PEORIA, Ill. -- Senior Lyle Burns (Mahomet, Ill./Seymour/Parkland C.C.) and junior Bobby Jacobs (Valparaiso, Ind./Valparaiso) have both been named First-Team Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athletes according to an announcement by the league office Monday.
Burns is the fourth two-time MVC Scholar-Athlete selection in program history after earning the award in 2014-15 as a junior and Bradley had two individuals named to the Valley’s Scholar-Athlete team in the same season for third time in program history.
A business management and leadership major with a 3.82 cumulative grade point average, Burns earned All-Missouri Valley Conference honors in 2015-16 and is a two-time MVC Scholar-Athlete selection.