INDIANAPOLIS - The Great Lakes Valley Conference has identified 14 University of Missouri-St. Louis student-athletes who have earned the GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence 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 his or her career.
 
UMSL's honorees include:
 
Kyle Coleman, men's soccer
Emily Hanewinkel, women's soccer
Amber Hayes, women's soccer
John Hilpert, baseball
Kyra Hungerford, women's basketball
Payton Kennelly, volleyball
Trevor Kosch, men's golf
Carlie Kudary, softball
Sarah Lyon, women's soccer
Miguel Maisterra, men's golf
Anton Mukhin, men's soccer
Marina Prediger, women's tennis
Josh Shoemaker, baseball
Max Wootten, men's soccer
 
Wootten was also one of 16 student-athletes from seven member institutions to meet the highest standard of academic excellence by concluding their collegiate career with an unblemished 4.0 cumulative GPA.
 
In all, a league record 434 student-athletes across 15 member institutions earned the prestigious honor, marking the second time more than 400 honorees have been recognized since the award was first inaugurated in the spring of 2010 and breaks last year's record of 420 from 16 schools.