Ten MSSU basketball players named Scholar Athletes

(From Missouri Southern Athletics)

The Missouri Southern basketball programs had 10 individuals named onto the MIAA Academic Honor Roll and one named Scholar-Athlete as announced by the conference office Thursday Mar. 23rd.

To be recognized on the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 3.00 or above at the certifying member institution. 

The individual must also have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms. For the women Cameron Call, Anjelina Humphreys, Kaitlin Hunnicutt, Amaya Johns, Layne Skiles, Madi Stokes, Lacy Stokes and Mia Topping were named to the Honor Roll as the men were represented by Tyriqe Jackson and Ndongo Ndaw.

To be recognized as a Scholar-Athlete an individual must has a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 3.50 or better at the certifying member institution. They must also have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms. On the court, the student-athlete must receive All-MIAA honors for the current season. Skiles was named a Scholar-Athlete for the first time in her career after being an All-MIAA honorable mention selection this season and the finance major having a 3.94 GPA.

Academic awards for first-year and transfer student-athletes will be announced at a later date in the year.

The Missouri Southern women's basketball season is presented by People's Bank of Seneca, a proud supporter of Lion Athletics.