INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) has identified a record 582 student-athletes who have earned the GLVC Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar Award, it was announced on Wednesday. The Bearcats had 28 honorees from the 23-24 school year.

Named after Brother James Gaffney FSC, former President of Lewis University for over 28 years and two-term Chair of the GLVC Council of Presidents, the award is presented annually to student-athletes competing in GLVC-sponsored sports who achieve a 4.0 grade point average during the course of the academic year. The total number of honorees includes the 14 full-time GLVC members, as well as eligible associate league members.

Here's how the Bearcat honorees broke down by sport: baseball (2), men's basketball (1), women's basketball (1), women's cross country/ track and field (2), football (1), men's golf (1), women's golf (1), women's lacrosse (1), men's soccer (1) women's soccer (6), softball (2), men's swim and dive (2), women's swim and dive (3), men's track and field (1), women's volleyball (2), men's wrestling (1).

The complete list of 2023-24 GLVC Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar Award recipients can be found at the above link.