ST. LOUIS – Thirty-seven student-athletes highlight the 2020 Missouri Valley Football Honor Roll, as announced by the league office today.  Those 37 student-athletes earned the league’s highest academic achievement by capturing the Missouri Valley Football Conference President’s Council Academic Excellence Award.

2020-21 Academic Honor Roll (PDF)

The President's Council Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average (through Fall 2020 semester) and participation in athletics a minimum of two years.  The student-athlete must be scheduled to graduate by the end of the summer of 2021.  Also, 281 student-athletes received the league’s Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum GPA of 3.2 for the previous two semesters (freshmen are not eligible.)

In addition, the Missouri Valley Football Conference has announced its 2020-21 Honor Roll, which recognizes academic achievement of student-athletes.  To qualify for the Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have recorded a minimum 3.0 grade point average for a specified term (Fall 2020 or Spring 2021), must have been a member of the football team, and must have a minimum of 12 hours of enrollment during the fall.  Nearly 800 student-athletes earned Honor Roll recognition.

PRESIDENT'S COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD WINNERS

• Jason Lewan (Illinois State)
• Dante Hendrix, Michael Thomas, Harry Van Dyne (Indiana State)
• Charles Carter (Missouri State)
• Graham DeVore, Michael Griebel, Adam Stage (North Dakota)
• Jackson Hankey, Noah Sanders, Lane Tucker (North Dakota State)
• Christopher Kolarevic, Nicholas Phillips (UNI)
• Kody Case, Jack Cochrane, Austin Goehring, Dalton Godfrey, Hunter Headlee, Alex Jensen, Mason Scheidegger, Brady Schutt (South Dakota)
• Preston Tetzlaff (South Dakota State)
• Kenan Abed-Mahmoud, Keenan Agnew, Lucas Giegling, Daniel Heilbron (Southern Illinois)
• Dennis Houston, Nathan Karsjens, Clint Ratkovich, Kyle Sanft, Tony Tate, Mike Viti, Kyle Williams (Western Illinois)
• Joe Craycraft, Colt McFadden, Patrick Minenok, Christian Turner (Youngstown State)