OVC Academic Medal of Honor Release
MOREHEAD, Ky. -- A school-record 24 Morehead State student-athletes have been awarded a 2015-16 Ohio Valley Conference Academic Medal of Honor. The previous high was 21 in 2012-13.
Women's track & field and volleyball led the way with four Medal of Honor award winners, while women's basketball and men's cross country had three. Women's cross country and men's track & field also had multiple recipients.
Overall, 245 Ohio Valley Conference student-athletes earned the OVC Academic Medal of Honor for the 2015-16 academic year. The OVC Academic Medal of Honor is given annually to the student-athletes who achieve the highest grade point average in a conference-sponsored sport. Every Academic Medal of Honor recipient for the 2015-16 academic year carried a 4.0 grade point average.
The 245 recipients shattered the previous record of 212 honors from the 2012-13 academic year. Over the past five years, 1,025 student-athletes have earned the OVC Academic Medal of Honor.
On Wednesday,
126 Morehead State student-athletes earned a spot on the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll for carrying a 3.25 grade point average or higher last academic year.
The league will announce the winner of the Academic Achievement Award and Team Academic Achievement Awards on Friday.
Baseball
Craig Pearcy
Women's Basketball
Haley-Sue Foutch
Natalie Greenwell
Brooke Todd
Men's Cross Country
Mason Blevins
Jordan Carrington*
Corey Tooke*
Women's Cross Country
Kansas Greenwell*
Karina Manz*
Men's Golf
Logan Hogge
Women's Golf
Katie Rice
Soccer
Michelle Washburn
Softball
Payton Callihan
Women's Tennis
Ayaka Terashi
Men's Track & Field
Jordan Carrington*
Corey Tooke*
Women's Track & Field
Shelby Fawns
Kansas Greenwell*
Karina Manz*
Taylor Montgomery
Volleyball
Hope Rillema
Stacy Silver
Courtney Smith
Jessica Wachtman
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