ST. LOUIS – Senior forward Meghan Brown was named as an Honorable Mention on the Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete Team, the league announced Tuesday, Nov. 15.
Brown is a health sciences major with a 3.61 grade point average. The Chatfield, Minn., native experienced an offensive renaissance during her senior season for an All-MVC Second Team selection. She scored all four of her career goals in a stretch of five games this season with only seven shots on goal.
The criteria for the honor parallels the CSC (formerly CoSIDA) standards for Academic All-America voting. Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.50 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 43 student-athletes met the criteria for the award.