KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Forty student-athletes on the Missouri Southern men's and women's track & field teams earned Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association academic awards for the 2025-26 indoor season, the league announced Monday.
Fifteen Lion men and 25 MSSU women were featured on the MIAA academic awards list for the indoor season.
2025-26 MIAA MEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL MEMBERS (3.0 GPA)
Name Academic Level GPA Major Hometown
Maksym Andurukhiv Senior 3.50 Sports & Recreational Management Lviv, Ukraine
Drew Beachler Junior 3.51 Marketing Nevada, Mo.
Jaden Deaton Senior 3.51 Exercise Science Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Ethan Dias Junior 3.87 Education - Phys ED K-12 Independence, Mo.
Gabe Ford Senior 3.41 Business Tulsa, Okla.
Travis Greenfield Junior 3.73 Healthcare Admin Marshfield, Mo.
Ryan Jackson Sophomore 3.72 Biology - PhysOccup Ther Norman, Okla.
Chase Querry Sophomore 3.07 Exercise Science Lamar, Mo.
McLane Rawie Junior 3.27 Marketing Olathe, Kan.
Mason Ruckman Sophomore 3.16 Sports & Recreational Management Willard, Mo.
Miguel Solano Jr. Junior 3.16 Health Science - Resp Ther Carthage, Mo.
Chase Sorrell Sophomore 3.64 Sports & Recreational Management Neosho, Mo.
Garrett Strange Senior 3.90 Psychology Osceola, Mo.
Jackson Wahlgren Junior 3.45 Criminal Justice St. Joseph, Mo.
Tyson Williams Junior 3.68 Criminal Justice Lamar, Mo.
2025-26 MIAA MEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD SCHOLAR-ATHLETES (3.50 GPA, All-MIAA)
Name Academic Level GPA Major Hometown
Jaden Deaton Senior 3.51 Exercise Science Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Chase Sorrell Sophomore 3.64 Sports & Recreational Management Neosho, Mo.
2025-26 MIAA WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL MEMBERS (3.0 GPA)
Name Academic Level GPA Major Hometown
Katie Candrl Graduate Student 3.95 Educ - PE K-12 Owensville, Mo.
Adrianne Casey Junior 3.58 General Business Poplar Bluff, Mo.
Claire Cole Junior 3.98 Marketing Highland, Kan.
Isabella Frost Junior 3.82 Biomed Sci - Premed/PA Rolla, Mo.
Lilah Genel Senior 3.66 Chemistry-Biochem Springfield, Mo.
Briar Gillum Senior 3.74 Secondary Ed - Eng 9-12 Rossville, Kan.
Hadley Goins Sophomore 3.58 Respiratory Therapy Jay, Okla.
Jayna Gunter Senior 3.24 Finance West Plains, Mo.
Lillian Hart Senior 3.95 Elem Ed & Early Childhood Milo, Mo.
Abby Hobbs Senior 4.00 Biology - Preprof - MedPA Rolla, Mo.
Emma Hobbs Senior 4.00 Biology - Preprof - MedPA Rolla, Mo.
Destiny Jaramillo Junior 3.14 Elem Ed & Early Childhood Aurora, Mo.
Keilee Johnson Senior 3.58 Sports & Recreational Management Bates City, Mo.
Maggie Kauk Junior 3.60 Biomed Sci - Premed/PA Paola, Kan.
Aryah Moore Sophomore 3.58 Nursing Springfield, Mo.
Mary Moore Sophomore 3.55 Exercise Science Lawson, Mo.
Hailey Nelson Senior 3.94 Biology - Ecol Marine Cons Kansas City, Mo.
Zoe Nelson Senior 3.97 Chem - Biochemistry Kansas City, Mo.
Alaina Norman Sophomore 3.62 Biomed Sci - PreDental Republic, Mo.
Morgan Pork Sophomore 3.74 Biology Joliet, Ill.
Ava Power Sophomore 4.00 Elem Ed & Early Childhood Blue Springs, Mo.
Ashyiria Savage Graduate Student 3.67 Sports & Recreational Management Forney, Texas
Rylee Simons Sophomore 4.00 Biomed Sci - Premed/PA Mount Vernon, Mo.
Aubrey Skinner Senior 3.19 Exercise Science Fayettville, Ark.
Dailynn VanDeren Junior 3.76 Psychology Bolivar, Mo.
2025-26 MIAA WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD SCHOLAR-ATHLETES (3.50 GPA, All-MIAA)
Name Academic Level GPA Major Hometown
Briar Gillum Senior 3.74 Secondary Ed - Eng 9-12 Rossville, Kan.
Aryah Moore Sophomore 3.58 Nursing Springfield, Mo.
Dailynn VanDeren Junior 3.76 Psychology Bolivar, Mo.
2025-26 MIAA WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD RECIPIENTS (4.0 GPA)
Name Academic Level GPA Major Hometown
Abby Hobbs Senior 4.00 Biology - Preprof - MedPA Rolla, Mo.
Emma Hobbs Senior 4.00 Biology - Preprof - MedPA Rolla, Mo.
Ava Power Sophomore 4.00 Elem Ed & Early Childhood Blue Springs, Mo.
Rylee Simons Sophomore 4.00 Biomed Sci - Premed/PA Mount Vernon, Mo.
Four hundred and 68 student-athletes from all 21 MIAA indoor track and field programs were named to the Association's Academic Honor Roll, 51 athletes earned the league's Academic Excellence award and 44 were named Scholar-Athletes.
The league's prestigious Academic Excellence award was achieved by 51 student-athletes (31 women, 20 men) competing in the 2025-26 indoor track and field season. The Academic Excellence award is given to student-athletes who have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of 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 distinction went to 44 student-athletes (26 women, 18 men) who excelled in the classroom and on the track. 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, and has at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution. The student-athlete must have also earned All-MIAA honors by placing in the top-three in an event at the Association's 2026 Indoor Track and Field Championships to fully achieve MIAA Scholar-Athlete status.
Four hundred and 68 indoor track and field student-athletes (231 men, 237 women) were named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll. To be recognized on the Academic Honor Roll, one 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.
Two hundred thirty-one men received academic awards in the 2025-26 indoor track and field season while 237 women received academic awards in the 2025-26 indoor track and field season.
These 2025-26 indoor track and field academic awards do not include first year student-athletes or first-year transfers. The MIAA will release separate academic awards for its 2025-26 newcomers in June, once the student-athletes have completed at least two terms of attendance at the certifying MIAA member institution.
2025-26 MIAA Men's Indoor Track & Field Academic Awards
Academic Honor Roll: 231
Scholar-Athletes: 18
Academic Excellence: 20
2025-26 MIAA Women's Indoor Track & Field Academic Awards
Academic Honor Roll: 237
Scholar-Athletes: 26
Academic Excellence: 31
