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The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) has identified 541 student-athletes across 13 eligible member institutions who have earned the GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award. Twenty Prairie Stars represented their teams by earning this career award.

The recipients of the GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award exemplify the outstanding student-athletes in the GLVC. Each honoree has exhausted his or her eligibility in the intercollegiate sport in which they participated and maintained at least a 3.5 grade point average throughout their academic career.

In addition, to be eligible for the award, the student-athlete must have competed in the GLVC for a minimum of two years and completed 96 credit hours. A student-athlete can only earn the distinguished honor one time in their career.

Clark Morgan of the UIS baseball team was one of 24 GLVC student-athletes who concluded their collegiate career with a 4.0 cumulative GPA.

Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award Winners
Clark Morgan, Baseball, Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield 
Jacob Newman, Baseball, Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield  
Gavin Wahlbrink, Baseball, Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield 
TJ Yakimisky, Baseball, Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield 
Jason Bergstrom, Men's Basketball, Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield  
Yamani Shareef, Men's Basketball, Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield 
Ella Mann, Women's Basketball, Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield  
Liz Uhl, Women's Basketball, Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield 
Kelsie Burrows, Softball, Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield 
Sophie Margelot, Softball, Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield 
Drew Keller, Men's Soccer, Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield  
Luke Ridley, Men's Soccer, Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield  
Brian Riordan, Men's Soccer, Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield 
Matthew Lapsley, Men's Tennis, Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield 
Rafa Rojas, Men's Tennis, Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield 
Franca Bucco, Women's Tennis, Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield 
Sina Skjelstad, Women's Tennis, Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield 
Amanda McConnell, Volleyball, Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield 
, Volleyball, Ãå±±½ûµØ Springfield 
Ericka Snopko, Volleyball, Ãå±±½ûµØ SpringfieldÂ