The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) has identified 541 student-athletes across 13 eligible member institutions who have earned the GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award. Twenty Prairie Stars represented their teams by earning this career award.
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.
Clark Morgan of the UIS baseball team was one of 24 GLVC student-athletes who concluded their collegiate career with a 4.0 cumulative GPA.
Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award Winners
Clark Morgan, Baseball, Illinois SpringfieldÂ
Jacob Newman, Baseball, Illinois Springfield Â
Gavin Wahlbrink, Baseball, Illinois SpringfieldÂ
TJ Yakimisky, Baseball, Illinois SpringfieldÂ
Jason Bergstrom, Men's Basketball, Illinois Springfield Â
Yamani Shareef, Men's Basketball, Illinois SpringfieldÂ
Ella Mann, Women's Basketball, Illinois Springfield Â
Liz Uhl, Women's Basketball, Illinois SpringfieldÂ
Kelsie Burrows, Softball, Illinois SpringfieldÂ
Sophie Margelot, Softball, Illinois SpringfieldÂ
Drew Keller, Men's Soccer, Illinois Springfield Â
Luke Ridley, Men's Soccer, Illinois Springfield Â
Brian Riordan, Men's Soccer, Illinois SpringfieldÂ
Matthew Lapsley, Men's Tennis, Illinois SpringfieldÂ
Rafa Rojas, Men's Tennis, Illinois SpringfieldÂ
Franca Bucco, Women's Tennis, Illinois SpringfieldÂ
Sina Skjelstad, Women's Tennis, Illinois SpringfieldÂ
Amanda McConnell, Volleyball, Illinois SpringfieldÂ
, Volleyball, Illinois SpringfieldÂ
Ericka Snopko, Volleyball, Illinois SpringfieldÂ