INDIANAPOLIS, IND. - The Great Lakes Valley Conference has identified 16 University of Missouri-St. Louis student-athletes who have earned the GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award.
 
The honorees 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 as a collegiate athlete 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 with the student-athlete having already graduated or graduation being anticipated. A student-athlete can only earn the distinguished honor one time in his or her career.
 
UMSL's honorees include:
 
Jacob Monti, baseball
Jake Morsch, baseball
Cooper Vinz, baseball
D.J. White, men's basketball
Ares Boira, women's golf
Alexa Capesius, women's golf
Stefaniya Ivanova, women's golf
Martin Jacobsson, men's golf
Markus Lindberg, men's golf
Pim Boonstra, men's soccer
Baylee Williams, women's soccer
Kristoffer Lindal, men's tennis
Kristine Lindal, women's tennis
Kara Roggemann, volleyball
Danielle Waedekin, volleyball
Angie Quiroga, women's swimming
 
In all, 348 student-athletes earned the prestigious honor, marking the third time more than 300 honorees have been recognized since the award was first inaugurated in the spring of 2010.