MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Morehead State student-athletes set a school record by earning 35 Ohio Valley Conference Academic Medals of Honor for the 2019-20 seasons.

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 2019-20 academic year carried a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

The total bests the previous department record of 31 earned in 2018. Soccer and beach volleyball tied for the highest total of athletes receiving the medals, at five each.

Listed below are the 2019-20 Morehead State Medals of Honor. 

Beach Volleyball
Andrea Grimes, Peyton Kennedy, Olivia Lohmeier, Trinity Miller and Margaret Musselman

Men's Cross Country
Josh Grogan, Richard Knupp and Jarrett Mattingly

Women's Cross Country
Riliegh Owens and Carrie Staviski

Men's Golf
Ryan Gillum

Women's Golf
Gypsie Hutchinson, Alina-Sophie Koch, Mackenzie Neal and Isabella Washka

Rifle
Erin Diehl, Alexa Potts and Karly Potts

Soccer
Katie Kiolbassa, Lauryn Kunz, Nicole Palmer, Katelynn Setters and Ellie Weber

Softball
Adeline Nicholson, Kaylin Silcox and Alexis Strother

Men's Track and Field
Josh Grogan, Richard Knupp and Jarrett Mattingly

Women's Track and Field
Emma Gundler, Riliegh Owens and Carrie Staviski

Volleyball
Andrea Grimes, Peyton Kennedy and Olivia Lohmeier