GLVC Release
Entire List of Honorees

INDIANAPOLIS - A total of 224 Truman student-athletes were among the record 2,974 that received Academic All-GLVC honors as announced by the league office on Tuesday afternoon.

The Academic All-GLVC honor is bestowed upon student-athletes who meet a cumulative GPA of 3.30 over two semesters of an academic year at the institution.

Not counting the 28 honorees from football associate members Lincoln University and Southwest Baptist University, the 2,946 honorees from full-time GLVC members averaged out to 184 selections per school, which also broke last season's record average of 160.  Over the course of the last five years, the per-school averages had been 151 in 2014-15, 147 in 2013-14, 124 in 2012-13, and 105 in 2011-12.

The list of honorees features students from the following sports: baseball (315), men's basketball (76), women's basketball (145), men's cross country (113), women's cross country (151), football (223), men's golf (100), women's golf (84), men's soccer (222), women's soccer (278), softball (217), men's swimming and diving (94), women's swimming and diving (113), men's tennis (72), women's tennis (93), men's track and field (196), women's track and field (241), volleyball (170), and wrestling (71).

Specifically for the Purple and White, the breakdown goes like this: football (42), women's cross country/track and field (26), women's soccer (21), baseball (18), men's cross country/track and field (17), men's soccer (16), women's swimming (16), softball (14), men's swimming (10), volleyball (10), men's basketball (9), women's basketball (7), wrestling (7), men's tennis (6), women's golf (3), and women's tennis (2).

GLVC Academic Awards Week will continue on Wednesday with the inaugural Brother James Gaffney, FSC Distinguished Scholar Award given to student-athletes who achieve a 4.0 grade point average during the course of the academic year.

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