INDIANAPOLIS – Thirty-four UIndy student-athletes were recognized by the Great Lakes Valley Conference Thursday as recipients of the GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award. All 34 exhausted their athletic eligibility* while maintaining at a 3.5 cumulative GPA, including soccer standout Dana Youssef, who was the only Greyhound on the list with a perfect 4.0.
 
Of the record-setting 434 honorees across the conference this year, Youssef was one of just sixteen student-athletes to conclude her collegiate career with an unblemished cumulative GPA.
 
As for UIndy specifically, the Hounds' 34 award winners (see below) came from 16 different programs, led by five honorees from the UIndy softball squad. In addition to exhausting athletic eligibility in their primary sport, all student-athletes must have competed in the GLVC for a minimum of two years and completed 96 credit hours.


2020-21 GREYHOUND HONOREES
Bailey Buescher, Baseball
Jacob Christie, Baseball
Lauren Bailey, Women's Cross Country/Track & Field
Oliver Mast, Men's Golf
Anna Kramer, Women's Golf
Austin Barnett, Men's Lacrosse
Ethan Manuszak, Men's Soccer
Laura Shake, Women's Soccer
Lexi Turner, Women's Soccer
Dana Youssef, Women's Soccer
Hanna Burris, Softball
Taylor Danielson, Softball
Kamrie Foster, Softball
Sydnie Foster, Softball
Brooke Montgomery, Softball
Hallie Waters, Softball
Marko Tasic, Men's Swimming & Diving
Laura Boardman, Women's Swimming & Diving
Ashten Busscher, Women's Swimming & Diving
Katie Thomas, Women's Swimming & Diving
Renato Lima, Men's Tennis
Alina Kislitskaya, Women's Tennis
Chloe Weihs, Women's Tennis
Andrew DeRidder, Men's Track & Field
Aaron Rupright, Men's Track & Field
Brady Walden, Men's Track & Field
Mary Costello, Women's Track & Field
Emily Jonas, Women's Track & Field
Taylor Strnad, Women's Track & Field
Katie Furlong, Volleyball
Taylor Jacquay, Volleyball
Nick Brady Wrestling
Zach Fry, Wrestling
Matt McKinney, Wrestling

^{* Eligibility may still be available in some cases due to COVID; regardless, each student-athlete can only be recognized once.}