229 Panther athletes recognized on 2022-23 MVC honor roll

9/27/2023 9:00:00 AM | General

ST. LOUIS --- Over 200 UNI student-athletes were recognized by the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) on Tuesday afternoon as the league announced its academic honors for the 2022-23 school year.

The MVC announced the recognition of nearly 3,200 student-athletes across the conference with three awards. The Board of Directors Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum 3.8 cumulative grade-point average (GPA), athletic participation in a minimum of two years, as well as student-athletes being within 18 credit hours of graduation (by the end of the spring 2023 semester). Fifteen Panthers were honored with this distinction for their academic success in the previous academic year, tied for second-most in the league behind Illinois State

UNI saw 99 individuals earn the Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum GPA of 3.5 for each of the previous two semesters, a minimum 3.2 cumulative GPA and participation in athletics for a minimum of two years. The Panthers' 99 honoree were third-most in the conference, trailing only Illinois State and Drake.

Additionally, the MVC announced the selection of 229 Panther student-athletes to its 2022-23 honor roll, which recognizes academic achievement of student-athletes who have recorded a minimum 3.2 GPA for a specified term (fall 2022 or spring 2023), have been a member of an athletics team and were enrolled full-time during the term they earned the honor.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD