University of Southern Indiana senior All-American Johnnie Guy (Palmyra, Indiana) and sophomore All-American Emily Roberts (Fredericktown, Ohio) have been named the Great Lakes Valley Conference Scholar Athletes of the Year form men’s and women’s cross country, respectively, in a vote by the league’s faculty athletic representatives.
Guy, who is earning GLVC Scholar Athlete of the Year honors for the second consecutive season, claimed his third straight GLVC title this past fall.
His effort was crucial in leading the Screaming Eagles to their league-record 11th straight GLVC championship. Guy went on to earn All-Midwest Region and All-America honors for the third year in a row.
An engineering major with a 3.63 grade point average, Guy is the third student athlete in program history to earn GLVC Scholar Athlete of the Year honors and the first to do it in back-to-back years. The two-time Academic All-American also was the GLVC Scholar Athlete of the Year for men’s track & field last spring.
Roberts is coming off a breakout year that saw her finish second at the GLVC Championships. Her effort helped guide the Eagles to their fifth straight GLVC title and seventh in the last eight years.
An exercise science major with a 3.81 GPA, Roberts earned her first-career All-America honor in addition to All-Midwest Region accolades after finishing fifth at both the NCAA Division II National Championships and NCAA II Midwest Region Championships. Her fifth-place finish at the national meet matched Mary Ballinger for the best placement at the national meet in program history.
Roberts is the fifth USI women’s cross country runner in program history to garner GLVC Scholar Athlete of the Year honors and the first since Jackie Henderson in 2010.
