Academic honors are rolling in for the 2015-2016 student-athletes of the Great Lakes Valley Conference, and once again the Greyhounds are proving as talented off the field as they were in competition.
Consider:
- 27 UIndy student-athletes (a university record) earned the Great Lakes Valley Conference Council of Presidents’ Academic Excellence Award [1], having maintained at least a 3.5 grade point average throughout their college careers. UIndy’s total was third-highest in the conference.
- Four student-athletes were named GLVC Winter and Spring Scholar-Athletes of the Year [2] for their academic and athletic accomplishments: Matthew Kaplanis, baseball; Paxton DeHaven, women’s golf; Morgan Foley, softball; and Luke Hubert, men’s tennis. Only one recipient is named in each conference sport, and the Greyhounds can claim six for the year — highest in the conference.
- Nine UIndy teams earned the GLVC Team Academic Award [3], which recognizes teams with an average GPA of at least 3.3. The Division II national runner-up women’s golfers led the Greyhound squads with a 3.7.
- 206 student-athletes were named Academic All-GLVC [4] recipients, recognizing a personal GPA of 3.3 for the year.
And remember, these young people have the athletic chops, too. For the fifth year running, UIndy scored a Top 10 finish in the prestigious Learfield Directors’ Cup [5] standings, placing seventh in all of Division II for cumulative success in seven men’s and seven women’s sports.
As always, you’ll find more detail at the UIndy Athletics site [6].