INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) has identified a league-record 545 student-athletes across 15 member institutions who have earned the GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award, it was announced on Thursday. This year's total marks the first time more than 500 honorees have been recognized since the award was inaugurated in the spring of 2010 and breaks last year's record of 434.
 
Twenty-three Hawks have been awarded the GLVC Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award, including three with a perfect 4.0 career GPA. Athena Lesiotis, Chloe Nott and Alexia Ginter are the three Hawks with the perfect career GPA.
 
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, to be eligible for the award, the student-athlete 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 his or her career.
 
Quincy honorees are as follows:
Dayson Croes, Baseball
Joe Roscetti, Baseball
Sam Stephens, Baseball
Silas Crisler, Men's Basketball
Ouekie Wright, Men's Cross Country, Track & Field
Athena Lesiotis, Women's Cross Country, Track & Field
Blake Huskey, Football
Michael Klotz, Football
Nathan Hoebing, Men's Golf
Collin Doiron, Men's Golf
Chloe Nott, Women's Lacrosse
Kyle Swanner, Men's Soccer
Felipe Teles Santana, Men's Soccer
Emilee Autry, Women's Soccer
Lauren Crane, Women's Soccer
Emma Vaughn, Women's Soccer
Emily LeBlanc, Women's Soccer
Mary Jane Maguire, Softball
Diego Ravelo, Men's Tennis
Laila Leist-Alston, Women's Tennis
Alexia Ginter, Women's Tennis
Haley Milazzo, Women's Tennis
Morgan Blunt, Women's Volleyball