ST. LOUIS — The Heart of America Athletic Conference announced that 27 Missouri Baptist University student-athletes earned the academic achievement of Heart Scholar-Athlete on Monday, July 28.
The Heart Scholar-Athlete award is an accolade that requires a cumulative GPA of 3.4 or higher (on a 4.0 scale), a minimum of 60 credit hours, at least five semesters and attended the nominating institution for at least two semesters prior to being nominated, and have documentation of the student-athlete participating in a varsity competition in the sport for which they are being nominated for. Graduate students who are competing are also eligible for this award.
Missouri Baptist student-athletes were able to earn this award across seven different sports including football, women's bowling, women's tennis, men's tennis, men's volleyball, men's lacrosse, and women's lacrosse.
The MBU honorees include:
- Kaden Solverud (Football, MBA)
- Jaden George (Football, Business Administration)
- Kassandra Foss (Women's Bowling, Business Administration)
- Mackenzie McIntyre (Women's Bowling, Nursing)
- Mariana Azevedo (Women's Tennis, Criminal Justice)
- Mariana Azevedo (Women's Tennis, Criminal Justice)
- Teodora Iacob (Women's Tennis, Accounting)
- Alberto Pros Cieker (Men's Tennis, Management)
- Britton Struewing (Men's Tennis, Cybersecurity)
- Matthew Kinney (Men's Tennis, Management)
- Reagan Froemsdorf (Men's Volleyball, Nursing (Pre-Licensure BSN)
- Marko Jovanovic (Men's Volleyball, Cybersecurity)
- Petar Lecic (Men's Volleyball, Information Technology/Business Administration)
- Kyle Radecki (Men's Volleyball, Marketing/Business Administration)
- David Rudic (Men's Volleyball, Business Administration)
- Alex Seyer (Men's Volleyball, Elementary Education)
- Dylan Hazel (Men's Volleyball, Business Administration)
- Kaden Meyer (Men's Volleyball, Marketing)
- Gabriel Counts (Men's Volleyball, Business Administration)
- Drew Chiodini (Men's Lacrosse, Accounting)
- Ryan Metcalf (Men's Lacrosse, Business Administration/Sport Management)
- Lydia Cornett (Women's Lacrosse, Criminal Justice)
- Olivia Julian (Women's Lacrosse, Biology)
- Mack Miller (Women's Lacrosse, Sport Management)
- Skyler Morrissey (Women's Lacrosse, Exercise Science)
- Lilly Clepper (Women's Lacrosse, Sport Management)
For more information, visit heartofamericaconference.com.
