ST. LOUIS, Mo. – 180 student-athletes from the University of Evansville were named to the 2017-18 Missouri Valley Conference honor roll with 36 receiving the Missouri Valley Conference Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and three selected as recipients of the league's highest academic achievement, the Missouri Valley Conference President's Council Academic Excellence Award.
Cameron Gilreath and Matthew Keller of the Purple Aces men's soccer team and Montana Schafer of UE's women's volleyball team earned the prestigious President's Council Academic Excellence Award.
In all, 1,500 student-athletes from the MVC's member universities earned selection to the 2017-18 Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll with 106 receiving the President's Council Academic Excellence Award, as announced by the league office.