ST. LOUIS – Illinois State track & field junior Sydney Laufenberg has been awarded with the State Farm MVC Good Neighbor Award, the Missouri Valley Conference office announced Wednesday morning. Laufenberg was one of 10 student-athletes from the Valley to receive this honor from Commissioner Doug Elgin for the 2019 spring season.
Laufenberg maintains a 3.45 cumulative grade point average as a food, nutrition, and dietetics major. She has excelled in the classroom during her time as a Redbird, having been named to the MVC Honor Roll in 2016-17 and 2017-18, as well as the Illinois State University Athletics AFNI Honor Roll for Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, and Fall 2018.