ST. LOUIS -- The Indiana State women's soccer duo of CeCe Wahlberg and Danielle Varner have been named to the Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete First Team, the Valley announced Thursday afternoon.
 
The criteria for the honor parallels the CoSIDA standards for Academic All-America voting. Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.30 cumulative GPA (on a 4.00 scale). Also, students must have participated in at least 75 percent of the regular-season matches or played in the MVC Tournament.
 
Student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at their institution. Sports Information Directors at MVC institutions voted for the team. A total of 63 student-athletes met the criteria for the award.
 
Varner, a senior nursing major at ISU, boasts a 3.84 cumulative GPA. On the field this season, the senior played and started in all 10 matches, registering 893 minutes. She ended with one assist against Northern Iowa on Apr. 3 while tallying seven shots, three coming on goal.
 
In her first season eligible for the scholar-athlete team, Wahlberg owns a 3.70 GPA in elementary education. Just a sophomore, Wahlberg ended her season at fourth in the MVC in total shots (32) and shots per game (3.2) while also sitting at seventh in shots on goal (12). She also tied for first in the league with two game-winning goals and was 10th with .50 points per game.

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