37 SIUE Student-Athletes Earn Academic Medal of Honor

37 SIUE Student-Athletes Earn Academic Medal of Honor

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. - The Ohio Valley Conference has announced its Academic Medal of Honor recipients for the 2025-26 school year, including 37 student-athletes from SIUE.

The 368 total selections passed the previous record of 356 winners set during the 2020-21 academic year.

The OVC Academic Medal of Honor is given annually to the student-athletes who achieve the highest grade point average in a Conference-sponsored sport. Every Academic Medal of Honor recipient for the 2025-26 academic year carried a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Of the 368 award winners, 53 were awarded Academic Medals of Honor for multiple sports (and counted just once in the final recipients list).

SIUE honorees, listed by sport:

Baseball
Porter Conn
Daniel Gierer
Trent Koehler
Joseph Martin
Gabriel Nutter
Tyler Powell
Spencer Stearns

Women's basketball
Rory Conboy
Ava Gugliuzza

Men's Cross Country
Reece Wolf*

Women's Cross Country
Lexi Kampwerth*
Arianna Neisen*
Erica Woodard*

Women's soccer
Taylor Babb
Keira Bumiller
Claire Nieroda
Anna Zichella

Softball
Bianca Morrell
Elle van Breusegen
Kiana Villa

Tennis
Stefaniya Anikina
Mya Bowe
Jessica Li
Emerson Metzger
Aliya Rector
Cydney Rogers

Men's Track and Field
Zach Lane
Reece Wolf*

Women's Track and Field
Kaylee Allen
Aseanti Boone
Megan Derrick
Lexi Kampwerth*
Arianna Neisen*
Jaiden Parker
Cassidy Short
Harper Smith
Jazmin West
Erica Woodard*

Volleyball
Claire Jones
Tianna Owens
Sophie Robinson

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