Swimmers honored: Eleven members of Illinois State’s swimming and diving team have been named to the Missouri Valley Conference’s Scholar-Athlete Team.
Those Redbirds were Casey Balson, Molly Hill, Rachel Holm, Yvette Kruk, Karley Licking, Laura Paskoff, Rachel Root, Savannah Rubocki, Alyssa Swanson, Kelsey Toland and Kristin Verkler.
To qualify, student-athletes must have completed at least one year at a Valley institution, and: own a 3.2 cumulative grade-point average (GPA) and obtain all-conference honors, a 3.5 GPA and finish in the top 16 of an individual event at the conference championships, or a 3.