ST. LOUIS - Drake University student-athletes received tremendous recognition for their efforts in the classroom as the Bulldogs were honored a total of 282 times by the Missouri Valley Conference as part of its 2017-18 Academic Awards, the league office announced Monday, July 30.
 
Of those 282 honors, 13 student-athletes received the prestigious Missouri Valley Conference President's Council Academic Excellence Award. Those 13 were Ben Troester (Men's Soccer), Becca Jonas (Women's Basketball), Madison Glennie (Women's Golf), Sarah Frantik (Rowing), Haley Morris (Women's Soccer), Ali Smith (Women's Soccer), Rachel Wanninger (Women's Soccer), Tess Herder (Women's Tennis), Rai Ahmed-Green (Women's Track and Field) Bailee Cofer (Women's Track and Field), Kayla Giuliano (Women's Track and Field), Taryn Rolle (Women's Track and Field) and Kyla Inderski (Women's Track and Field). Just 106 of the more than 1,500 MVC student-athletes to be recognized by the MVC garnered the President's Council Academic Excellence Award.
 
The President's Council Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum 3.8 cumulative grade point average (through Spring 2018 semester), participation in athletics a minimum of two years and the student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation.
 
Also, 77 Bulldogs were recipients of the Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum grade point average of 3.5 for the previous two semesters, a minimum 3.2 cumulative grade point average and one year participation in athletics. Freshmen are not eligible.
 
Finally, 192 Drake student-athletes earned a spot on 2017-18 MVC Honor Roll. 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 2017/Spring 2018), must have been a member of an athletics team and must have a minimum of 12 hours of enrollment during the fall.
 
Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award Recipients
Samm Jones                Men's Basketball
Nick McGlynn               Men's Basketball
C.J. Rivers                   Men's Basketball
Casey Schlatter            Men's Basketball
Matt Lavery                  Men's Golf
Arjun Reddy                 Men's Golf
Andrew Blalock             Men's Soccer
Paul Ciszewski             Men's Soccer
Zach Conroy                Men's Soccer
Harris DeWoskin           Men's Soccer
Steven Enna                Men's Soccer
Ryan Merideth              Men's Soccer
Scott Misselhorn          Men's Soccer
Alex Peterson               Men's Soccer
Nate Seaberg               Men's Soccer
Ben Troester                Men's Soccer
Tom Hands                  Men's Tennis
Ben Stride                   Men's Tennis
Alec Bognar                 Men's Track & Field
Kyle Brandt                  Men's Track & Field
Kyle Cass                    Men's Track & Field
Aaron Chier                 Men's Track & Field
Johnathan Freeman      Men's Track & Field
Joshua Yeager             Men's Track & Field
Maddie Dean               Women's Basketball
Becca Hittner               Women's Basketball
Nicole Miller                 Women's Basketball
Sara Rhine                  Women's Basketball
Madison Glennie          Women's Golf
Sigurlaug Jonsdottir      Women's Golf
Reilly Korhe                 Women's Golf
Brooke Miller               Women's Golf
Maddie Coffman           Rowing
Melanie Dahlstrom       Rowing
Lindsay Finnell             Rowing
Sarah Frantik               Rowing
Shelley Hunter             Rowing
Jessica Rebischke        Rowing
Jocelyn Rimes              Rowing
Ryli Smith                    Rowing
Erica Thacker               Rowing
Reilly Bertram              Women's Soccer
Alyssa Brand                Women's Soccer
Ali Burke                     Women's Soccer
Linda Fiorito                 Women's Soccer
Vanessa Kavan            Women's Soccer
Haley Moris                 Women's Soccer
Cassie Rohan              Women's Soccer
Brooke Salisbury          Women's Soccer
Ali Smith                     Women's Soccer
Rachel Wanninger         Women's Soccer
Hannah Wilder             Women's Soccer
Tasha Alexander           Softball
Ashlie Chambers          Softball
Kennedy Frank             Softball
Taryn Pena                  Softball
Mandi Roemmich         Softball
Melissa Schlotzhauer    Softball
Kailee Smith                Softball
Nicole Timmons            Softball
Kelsey Wright               Softball
Summer Brills              Women's Tennis
Tess Herder                 Women's Tennis
Rai Ahmed-Green          Women's Track & Field
Bailee Cofer                 Women's Track & Field
Mykaela Cole               Women's Track & Field
Victoria Coombe           Women's Track & Field
Mariah Crawford           Women's Track & Field
Kayla Giuliano              Women's Track & Field
Christina LeMunyon      Women's Track & Field
Olivia Rogers               Women's Track & Field
Taryn Rolle                  Women's Track & Field
Cathryn Cheek             Women's Volleyball
Odessa Cody               Women's Volleyball
Kyla Inderski                Women's Volleyball
Sara Jensen                Women's Volleyball
Grace Schofield            Women's Volleyball
 
MVC Academic Honor Roll
Men's Basketball
Connor Gholson
Samm Jones
Kory Kuenstling
Nick McGlynn
C.J. Rivers
Casey Schlatter
Reed Timmer
Graham Woodward
 
Men's Golf
Tommi Avant
Drew Ison
Jack Kennedy
Matt Lavery
Tim Lim
Kyle MacDonald
Arjun Reddy
 
Men's Soccer
Luke Anderson
Andrew Blalock
Paul Ciszewski
Zachary Conroy
Harris DeWoskin
Gabriel Edel
Steven Enna
Erik Fahner
Touko Laakkonen
Mason Leonard
Ryan Merideth
Scott Misselhorn
Wil Nurre
Alex Peterson
Nathanael Seaberg
Erik Sigman
Kellar Sirstins
Jake Taylor
Andrew Thomasson
Benjamin Troester
Aleksi Tuominen
Ben Vukovich
 
Men's Cross Country/Track and Field
Alec Bognar
Kyle Brandt
Kyle Cass
Devin Cates
Aaron Chier
Matthew Cozine
Johnathan Freeman
Maximilian Fridrich
Caulin Graves
Joseph Harkins
Maxwell Harlan
Christopher Kaminski
Kevin Kelly
Xavier Lechleitner
Dominic Lombardi
Malik Metivier
Rylee Miller
Erik Olson
Justin Phillips
Hudson Priebe
Alexander Rohlfs
Joseph Romain
Jannik Schuller
Kurt Tebeest
Bas Van Leersum
Joshua Yeager
Jake Taylor
 
Men's Tennis
Ben Clark
Vinny Gillespie
Tom Hands
Calum MacGeoch
Freddy Powell
Ben Stride
Barny Thorold
 
Women's Basketball
Sammie Bachrodt
Monica Burich
Maddie Dean
Hannah Fuller
Paige Greiner
Rebecca Hittner
Becca Jonas
Mya Mertz
Nicole Miller
Maddie Monhana
Sara Rhine
Brenni Rose
Katie Van Scyoc
 
Women's Cross Country/Track and Field
Rai Ahmed-Green
Elizabeth Aho
Cameryn Baldwin
Millie Bretl
Bailee Cofer
Mykaela Cole
Victoria Coombe
Mariah Crawford
Kayla Giuliano
Sophia Jackson
Meghan Kearney
Christina LeMunyon
Paige Nicholson
Olivia Rogers
Taryn Rolle
Rachel Selva
Catie Wiltanger
Mary Young
 
Women's Golf
Grace Dunn
Aimee Gerschke
Madison Glennie
Sigurlaug Jonsdottir
Reilly Korhe
Brooke Miller
Sam Paulak
 
Rowing
Audrey Baumeister
Maddie Coffman
Melanie Dahlstrom
Lindsay Finnell
Sarah Frantik
Mersadies Gowans
Shelley Hunter
Mikaela Janes
Madeline Killian
Sarah Konopacki
Olivia Masterson
Ingrid McNeely
Elise Nikolic
Daniele Nitkowski
Molly Packer
Madison Peterson
Paige Prien
Liz Rambhia
Jessica Rebischke
Jocelyn Rimes
Abby Rundquist
Elyse Simons
Ryli Smith
Emma Stock
Erica Thacker
 
Women's Soccer
Reilly Bertram
Hannah Bormann
Alyssa Brand
Olivia Bruce
Ali Burke
Rebecca Corbett
Linda Fiorito
Elaine Gorom
Kasey Hurt
Jamie Intihar
Vanessa Kavan
Haley Moris
Mariah Northrop
Sam Nosler
Becca Rodgers
Cassie Rohan
Brooke Salisbury
Annie Schmitz
Ali Smith
Abby Stephenson
Kelsie Stone
Rachel Wanninger
Hannah Wilder
 
Softball
Tasha Alexander
Laura Anderson
Abby Buie
Ashlie Chambers
Kennedy Frank
Gabbie Jonas
Sarah Maddox
Nicole Newman
Taryn Pena
Mandi Roemmich
Libby Ryan
Melissa Schlotzhauer
Kailee Smith
Nicole Timmons
Kelsey Wright
 
Women's Tennis
Summer Brills
Tess Herder
Mela Jaglarz
Joely Lomas
Liza Petushkova
Megan Webb
Kenya Williams
 
Volleyball
Alexa Aldrich-Ingram
Paige Aspinwall
Cathryn Cheek
Odessa Cody
Madi Ford
Natalie Fry
Gillian Gergen
Kyla Inderski
Sara Jensen
Courtney Morehead
Emily Plock
Grace Schofield
Elle Tubbs