March 21, 2011
NORMAL, Ill. -
With the conclusion of the 2010-11 season, the Missouri Valley Conference announced the 2011 Scholar-Athlete team. The Illinois State swimming and diving team had ten student-athletes named to the team, tying with Evansville for the most representatives.
The ten Redbirds that received the scholar-athlete honors are seniors Molly Gomberg and Christine Byron, juniors Polly Hirt and Jillian Olson and sophomores Maureen Doyle, Danielle Schumacher, Madicyn Prouty, Tori Alland, Brianna Winkler and Morgan Buechele. Five MVC student-athletes have maintained a 4.0 grade point average including Hirt and Doyle.
"It is an honor to have ten student-athletes represented on the scholar-athlete team," head coach Steve Paska said. "I believe the formula to determine the scholar-athlete team is fair and that these ten swimmers and divers epitomize what a student-athlete should be, as they strive for excellence in classroom at Illinois State."
Scholar-Athlete honors require athletes to have completed at least one year and maintain either a 3.2 GPA and obtain all-conference honors, achieve a 3.5 GPA and finish top sixteen in an individual event at the conference championships, or maintain a 3.8 GPA and participate in the MVC championship.
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