Portions of story courtesy of glvcsports.com
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) has identified 635 student-athletes across all 15 full-time institutions and three associate members who have earned the GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award, it was announced on Thursday, June 25th.
The 635 sets a new league record by 22 students, surpassing the previous mark set in 2024-25 with 613 honorees from 14 member schools.
The recipients of the GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award exemplify the outstanding student-athletes in the GLVC. Each honoree has exhausted his or her eligibility in the intercollegiate sport in which they participated and maintained at least a 3.5 grade point average throughout their academic career.
In addition, to be eligible for the award, the student-athlete must have competed in the GLVC for a minimum of two years and completed 96 credit hours. A student-athlete can only earn the distinguished honor one time in their career.
McKendree accounted for 44 of the 635 total conference-wide individual honorees who have qualified for the recognition. It marks the seventh straight year since the inception of the award (2013-14) that the Bearcats have placed at least 40 student-athletes on the prestigious list.
Full list of GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence honorees for McKendree:
BASEBALL (6)
MEN'S BASKETBALL (1)
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (1)
WOMEN'S BOWLING (2)
FOOTBALL (4)
MEN'S GOLF (2)
WOMEN'S LACROSSE (1)
WOMEN'S SOCCER (3)
SOFTBALL (6)
MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (6)
WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING (3)
MEN'S TENNIS (2)
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD (1)
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD (2)
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL (1)
MEN'S WRESTLING (2)
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