The honor is Tomancova’s first post-season recognition by the Valley
ST. LOUIS – Graduate center Barbora Tomancova has been recognized for her work both on the court and in the classroom by the Missouri Valley Conference.
For the first time as a Purple Ace, Tomancova has been named to the Missouri Valley Conference’s Scholar-Athlete First Team. Along with five other Valley athletes, she was honored as part of the 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Basketball Scholar-Athlete First Team, announced today by the league office. Drake forward Anna Miller was named the State Farm Scholar Athlete of the Year. Voting was conducted by the league’s sports information directors.
Tomancova holds a 4.0 grade point average while pursuing her Master of Science degree in Health Services Administration. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Evansville the year prior. Tomancova currently leads the Aces in rebounds per game, averaging 8.1 boards in 20.9 minutes. She is also third on the team in blocks over the regular season with 13.
Others named to the First Team along with Tomancova include Kiley Bess of Indiana State, Grace Boffeli of UNI, Tuti Jones, and Tessa Miller of Belmont and Miller. A total of 22 players were honored across four Scholar-Athlete Teams in the MVC.
The criteria for the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team voting parallels the CSC (College Sports Communicators) standards for Academic All-America nominations. Student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically and must be enrolled at their institution at the time of nomination either as undergraduates or graduate students. [The 12-month residency requirement for undergraduate transfers is no longer required.] An undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale), and a graduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as both an undergraduate and a grad student unless they are in their first semester as a graduate student and don’t have an established graduate GPA.
