ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Sophomore Maria Perakis (Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South) was named a First-Team Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete per an announcement by the league office Friday. Fifth-year Megan Welch (Lakeville, Minn./Lakeville North) and Senior Mara Flaherty (Naperville, Ill./North) were both named Honorable Mention MVC Scholar-Athletes.
Perakis was named MVC Scholar-Athlete for the first time. Welch was named an MVC Scholar-Athlete for the fourth consecutive season. Welch has been an honorable mention in 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2022-23 and was named First-Team MVC Scholar-Athlete in 2021-22. Flaherty was named to her second MVC Scholar-Athlete team after being nominated to the First Team in 2021-22.