ST. LOUIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference announced on Friday (June 24) that University of Missouri-St. Louis graduate student forward Alex LaPorta has been selected as the GLVC Winter/Spring Sports Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women's basketball.

She is the first Triton in program history to win the league's Scholar-Athlete of the Year award and is the second Triton this year to be named a Scholar-Athlete joining Charlotte Richards who was named the winner for volleyball back in January.

LaPorta, a two-time First Team All-GLVC selection, is the program leader in rebounds with 1,130 and is third all-time in scoring with 1,509 points, assists (427), steals (205) and free throws made (204). She helped lead UMSL to its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2013-14 this past season and a school-record 23 wins. LaPorta averaged 11.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game this past season. Her 113 assists were tops in the league this season while her 3.9 assists per game were second best in the conference.

The Highland, Ill., native's on the court accomplishments were not the only accolades she picked up during her final season, as she was named Academic All-District by CoSIDA, Academic All-GLVC and is a recipient of the GLVC's Council of Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence, finishing with a 3.85 GPA while pursuing her MBA.