ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Missouri Valley Conference has announced the 2024 Cross Country Scholar-Athletes, in conclusion of the 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Cross Country Championship on November 1st, at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course in Cedar Falls, Iowa hosted by Northern Iowa.
Tyla Lumley and
Emilie Meyer represented Drake as the Bulldogs' Scholar-Athlete selections.
Leading the team Scholar Athletes of the Year champion for the women is Emma Gresham of Indiana State and Mathis Chavand of Illinois State paced the men's side.
Scholar-Athlete honors require athletes to meet performance standards, as they must finish in the first 20 runners at the conference championship and hold at least a cumulative 3.5 GPA and be in sophomore standings academically and athletically. The conference has chosen to raise the standard cumulative GPA in alignment with College Sports Communicators (formally known as CoSIDA) nomination standards, who has also raised the minimum cumulative GPA from 3.3 previously to 3.5. For top honors, the Scholar-Athlete of the Year is the top finisher that meets the qualifications for the team.
Eighteen women and men met the criteria including both Elite 18 winners. Bradley and Belmont had the most on the team with five recipients each followed by Drake, Illinois State, Indiana State, and Northern Iowa's two recipients each.
| 1 |
Emma Gresham |
Indiana State |
4 |
Environmental Geoscience |
| 2 |
Tyla Lumley |
Drake |
3.69 |
Finance; Economics |
| 2 |
Mathis Chavand |
Illinois State |
3.89 |
Political Science |
| 3 |
Jayde Rosslee |
Bradley |
3.55 |
Construction |
| 4 |
Grace Litzinger |
Belmont |
3.77 |
English & Global Leadership Studies/MBA - Accelerated |
| 5 |
Erica Barker |
Indiana State |
3.76 |
Speech-Language Pathology (Grad) / Undergrad Mjr: Communication Sciences & Disorders |
| 5 |
Michael Rebello |
Bradley |
3.33/4.00 |
Nutrition & Dietetics |
| 7 |
Nadia Potgieter |
Bradley |
3.79 |
Nutrition & Dietetics |
| 8 |
Brooke Garter |
Belmont |
4 |
Mathematics/ Education |
| 9 |
Abi Hancock |
Bradley |
3.83 |
Graduate Business Administration |
| 10 |
Anna Perry |
Bradley |
3.57 |
Kinesiology & Health Science |
| 11 |
Ethan Hammer |
Belmont |
3.54 |
Economics |
| 12 |
Emma Hoins |
Northern Iowa |
3.79 |
Athletic Training & Rehab Std |
| 14 |
Rachel Soukup |
Belmont |
4 |
Exercise Science |
| 15 |
Brooke Stromsland |
Belmont |
3.74 |
Nursing |
| 16 |
Millie Hill |
Northern Iowa |
3.79 |
Chemistry/Biology: Biomedical |
| 19 |
Caleb Schumaker |
UNI |
3.85/3.89 |
Accounting/Finance |
| 20 |
Emilie Meyer |
Drake |
3.88 |
Management and Organizational Leadership; Marketing |
