Award given to five from UE
 Five University of Evansville student-athletes were honored with one of the most prestigious Missouri Valley Conference Awards – The President’s Council Academic Excellence Award.
Earning the accolade were:
Whitney Biggs/WSO – Exercise Science, Pre-Professional Track – 3.924
Bronwyn Boswell/WSO – Exercise Science, Pre-Professional Track – 3.933
Colleen Dierkes/WSO – Global Business – 3.84
Blake Simmons/MBB – Sports Management – 3.843
Everett Plocek/MSW – Exercise Science, Pre-Professional Track – 3.943
The President’s Council Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum 3.8 cumulative grade point average (through Spring 2016 semester), participation in athletics a minimum of two years, and the student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation.
Evansville’s recipients were recognized on Saturday morning at the Senior Breakfast, which is a yearly event that recognizes all senior student-athletes on the morning of graduation. Biggs, Boswell, Dierkes and Simmons were each in attendance while Plocek was unable to attend.