Kaitlyn Davis - Junior, Athletic Training, 3.985
Tajaa Fair - RS Junior, Philosophy, 3.377
Alexis Grider - Sophomore, Geography & Sustainability, 3.79
Allana Ince# - Senior, Athletic Training, 3.517
Jezel Martin* - RS Junior, Physical Education - Exercise Science, 3.41
Taylor Pierce - Sophomore, Intelligence Analysis, 3.97
Jocelyn Quiles*# - Junior, Communication, 3.815
Alli Workman**# - Senior, Health Sciences, 3.92
 
*=Number of previous MVC Scholar-Athlete honors
#=2020 All-MVC (top-three indoors)
 
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