Courtesy: MVC Sports
The Missouri Valley Conference announces the 2021 Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete Team following the completion of the 2020-21 conference season, and Missouri State’s Anna Miller highlights the team as the Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The Scholar-Athlete of the Year award was introduced across Valley sports prior to the 2019-20 season.
Scholar-Athlete honors require athletes to have completed at least one year and maintain either a 3.3 grade-point average and obtain all-conference honors, achieve a 3.5 grade-point average and finish top-16 in an individual event at the conference championships, or maintain a 3.8 grade-point average and participate in the MVC championship (including non-scorers).
The Missouri Valley Conference had an outstanding 63 student-athletes on the scholar-athlete team this season for swimming and diving. In the 2020-21 season, eight of these scholar-athletes had a perfect 4.00 GPA. During the 2021 Swimming and Diving Championships, the league recognized Illinois State’s Emily Keebler as the Elite 17 Award winner.
- 2021 Swimming & Diving Scholar-Athlete (PDF)
| Name | GPA | School |
| Kamryn Blake | 4.00 | Illinois State |
| Abigail Desmet | 4.00 | Southern Illinois |
| Emily Keebler | 4.00 | Illinois State |
| Julie Kolar | 4.00 | Illinois State |
| Anika Lillegard-Bouton | 4.00 | UNI |
| Lauren Naeger | 4.00 | Illinois State |
| Rachel Sanqunetti | 4.00 | Indiana State |
| Lea Zengerling | 4.00 | Little Rock |
| Taylor Hogan | 3.98 | UNI |
| Rachelle Houlette | 3.97 | UNI |
| Palmer Ristroph | 3.96 | Little Rock |
| Sierra Forbord | 3.95 | Southern Illinois |
| Madison Brown | 3.93 | Missouri State |
| Annya Grom | 3.93 | Little Rock |
| Kassidy Lovig | 3.93 | UNI |
| Fernanda Gamez | 3.90 | Little Rock |
| Marni Gray | 3.90 | Indiana State |
| Colleen O’Connor | 3.90 | Indiana State |
| Haley Rivera | 3.90 | Illinois State |
| Emily Vasquez | 3.90 | Evansville |
| Rhiannon Wozny | 3.90 | Indiana State |
| Emma Baertlein | 3.89 | UNI |
| Sarah Kempf | 3.88 | Evansville |
| Anna Penning | 3.86 | UNI |
| Brianna Ridings | 3.86 | Little Rock |
| Eden Girloanta | 3.84 | Southern Illinois |
| Jordan Wenner | 3.84 | Missouri State |
| Madeline Webb | 3.83 | UNI |
| Lucia Endolz Romero | 3.81 | Southern Illinois |
| Payton Hall | 3.81 | UNI |
| Rachel Studer | 3.81 | UNI |
| Marissa Kozel | 3.80 | Indiana State |
| Madyson Morse | 3.80 | Illinois State |
| Andrea Putrimas | 3.80 | Indiana State |
| Kerry Tepe | 3.80 | Indiana State |
| Caroline Lecoeur | 3.78 | Illinois State |
| Olivia Crouse | 3.76 | UNI |
| Abigail Young | 3.76 | Southern Illinois |
| Anna Miller | 3.74 | Missouri State |
| Kellie Fischer | 3.73 | Missouri State |
| Molly Fogarty | 3.70 | Indiana State |
| Caitie Mansker | 3.70 | Indiana State |
| Sarah Moreau | 3.70 | Indiana State |
| Anna Maria Nasiou | 3.70 | Indiana State |
| Keara Shelton | 3.70 | Indiana State |
| Morgan Rosser | 3.64 | Illinois State |
| Margaret Franz | 3.60 | Evansville |
| Sarah Hein | 3.60 | Illinois State |
| Marlene Pavlu Lewin | 3.60 | Indiana State |
| Sarah Walpole | 3.60 | UNI |
| Isabel Veliz | 3.59 | Illinois State |
| Justina Lanni | 3.55 | Southern Illinois |
| Deven Speed | 3.54 | Southern Illinois |
| Yuliya Zubina | 3.54 | Missouri State |
| Alessia Puleo | 3.53 | Missouri State |
| Natalie Gerard | 3.52 | Evansville |
| Allison McDonald | 3.50 | Evansville |
| Emily Webb | 3.40 | Indiana State |
| Sage Moore | 3.35 | Evansville |
| Adriana Avila | 3.34 | Missouri State |
| Sam Hietpas | 3.32 | Missouri State |
| Jayden Lovell | 3.32 | UNI |