One of the most important aspects of the student-athlete’s experience at Morehead State is academics, and the athletic department has excellent facilities and staff to provide MSU student-athletes with the best possible technology and know-how to help them succeed in the classroom.
A new state-of-the-art computer center and resource center, which was also recently updated in 2008, are available in the Academic-Athletic Center.
Academic Athletic Coordinator Valerie Ousley and her staff of students and volunteers also provide academic monitoring, tutoring and counseling in the new Academic Center.
On a year-by-year basis, Morehead State student-athletes continually rank among the best in the Ohio Valley Conference, and the athletic department won the OVC’s Institutional Academic Achievement Award, four straight years. In all, MSU has now claimed an OVC-record 10 Academic Achievement Banners.
In addition, the Morehead State volleyball, women’s basketball, women’s tennis, baseball, men’s tennis, softball and men’s track teams have each won the OVC individual sport Academic Achievement Award for having the highest percentage of student-athletes named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll in the last four years. Individual teams have also shown success in the classroom while excelling in the field iof play. The rifle team was named an All-Academic Team by the National Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association, and the volleyball team has won a Team Academic Award by the American Volleyball Coaches Association
The MSU athletic department also has had a large number of student-athletes awarded an Ohio Valley Conference Medal of Honor, including 14 for 2008-09.
Since 1974, Morehead State has had 29 student-athletes earn ESPN the Magazine CoSIDA Academic All-America status, including Baseball juniors Drew Lee and Michael Bottoms who earned All-America status for 2008-09.