It marks the seventh time an IWU student-athlete has been named Academic All-American of the Year, joining Rachel Anderson (women's track, 2008), Keelan Amelianovich (men's basketball, 2006), Korey Coon (men's basketball, 2000, 1999), James Rinne (baseball, 1998), and Lon Erickson (football, 1996).
Stanley graduated last month with a 3.97 grade-point average as a history/secondary education major. She is a volunteer for Reading is Fundamental and Susan G. Komen activities, the local Tool Library and Bed Blitz and helped organize Student Education Association fundraisers for The Promise Council. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa honors society along with the Alpha Lambda Delta and Kappa Delta Pi honoraries.