Kansas City, Mo. – The MIAA announced its Women's Outdoor Track & Field academic awards today, recognizing twenty-one Missouri Southern Lions for their academic achievements during the 2025 academic year.
Among the honorees,
Abby Hobbs,
Emma Hobbs, and
Mackenzie Mayer stood out by earning the prestigious MIAA Academic Excellence Award, while
Ashyiria Savage,
Briar Gillum,
Dailynn VanDeren, and
Keilee Johnson were recognized as MIAA Scholar-Athletes.
The twenty-one Lions named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll are:
To earn a place on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll, student-athletes must have a grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 or higher—as calculated for NCAA academic certification—at their institution. Additionally, they must have completed at least two terms of attendance, excluding summer terms, at the certifying member institution.
Abby Hobbs,
Emma Hobbs and Mayer also earned the MIAA Academic Excellence Award, which is reserved for student-athletes who maintain a perfect 4.0 GPA and meet the same certification standards as the other awards.
Additionally, Savage, Gillum, VanDeren and Johnson were recognized as MIAA Scholar-Athletes. To qualify, a student-athlete must have a GPA of 3.50 or higher, meet the same attendance requirements, and must also receive All-MIAA honors during the current season.
These awards do not include first-year freshmen or first-year transfers. The MIAA will announce its Newcomer Academic Awards for the 2024-25 academic year in late June.
