ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Valley Conference announced its 2021 Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete Team on Thursday, following the conclusion of the 2020-21 competition season. A total of 10 Illinois State student-athletes were recognized on the list of Valley swimmers and divers.
Those individuals highlighted are: Kamryn Blake, Sarah Hein, Emily Keebler, Julie Kolar, Caroline Lecoeur, Madyson Morse, Lauren Naeger, Haley Rivera, Morgan Rosser and Isabel Veliz.
"As a team, we always take great pride in being strong academically," expressed head coach Caitlin Hamilton. "This group being recognized for their commitment in the classroom, as well as in the pool, is well earned. It shows that they're each dedicated to all aspects of being a Redbird student-athlete at the highest level."
Keebler was awarded the Elite 17 Award at the MVC Championships and carries a perfect 4.0 cumulative grade-point average (GPA) in the classroom as an exercise science major. Keebler, along with Blake, Kolar and Naeger accounted for four of the eight total perfect 4.0 GPAs among the 63 Valley student-athletes recognized. Rosser is a three-time honoree, while Lecoeur and Kolar are earning their second-straight distinction.
Scholar-Athlete honors require athletes to have completed at least one year and maintain either a 3.3 grade-point average and obtain all-conference honors, achieve a 3.5 grade-point average and finish top-16 in an individual event at the conference championships, or maintain a 3.8 grade-point average and participate in the MVC championship (including non-scorers).
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