ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Nine Indiana State University student-athletes received the 2021-22 Missouri Valley Conference President's Council Academic Excellence Award as announced by the league office on Thursday morning.
 
Thomas Hickerson (men's track & field/cross country), Caine Wilson (men's track & field, cross country), Natalia Lalic (women's basketball), Hattie Westerfeld (women's basketball), Alise Emser (women's soccer), Olivia Patton (softball), Maggie Falater (women's track & field/cross country), Alexis Grider (women's track & field/cross country), and Mia Mackenzie (women's track & field/cross country) all were honored with the President's Council Academic Excellence Award.
 
The nine student-athletes highlight 226 Sycamores that were honored on the Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll for their work in the classroom over the 2021-22 academic year. Additionally, 82 ISU athletes received the Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award.
 
The 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 2022 semester). Also, 783 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.
 
In addition, the Missouri Valley Conference has announced its 2021-22 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 2021/Spring 2022), must have been a member of an athletics team, and must have been enrolled full time during the term they earned the honor.
 
A complete list of the academic award winners can be found in the linked document.
 
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