KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Seventeen student-athletes on the Missouri Southern women's soccer team earned Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association academic awards for the 2025 season, the league announced Wednesday.
 
 
 
2025 MIAA WOMEN'S SOCCER ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL MEMBERS (3.0 GPA)
Name                           Academic Level           GPA     Major                           Hometown
Lizeth Almaraz              Sophomore                   3.82      Exercise Science           Rogers, Ark.
Madison Archer             Junior                           3.11      Exercise Science           Rogers, Ark.
Sam Ayala                    Sophomore                   3.04      Biomedical Science       Bentonville, Ark
Jordan Bell                   Graduate                      3.29      Nursing                         Carrollton, Texas
Clarissa Davis               Sophomore                   4.00      Exercise Science           Kansas City, Mo
Kortney Davis               Sophomore                   3.92      SRM-Kinesiology           Bixby, Okla.
Ashten Holloway           Sophomore                   3.28      Biology-Premed            Rogers, Ark.
Carly Laverty                Sophomore                   3.93      Criminal Justice             Coweta, Okla.
Chloe Lucas                  Junior                           3.26      Health Science-Dental Hygiene Rolla, Mo.
Nathalia Luiz                 Senior                          3.25      Medical Lab Science     Porto Alegre, Brazil
Daniela Marquez           Junior                           3.47      Medical Lab Science     Carthage, Mo.
Abigail Pasternak          Junior                           3.84      Education-Early Elementary Joliet, Ill.
Mackenzie Poinier         Sophomore                   3.00      Biomedical Science       Las Vegas, Nevada
Olivia Riggs                  Junior                           3.52      Exercise Science           Moore, Okla.
Presley Whitmire           Sophomore                   3.06      Health Science-Radiologic Technology Roanoke, Texas
Kennedy Williams          Junior                           3.47      Education-English Grades 9-12 Arlington, Texas
Preslee Zeigler              Sophomore                   4.00      Business Administration-Marketing Kansas City, Mo.
 
2025 MIAA WOMEN'S SOCCER EXCELLENCE AWARD RECIPIENTS (4.0 GPA)
Name                           Academic Level           GPA     Major                           Hometown
Clarissa Davis               Sophomore                   4.00      Exercise Science           Kansas City, Mo.
Preslee Zeigler              Sophomore                   4.00      Business Administration-Marketing Kansas City, Mo.


Two-hundred and 12 student-athletes from all 13 MIAA women's soccer institutions were honored by the Association for their efforts in the classroom during the 2025 season. There were also 35 women's soccer players named MIAA Scholar-Athletes and 27 who earned the Association's Academic Excellence Award.   

The league's prestigious Academic Excellence Award was awarded to 27 women's soccer student-athletes in the 2025 season. An Academic Excellence Award recipient must have a grade point average used by the institution for NCAA academic certification of at least 4.00 at the certifying member institution. The honoree also must have at least two terms of grades reported at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms.

The Scholar-Athlete Award distinction went to just 35 student-athletes who excelled on the pitch and in the classroom. In the classroom, an MIAA Scholar-Athlete is an individual who 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, with at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution. The player must have also received All-MIAA honors in the 2025 season to achieve Scholar-Athlete status.

Two hundred and 12 players were named to the league's Academic Honor Roll. To be recognized on the league's Academic Honor Roll, student-athletes 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. They also need at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms.

Nine MIAA student-athletes earned all three of the league's postseason academic awards:

• Central Oklahoma's Rebekah George – 4.0 GPA – All-MIAA First Team Midfielder
• Missouri Western's Brookelyn Buttolph – 4.0 GPA – All-MIAA Third Team Defender
• Missouri Western's Morgan Byrd – 4.0 GPA – Honorable Mention Goalkeeper
• Missouri Western's Kaari Little – 4.0 GPA – Honorable Mention Midfielder
• Northeastern State's Jaclyn Barrit – 4.0 GPA – Honorable Mention Midfielder
• Northwest Missouri's Lily Ellis – 4.0 GPA – All-MIAA Second Team Goalkeeper
• Northwest Missouri's Makenna West – 4.0 GPA – All-MIAA Second Team Forward
• Pittsburg State's Mia Hunt – 4.0 GPA – All-MIAA Third Team Midfielder
• Rogers State's Hannah Schulze – 4.0 GPA – Honorable Mention Midfielder

These 2025 women's soccer academic awards do not include first-year freshmen or first-year transfers. The MIAA will release its Newcomer Academic Awards from the 2025-26 academic year in late June.

MIAA WOMEN'S SOCCER
Academic Honor Roll Members: 212 
Scholar-Athletes: 35
Academic Excellence Award Recipients: 27