ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Kristen Giles once again earned a spot on the Missouri Valley Conference Women's Golf Scholar-Athlete First Team for her work on the course and in the classroom. Giles was the runner-up at the 2023 MVC Championships and has excelled academically in pharmacy school. 

The criteria for the MVC scholar-athlete team parallels the CSC (College Sports Communicators) standards for its Academic All-America® program.  Nominated student-athletes must have participated in the MVC championship or 50 percent of the team's tournaments in season -- with legitimate athletic credentials -- and at least a 3.50 cumulative grade-point average (4.0 scale). Nominees in grad school must have a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or better both as an undergrad AND in graduate school.
 

First Team	Yr.	GPA
Payton Carter, Murray State	Gr.	3.95     Learning & Behavior Disorders (undergrad); 4.0 School Counseling
Abby Cavaiani, Missouri State	Sr.	3.86     Administrative Management
Anna Fay, Valparaiso	So.	4.00     Bioengineering
Delia Gibbs, Belmont	Jr.	4.00     Environmental Science
Kristen Giles, Drake	Gr.	3.99     Clinical & Applied (undergrad); 4.0 Pharmacy
Maria Perakis, Bradley	So.	4.00     Biochemistry
Ali Schrock, Illinois State	Sr.	4.00     Finance
Dasa Urbankova. UIC	Gr.	4.00     Kinesiology (M.S.)
Avalon Woodward, Illinois State	Jr.	3.96     Marketing
Honorable Mention
Ryan Bender, Belmont	Gr.	3.795   Business Administration (undergrad); 4.0 MBA
Rylie Driskell, UNI	So.	3.98     Communication Science & Disorders
Mara Flaherty, Bradley	Sr.	3.97     Manufacturing Engineering
Secilia Ho, Southern Illinois	Sr.	3.96     Electrical Engineering
Kayla Pfitzner, Missouri State	Jr.	3.76     Marketing
Megan Tang, UIC	Sr.	3.92     Kinesiology
Megan Welch, Bradley	Sr.	3.69     Mathematics- High School Education
Scholar-Athlete of the Year:  Delia Gibbs, Belmont