ST. LOUIS – 230 Indiana State University student-athletes highlight more than 2,200 league-wide who earned selection to the 2019-20 Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll, as announced by the league office. A total of 11 of those Sycamore student-athletes earned the league's highest academic achievement by capturing the Missouri Valley Conference Presidents' Council Academic Excellence Award.
 
2019-20 was a banner year for the Sycamores academically as Indiana State had 67 athletes earn a perfect 4.0, an increase of 36 from a year ago, while every Sycamore athletic team posted a 3.0 GPA or higher. ISU has recorded 50 consecutive semesters with at least a 3.0 department wide GPA or higher. Sycamore Athletics posted a 3.47 GPA for the spring 2020 semester.
 
The Presidents' Council Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum 3.8 cumulative grade point average, participation in athletics a minimum of two years, and the student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation (by the end of the Spring 2020 semester).
 
PRESIDENTS' COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD RECIPIENTS
Men's Track & Field: Colton Yeakley; Women's Golf: Sierra Hargens, Kayla Ryan; Women's Soccer: Kathryn Besserman, Jordan Denton; Swimming & Diving: Allie Engstrom, Kendall Hansen, Mykenzie Kostka; Women's Track & Field: Colleen Madden, Michaela Ward; Volleyball: Jade York.
 
Also, 880 student-athletes received the league's Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum grade point average of 3.5 for each of the previous two semesters, a minimum 3.2 cumulative grade point average, and participation in athletics a minimum of two years.
 
COMMISSIONER'S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD RECIPIENTS
Baseball: Dominic Cusumano, Collin Liberatore, Brandt Nowaskie, Max Wright; Men's Track & Field: Kannon Sams, Ben Andreatta, Garrett Wagner, Colton Yeakley; Women's Golf: Lauren Green, Sierra Hargens, Alexandra Jennings, Kayla Ryan; Women's Soccer: Kathryn Besserman, Lindsey Anstine, Jordan Denton, Alise Emser, Lexi Harte, Natalie Kesselring, Jensen Margheim, Katie Sidloski, Hannah Sullivan, Erin Sweda, Danielle Varner; Softball: Della Gher, Becky Gibbs, Amanda Guercio, Kristen Kelly, Mallory Marsicek, Alexis McCullough, Peyton Ottersback, Olivia Patton, Bella Peterson, Leslie Sims, Lexie Siwek; Swimming & Diving: Madison Brand, Cierra Campbell, Allie Engstrom, Kendall Hansen, Mykenzie Kostka, Vivia Kritikou, Caitie Mansker, Anna Maria Nasiou, Marlene Pavlu Lewin, Elisabeth Peskin, Keara Shelton, Kerry Tepe, Emily Webb; Women's Track & Field: Hanna Atwood, Gabrielle Brown, Michaella Burchett, Tara Cassidy, Claire Collins, Imani Davis, Kaitlyn Davis, Maggie Falater, Alexis Grider, Cami Hansen, Mia Mackenzie, Colleen Madden, Sabrina Martinez, Taylor Pierce, Jocelyn Quiles, Dani Spring, Elaina Walls, Michaela Ward, Alli Workman, Devon Zeck; Volleyball: Cassie Kawa, Devynn Merriman, Rhiannon Morozoff, Alex Toombs, Jade York.
 
In addition, the Missouri Valley Conference has announced its 2019-20 Honor Roll, which recognizes academic achievement of student-athletes. 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 2019/Spring 2020), must have been a member of an athletics team, and must have been enrolled full time during the term they earned the honor.
 
MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL
Baseball: Charlie Allison, Gavin Baker, Nick Barrett, Mitch Barrow, Aaron Beck, William Buraconak, Connor Cline, Dominic Cusumano, Trace Ferreira, Zach Frey, Brian Fuentes, Manuel Garcia, Diego Gines, Tyler Grauer, Geremy Guerrero, Ellison Hanna II, Kyle Harbison, Matt Jachec, Max Klein, Ross Kramer, Collin Liberatore, Grant Magill, Eric Martin, Lane Miller, Austin Moralis, Brandt Nowaskie, Raine Richter, Jake Ridgway, Sean Ross, Jordan Schaffer, Josue Urdaneta, Tristan Weaver, Max Wright; Men's Basketball: Cam Bacote, Cobie Barnes, Jared Hankins, Bronson Kessinger, Jake LaRavia, Keon Sellers, Tre Williams; Men's Track & Field: Ben Andreatta, Joe Barnes, Ejiroghene Biokoro, Ethan Breen, Blayne Harrington, Blake Hipkiss, Mitchell Hopf, Antoine Howard, Noah Hufnagel, Nathan Kiger, Cale Kilian, Jackson Krieg, Kevin, Krutsch, Matthew Lewis-Banks, Michael Marling, JaVaughn Moore, Justin Niederhaus, Brett Norton, Emmanuel Odubanjo, Ben Payton, Logan Pietrzak, Leroy Russell, Kannon Sams, Nick Schultz, Ben Shepard, Will Smith, Juan Tirado, Garrett Wagner, Callan Whitehouse, Caine Wilson, Jhivon Wilson, Wyatt Wyman, Colton Yeakley, Nick Yeend, Frankie Young III, Nick Young; Women's Basketball: Caitlin Anderson, LeAndra Echi, Adrian Folks, Mya Glanton, Marie Hunter, Sommer Pitzer, Alyssa Robben, Hattie Westerfeld; Women's Golf: Madison Branum, Lauren Green, Sierra Hargens, Kristen Hobbs, Alexandra Jennings, Chelsea Morrow, Kayla Ryan; Women's Soccer: Lindsey Anstine, Kathryn Besserman, Camryn DeGrafft, Jordan Denton, Alise Emser, Sidney Ewing, Kate Face, Serra Hanrahan, Lexi Harte, Tara Hofffman, Anna Holcombe, Liz Humphrey, Isabella Hunter, Natalie Kesselring, Courtney Kooken, Chloee Kooker, Jensen Margheim, Pam Silies, Katie Sidloski, Hannah Sullivan, Erin Sweda, Kayla Trinka, Danielle Varner, Celeste Wahlberg; Softball: Kaylee Barrett, Lexi Benko, Arielle Blankenship, TeAnn Bringle, Breanna Brown, Della Gher, Becky Gibbs, Amanda Guercio, Grace Hunger, Kristen Kelly, Abbeyl Kruzel, Abby Letson, Becky Malchow, Mallory Marsicek, Alexis McCullough, Maeve McDonough, Mycaela Miller, Peyton Ottersback, Olivia Patton, Bella Peterson, Maddy Richey, Gabbi Schnaiter, Leslie Sims, Lexie Siwek, Cassie Thomerson, Annie Tokarek; Swimming & Diving: Carmina Armstrong, Madison Brand, Cierra Campbell, Allie Engstrom, Molly Fogarty, Marni Gray, Kendall Hansen, Ashley Jenkins, Tori Johns, Mykenzie Kostka, Marissa Kozel, Vivia Kritikou, Alex Malmborg, Caitie Mansker, Britney Meienburg, Katherine Minatra, Madison Misko, Sarah Montgomery, Sarah Moreau, Anna Maria Nasiou, Colleen O'Connor, Marlene Pavlu Lewin, Elisabeth Peskin, Andrea Putrimas, Rachel Sanqunetti, Megan Schade, Keara Shelton, Ashleigh Sinks, Jaylyn Talbot, Kerry Tepe, Emily Webb, Rhiannon Wozny; Women's Track & Field: Hanna Atwood, Cassidy Bagby, McKendra Barthelme, Janea Bell, Kelsey Bowlds, Gabrielle Brown, Michaella Burchett, Jayla Bynum, Tara Cassidy, Claire Collins, Shana Cooper, Kearsten Dardeen, Imani Davis, Kaitlyn Davis, Lauren England, Maggie Falater, Madison Fields, Faith Frye, Alexis Grider, Cami Hansen, Emma Hayward, Brooklyn Hey, Allana Ince, Amiyah James, Mia Mackenzie, Colleen Madden, Marisa Marshall, Jezel Martin, Sabrina Martinez, Moriah McCormick, Brooke Moore, Marissa Nicholas, Taylor Pierce, Claire Pittman, Jocelyn Quiles, Emily Robertson, Dani Spring, Tasjia Thomas, Riley Tuerff, Elaina Walls, Michaela Ward, Alli Workman, Devon Zeck; Volleyball: McKenna Hall, Cassie Kawa, Addie Kittle, Gretchen Kuckkan, Mary Hannah Lewis, Chloe Mason, Devynn Merriman, Rhiannon Morozoff, Taylor Shelton, Melina Tedrow, Alex Toombs, Madeline Williams, Jade York.