BRENTWOOD, Tenn. -- Morehead State University has been awarded the 2010-11 Ohio Valley Conference Institutional Academic Achievement Award, the league announced Tuesday. MSU also won two Team Academic Achievement Awards and had more than 100 student-athletes recognized for individual awards.
It marks the 11th time Morehead State has won the honor in the 25 years it has been awarded, an OVC record. The Eagles claimed the award for the second year in a row and sixth time in the last seven years. The award is presented annually to the member institution with the greatest percentage of its eligible student-athletes earning a 3.25 grade point average or higher for that academic year.
“Our continued academic success is a testament to the dedication our student-athletes have to their education," said MSU Director of Athletics Brian Hutchinson. They are as devoted to their studies as they are to their success on the playing field and this is a direct reflection of the dedication of our coaches and academic coordinator Valerie Ousley. I am absolutely thrilled that we have won the OVC Academic Banner for an 11th time and expect that our classroom behavior will put us in a position to continue this tradition.”
The league also announced the recipients of 16 OVC Team Academic Achievement Awards, which are presented annually in each Conference-sponsored sport to the member institution's team with the greatest percentage of its eligible student-athletes who achieved a 3.25 grade point average or higher.
Morehead State women's soccer earned the team academic acheivement award outright while Eagle volleyball shared the award with Jacksonville State.
MSU had 15 student-athletes win the OVC Medal of Honor, given annually to the student-athlete who achieves the highest grade point average in a Conference-sponsored sport.
In addition, 91 Eagle student-athletes were named to the OVC Commissioners' Honor Roll.
To be listed, recipients must have achieved at least a 3.25 grade point average and have been eligible and on the team throughout the competitive season in their chosen NCAA-sponsored sport.
MSU Medal of Honor Winners
Women’s Basketball - Allie Turner
Women’s Cross Country - Amanda Faust*; Natalie Norman
Men’s Golf - Michael Brown
Women’s Golf - Sofia Pettersson; Karolina Tunstig
Rifle - Kathleen Bush
Soccer - Jillian Birchmeier; Sam Toepfer; Amie Weckenbrock
Women's Track & Field - Amanda Faust*
Volleyball - Aryn Bohannon; Holly Evans; Emma Keough; Liz Schuler
MSU Commissioner's Honor Roll
BASEBALL
Eric Bainer
Kellen Begeman
Matt Cartwright
Cole Cleveland
Taylor Davis
Andrew Deeds
Nick Duff
Michael Fear
Austin Haney
Jake Helvey
Tyler Hieneman
Justin Messinger
Garrick Whittle
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Ty Proffitt
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Allie Turner
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Andy Bailey*
Alexx Bernard*
Chad Gibson*
Josh Wakeman*
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
Kate Bomar*
Liz Braunwart*
Amanda Faust*
Natalie Norman
Lyndsey Norris*
Parker Winters
MEN'S GOLF
Michael Brown
Dean Schneider
WOMEN’S GOLF
Emma Eksell
Lynn Grunkemeyer
Emma Jonsson
Marisa Kamelgarn
Sofia Pettersson
Karolina Tunstig
RIFLE
Kathleen Bush
Shawn Holley
Elizabeth Lyon
John Malovrh
Kathleen Mulligan
Mary Saenger
WOMEN’S SOCCER
Erin Adams
Julie Arnold
Jillian Birchmeier
Kaitie Blevins
Sam Corman
Angela Dicristofaro
Molly Hicks
Micaela Hornstein
Devan Jordan
Brittany Kiracofe
Brittany MacLennan
Alyssa Nacke
Lindsey Oettle
Kaitlin Parsons
Sarah Phillip
Holly Tilley
Sam Toepfer
Amie Weckenbrock
SOFTBALL
Kayla Brill
Rebecca Butler
Brooke McCartney
Kelcey McMurray
Samm Sparks
Elizabeth Wagner
WOMEN’S TENNIS
Catherine Butts
Victoria Cran
Lauren Delaney
Alexandra Rydberg
Alix Young
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD
Andy Bailey*
Alexx Bernard*
Luke Bracken
Chad Gibson*
J.T. Stone
Josh Wakeman*
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD
Michelle Barton
Kate Bomar*
Liz Braunwart*
Shelby Brickey
Amanda Faust*
Lindsay Norris*
Parker Winters
VOLLEYBALL
Aryn Bohannon
Kirstie Brangers
Kaitlin Craven
Holly Evans
Annie Gruenschlaeger
Emma Keough
Laura McDermott
Lindsey Roth
Leslie Schellhaas
Liz Schuler
* denotes multiple sport honoree
