ST. LOUIS – An impressive 279 Illinois State student-athletes were selected to the Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll on Thursday, when the league announced its 2020-21 academic awards.
To qualify for the Valley Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have recorded a minimum 3.2 grade point average for a specified term (Fall 2020/Spring 2021), must have been a member of an athletics team, and must have been enrolled full time during the term they earned the honor.
The league's highest academic achievement – the Presidents' Council Academic Excellence Award – requires a minimum 3.8 cumulative grade point average, participation in athletics a minimum of two years, and the student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation (by the end of the Spring 2021 semester).