Five University of Evansville athletes have earned the Missouri Valley Conference Presidents’ Council Academic Excellence Award, the highest academic honor presented by the MVC. Cross country runners Brian Joyce and Steven Matthews, baseball player Matt Netherton, soccer player Trish Tolen and swimmer Ady Sekely earned the distinction for achieving a minimum 3.8 grade point average and being within 18 credit hours of graduation.

Thirty-three UE athletes earned the MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award, requiring a minimum GPA of 3.5 for the previous two semesters and a cumulative GPA of 3.2. A total of 124 from UE earned a place on the 2009-10 MVC Honor Roll, which requires a 3.2 grade point average. All 13 University of Evansville sports that compete in the Missouri Valley Conference were represented on the Honor Roll. Men’s swimming & diving, which competes in the Mid-American Conference, is the only UE sport that does not compete for an MVC championship.

“Strong academic results are a cornerstone of our mission in Athletics,” said UE Director of Athletics John Stanley. “This recognition of Aces’ student-athletes for outstanding academic achievements is very rewarding to our faculty, staff and administration. They work very hard to provide our student-athletes with great educational opportunities.”

Overall, the Missouri Valley Conference cited more than 1,500 student-athletes from the league's 10 schools for a place on the MVC Honor Roll, 440 for the Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and 52 for the Presidents' Council Academic Excellence Award.

UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE RECIPIENTS

PRESIDENTS COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD - Matt Netherton (Baseball); Brian Joyce (Men's Cross Country); Steve Matthews (Men's Cross Country); Trish Tolen (Women's Soccer); Ady Sekely (Women's Swimming).

COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Trentt Copeland (Men's Baseball); Matt Netherton (Men's Baseball); Trevor Gregory (Men's Basketball); Ryan Grieco (Men's Cross Country); Brian Joyce (Men's Cross Country); Matthew Kaufman (Men's Cross Country); Steven Matthews (Men's Cross Country); Kyle O'Connor (Men's Cross Country); Blake Schneider (Men's Soccer); Chelsea Falkenstein (Women's Basketball); Hannah Singleton (Women's Basketball); Arrena Svoboda (Women's Cross Country); Melissa Truex (Women's Cross Country); Maggie Wood (Women's Golf); Sam Conrad (Women's Soccer); Colleen Marty (Women's Soccer); Susan McKinley (Women's Soccer); Susan Szafir (Women's Soccer); Kellee Widener (Women's Soccer); Jamie Lindauer (Softball); Jennifer McKee (Softball); Jennifer Stahlhut (Softball); Valerie Jones (Women's Swimming); Nicky Lodewyk (Women's Swimming); Rachel McCoy (Women's Swimming); Christina Schmidgall (Women's Swimming); Ady Sekely (Women's Swimming); Clara Shackelford (Women's Swimming); Alex Spata (Women's Swimming); Kate Chybowski (Women's Tennis); Payal Sharma (Women's Tennis); Brooke Maher (Women's Volleyball); Ellen Sawin (Women's Volleyball).

HONOR ROLL - Alex Acheson (Baseball); Jared Baehl (Baseball); Jordan Chavis (Baseball); Trentt Copeland (Baseball); Adam Culiver (Baseball); John Day (Baseball); Keegan Dennis (Baseball); Brandon Ford (Baseball); Ty Legan (Baseball); Matthew Major (Baseball); Matt Netherton (Baseball); Andrew Pascoe (Baseball); Chris Pearson (Baseball); Nate Smith (Baseball); Zach Taylor (Baseball); Greg Wallace (Baseball); Trevor Gregory (Men's Basketball); Willie Larry (Men's Basketball); Pieter Van Tongeren (Men's Basketball); Ryan Grieco (Men's Cross Country); Lucas Heidenreich (Men's Cross Country); Brian Joyce (Men's Cross Country); Matthew Kaufman (Men's Cross Country); Dylan Kleemann (Men's Cross Country); Steven Matthews (Men's Cross Country); Ethan Merkel (Men's Cross Country); Samuel Mires (Men's Cross Country); Kyle O'Connor (Men's Cross Country); Greg Pulscher (Men's Cross Country); Jacob Ramirez (Men's Cross Country); Michael Romine (Men's Cross Country); Brian Shea (Men's Cross Country); Cody Stein (Men's Cross Country); Kevin Todd (Men's Cross Country); Samuel Cobb (Men's Golf); Neal Millay (Men's Golf); Bryan Milloy (Men's Golf); Ricardo Paredes (Men's Golf); Griffin Wood (Men's Golf); Phillip Boerger (Men's Soccer); Samuel Bornstein (Men's Soccer); Reggie Edu (Men's Soccer); Dan Gibson (Men's Soccer); Tad Kreamalmeyer (Men's Soccer); Mike Luttrull (Men's Soccer); Alasdair Mackay (Men's Soccer); Justin Sass (Men's Soccer); Blake Schneider (Men's Soccer); Stephanie Bamberger (Women's Basketball); Eva Benson (Women's Basketball); Briyana Blair (Women's Basketball); Chelsea Falkenstein (Women's Basketball); Amy Gallagher (Women's Basketball); Jordan Lewis (Women's Basketball); Kaylan Martin (Women's Basketball); Hannah Singleton (Women's Basketball); Taylor Ware (Women's Basketball); Shelby Cron (Women's Cross Country); Jaclyn Dippel (Women's Cross Country); Courtney Heller (Women's Cross Country); Kepra McBrayer (Women's Cross Country); Lauren Schaftlein (Women's Cross Country); Arrena Svoboda (Women's Cross Country); Melissa Truex (Women's Cross Country); Lauren Ellerman (Women's Golf); Alyssa Key (Women's Golf); Maggie Wood (Women's Golf); Allison Aguilera (Softball); Kelci Alsip (Softball); Kendall Kautz (Softball); Jamie Lindauer (Softball); Maggie Little (Softball); Halie Malone (Softball); Jennifer McKee (Softball); Krista Price (Softball); Ashleigh Rahming (Softball); Jennifer Stahlhut (Softball); Kasey Cartwright (Women's Soccer); Sam Conrad (Women's Soccer); Allison Dragues (Women's Soccer); Jennifer Johnson (Women's Soccer); Kasey Kutzler (Women's Soccer); Danielle Langness (Women's Soccer); Amanda Malone (Women's Soccer); Colleen Marty (Women's Soccer); Susan McKinley (Women's Soccer); Katelyn Smith (Women's Soccer); Susan Szafir (Women's Soccer); Trish Tolen (Women's Soccer); Kellee Widener (Women's Soccer); Lauren Barry (Women's Swimming & Diving); Cassandra Cude (Women's Swimming & Diving); Jill Enge (Women's Swimming & Diving); Alexandra Howard (Women's Swimming & Diving); Valerie Jones (Women's Swimming & Diving); Nicky Lodewyk (Women's Swimming & Diving); Anna Luecke (Women's Swimming & Diving); Rachel McCoy (Women's Swimming & Diving); Lisa Murphy (Women's Swimming & Diving); Hannah Quast (Women's Swimming & Diving); Christina Schmidgall (Women's Swimming & Diving); Meredith Schmitt (Women's Swimming & Diving); Ady Sekely (Women's Swimming & Diving); Clara Shackelford (Women's Swimming & Diving); Kaitlyn Sluka (Women's Swimming & Diving); Alex Spata (Women's Swimming & Diving); Diane Threlkeld (Women's Swimming & Diving); Jordan VanWyk (Women's Swimming & Diving); Sadie Wells (Women's Swimming & Diving); Kate Chybowski (Women's Tennis); Aleksandra Dzakula (Women's Tennis); Ashton Schwerin (Women's Tennis); Payal Sharma (Women's Tennis); Jessica Knackmuhs (Volleyball); Brooke Maher (Volleyball); Maia Miller (Volleyball); Kaisi Nixon (Volleyball); Viera Rajcan (Volleyball); Rachel Robinson (Volleyball); Ellen Sawin (Volleyball); Emily Wandersee (Volleyball); Hannah Wilson (Volleyball).