KIRKSVILLE, Mo.—Lauren Wacker and Brodric Thomas have been named the Truman State Outstanding Student Athletes for the 2019-20 school year. Wacker was named First Team All-GLVC at libero for the volleyball team and Thomas earned GLVC Player of the Year in Men's Basketball, First Team All-Conference for the third straight year and was named First Team All-Defense in the GLVC.
Wacker (St. Louis/Villa Duchesne) played four years with the Bulldogs, and cemented her place as one of the top defenders in program history. She finishes her storied career second in program history in digs with 2,326, first in digs per set with 5.05 and sixth in service aces with 142.
Her 2019 season set all kinds of records, including four 30 dig matches—giving her seven for her career which tied for the most in program history. She led the GLVC in digs per set in 2019 with 5.85, which was 13^th in the nation.
She was named Academic All-GLVC her freshman, sophomore and junior years.

Thomas (Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook HS) finishes his career as one of the top players in the history of the men's basketball program with 1,500 points and 18.8 points per game—both marks fifth in program history. In addition Thomas led the Bulldogs in rebounds with 224 (7.2 per game) and in steals with 55.
He led the Bulldogs to a historic season—the 23 wins were fourth in program history and the most since the 1998-99 season. It was their first conference regular season championship since 1978-79 and first conference tournament title since 1998-99.  
His 2019-20 season was one of the record books as he racked up award after award—in addition to his GLVC awards he was named to the GLVC Tournament Team and Tournament Most Outstanding Player, the NABC All-District Team and the D2CCA All-Midwest Region Team. His 666 points were the most in an individual season in Truman history, and his 21.5 point scoring average was sixth most in a single season. Both his overall scoring and points per game average led the GLVC.
It was the third straight year Thomas was named First Team All-GLVC and named to First Team All-Defense.