ST. LOUIS, Mo. – This year the Missouri Valley Conference recognized 109 student-athletes named to the 2024-25 Track & Field Scholar-Athlete team for their performance in the classroom and in the sport of Track & Field.
 
Drake was represented by two honorees including Adam Phillips on the men's team, and Centaine Noom-Duckworth on the women's side.

47 student-athletes hold at least a 3.80 cumulative grade-point average and 13 on the list maintain a perfect 4.0. Erin Stark of Illinois State and Jayde Rosslee of Bradley are highlighted as the Men's and Women's Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Student-athletes were named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete team by meeting the following criteria and procedures:

• 3.5 cumulative grade-point average
• At least a sophomore in academic and athletic standing
• Placed in the top eight of an individual event or top three in a relay event at the Indoor and/or Outdoor Championship

Name	Institution	Major	GPA (Undergrad)	GPA (Grad)
Alexa Fortman	Belmont	Exercise Science	4
Austin Belle	Belmont	Business Systems and Analytics	3.67
Brooke Garter	Belmont	Mathematics	4
Carlota Salgado García	Belmont	Psychological Science	3.98
Grace Litzinger	Belmont	English & Global Leadership	3.77	3.61
Kate Briscoe	Belmont	Exercise Science	3.75
Logan Gray	Belmont	Social Media Management	3.738
McKenna Prouty	Belmont	Psychology	3.88
Nick Mota	Belmont	Finance & Economics	3.35	3.9
Noah Epker	Belmont	Biblical Studies	3.69
Rachel Soukup	Belmont	Exercise Science	4
Rebekah Stucker	Belmont	Exercise Science	3.69	4
Sophia Harvey	Belmont	Sport Administration	3.66
Abigail Hancock	Bradley	Graduate Business Administration	3.7	3.77
Ciara Thornley	Bradley	Kinesiology & Health Science	3.91
Ian O'Laughlin	Bradley	Chemistry	3.89
Jayde Rosslee	Bradley	Construction	3.56
Nadia Potgieter	Bradley	Nutrition & Dietetics	3.79
Trixie Wraith	Bradley	Psychology	3.53
Adam Phillips	Drake	Vocal Performance	3.86
Centaine Noom-Duckworth	Drake	Astronomy; Physics; Mathematics	3.84
Samuel Lea	Evansville	Evironmental Science	3.57
Adam Oulgout	Evansville	Exercise Science - Pre-Professional Track	3.55
Alessia Sarussi	UIC	Physcial Therapy		4
Praise Oyebanji	UIC	Business Administration	3.65
Ariel Atias	Illinois State	Kinesiology and Recreation MS-Biomechanics	3.79	4
Cade Ward	Illinois State	Molecular Cellular Biology	3.94
Cambria Geyer	Illinois State	Criminal Justice Sciences	3.62
Charles Cruse	Illinois State	Finance	4
Chavi Flowers	Illinois State	Nursing	3.78
Cole Stevens	Illinois State	Exercise Science	3.52
Cole Stevens	Illinois State	Exercise Science - Allied Health Professions	3.52
Devin Turner	Illinois State	Marketing	3.8
Erin Starks	Illinois State	Undeclared	3.5
Garrett Taylor	Illinois State	Finance	3.56
Grace Erb	Illinois State	Nursing	3.55
Jake Welch	Illinois State	Construction Management	4
Karlie Stauder	Illinois State	Agriculture	4
Kevyere Mack	Illinois State	Criminal Justice Sciences	3.53
Kiley Sanders	Illinois State	Exercise Science	3.82	4
Maggie Reed	Illinois State	Mathematics Teaching	3.74
Mattison Plummer	Illinois State	Elementary Education	3.55
Nick Doud	Illinois State	STEM Masters of Business Admin	3.6
Windsor Roberts	Illinois State	PE Education/Sport Management	4
Abigail Ballengee	Indiana State	Communication Sciences and Disorders	3.775
Aliseonna Garnett	Indiana State	Sport Management	3.69
Brittney Burak	Indiana State	Physical Education All-Grade	3.94
Brooklyn Giertz-Pfaff	Indiana State	Physical Education	3.662
Daunte Majors	Indiana State	Kinesiology	3.55
Emma Greshman	Indiana State	Environmental Geoscience	4
Erica Barker	Indiana State	Speech-Language Pathology	3.77	3.85
Hadley Gradolf	Indiana State	Environmental Geoscience	3.88
Jason Dworak	Indiana State	Construction Management	3.77
Kamille Gaskin-Griffith	Indiana State	Economics	3.79	3.79
Kennedy Merrell	Indiana State	Kinesiology	3.89
Kevin Krutsch	Indiana State	Sport Management	3.77	3.93
Nicholas Burns	Indiana State	Business Administration	3.69
Parker Speth	Indiana State	Mechanical Engineering Technology	3.79
Rachel Mehringer	Indiana State	Kinesiology	3.88
Ryan Handy	Indiana State	Engineering	3.66
Ryan York	Indiana State	Sport Management	3.96
Sloan Cox	Indiana State	Management	4
Tahj Johnson	Indiana State	Applied Medicine	3.95
Trent Jones	Indiana State	Marketing	3.51
William Staggs	Indiana State	Applied Medicine	3.962
Wyatt Puff	Indiana State	Computer Science	3.95
Zenon Rule	Indiana State	Sport Management	3.84
Adrien Martens	Missouri State	Exercise Science	3.61
Alex Adams	Missouri State	Physical Therapy	3.87	3.54
Bella Redman	Missouri State	Biomedical Sciences	3.75
Ella Cronhardt	Missouri State	Exercise Science	3.58
Jaide Rose	Missouri State	Sports Managment	3.86
Kamdyn Moody	Missouri State	Mathematics	3.79
Kayleigh Jenkins	Missouri State	Biomedical Sciences	3.7
Olivia Rogers	Missouri State	Exercise Science	3.66
Whitney Farrington	Missouri State	Marketing	3.52
Alyssa Williams	Murray State	Nonprofit Leadership Studies	3.63
Faith Bostick	Murray State	Integrated Studies Health and Science	3.59	3.76
Lindley Johnston	Murray State	Business Administration	3.52
Jalynn Wood	SIU	Exercise Science	3.86
Kasha Neilly	SIU	Human Nutrition & Dietetics	3.93
KeyAnn Wilson	SIU	Criminology & Criminal Justice	3.94
Kyan Bell	SIU	Sport Administration	3.56
Triniti Douglas	SIU	Pre-Law	3.7
Brendan Safley	UNI	Athletic Training & Rehab Studies and Kinesiology & Exercise Science	3.55
Caden Ungs	UNI	Physical Education	3.76
Caleb Shumaker	UNI	Accounting and Financial Management	3.83
Caroline Benfeldt-Sorensen	UNI	Kinesiology & Sport Performance	3.58
Carson Lienau	UNI	History	3.58
Chase Knoche	UNI	Kinesiology & Sport Performance	3.93
Chase Lauman	UNI	Accounting and Financial Management	3.7
Eden Mueller	UNI	Kinesiology and Exercise Science	3.89
Emma Hoins	UNI	Athletic Training & Rehab Studies and Kinesiology & Exercise Science	3.74
Emma Joens	UNI	Biology	3.67
Hunter Manock	UNI	Kinesiology & Sport Performance	3.78
Joey Perry	UNI	Kinesiology & Sport Performance	3.8
Jorie Hanenburg	UNI	Physical Education	3.64
Justin Olson	UNI	Physical Education	3.75
Kate Crawford	UNI	Kinesiology & Sport Performance	3.88
Katie Fare	UNI	Kinesiology & Sport Performance	3.71
Katie Hand	UNI	Psychology	3.93
Luke Meyers	UNI	Kinesiology & Sport Performance	3.71
Olivia Kramer	UNI	Kinesiology & Sport Performance	3.58
Onal Mitchell	UNI	Technology Management	3.85
Paige Kisley	UNI	Kinesiology & Sport Performance	3.71
Rylie Todd	UNI	Communications/Public Relations: Strategic Public Relations	3.54
Soren Maricle	UNI	Interactive Digital Studies	3.72
Brian Sponaugle	Valpo	Bioengineering	3.85