INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) has identified 635 student-athletes across all 15 full-time institutions and three associate members who have earned the GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award, it was announced on Thursday. Sixty-one of the honorees were UIndy student-athletes, trailing only Rockhurst (73) among the league's 15 full-time institutions.

The recipients of the GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award exemplify the outstanding student-athletes in the GLVC. Each honoree has exhausted his or her eligibility in the intercollegiate sport in which they participated and maintained at least a 3.5 grade point average throughout their academic career. In addition, eligible student-athletes must have competed in the GLVC for a minimum of two years and completed 96 credit hours. A student-athlete can only earn the distinguished honor one time in their career.

Moreover, three UIndy student-athletes— August Abrahamsen (men's soccer), Zy'Aire Parker (women's soccer) and Noah Vachon (men's cross country/track & field)—met the highest standard of academic excellence by concluding their collegiate careers with an unblemished 4.0 cumulative GPA.