Portions of story courtesy of glvcsports.com
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) has identified a record 780 student-athletes who have earned the Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar Award for the 2025-26 academic year, as announced on Wednesday, June 24th.
Named after Brother James Gaffney, FSC, former President of Lewis for more than 28 years and a 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 eclipses last year's record of 684 honorees by 96 recipients and marks a 14-percent increase. The 780 distinguished scholars represent the highest total since the award's inception in 2016-17 and marks the fourth consecutive year the league has recognized more than 500 student-athletes.
McKendree accounted for 45 of the 780 total conference-wide individual honorees who have qualified for the recognition. The number of Bearcats also ties a school record that was set at the end of the 2019-20 academic year.
Full list of GLVC Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholars for McKendree:
BASEBALL (4)
MEN'S BASKETBALL (2)
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (1)
WOMEN'S BOWLING (2)
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY (2)
FOOTBALL (2)
MEN'S GOLF (2)
WOMEN'S GOLF (1)
WOMEN'S LACROSSE (2)
MEN'S SOCCER (1)
WOMEN'S SOCCER (8)
SOFTBALL (4)
MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (1)
WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (2)
MEN'S TENNIS (2)
WOMEN'S TENNIS (3)
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD (1)
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD (2)
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL (2)
MEN'S WRESTLING (1)
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