BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – On Friday it was announced that a record 368 Ohio Valley Conference student-athletes have earned the OVC Academic Medal of Honor for the 2025-26 academic year.

The 368 selections passed the previous record of 356 winners set during the 2020-21 academic year.

The OVC Academic Medal of Honor is given annually to the student-athletes who achieve the highest grade point average in a Conference-sponsored sport. Every Academic Medal of Honor recipient for the 2025-26 academic year carried a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Of the 368 award winners, 53 were awarded Academic Medals of Honor for multiple sports (and counted just once in the final recipients list).

Lindenwood had the second most selections in the conference with 54.

Lindenwood 2025-26 Academic Medal of Honor Recipients
* - Indicates student-athlete was a winner in multiple sports

Baseball
Seth Benes
Matthew Graf
Josh Newell
Lucas Niemeyer
Jake Radosevich
Filip Sarota
Peter Underwood
William Zareh

Women's Basketball
Noah Garcia Gonzalez
Aalayah Wilson

Beach Volleyball
Katie Bockhorst
Abby Jacobs

Women's Cross Country
Kadence Berry *
Leah Kenney *
Maria Parisi *
Olivia Pearce *

Football
Mason Brown
Caleb Jacobmeier
Nelson Pipes

Men's Golf
Owen Shy

Women's Golf
Meredith Colby
Paula Mariana Sanchez

Men's Soccer
Gavin Csiszar
Matteo Landais
Henrique Perestrelo
Gavin Roberts

Women's Soccer
Ava Blum
Elizabeth Conner
Kaylee Conoyer
Tasneem Dizdarevic
Jessica Dodd
Bailey Flanagan
Peyton Hatfield
Anna Johnson
Mattie Ohlsen
Kori Robinson
Samantha Roggenkamp
Allison Schrumpf
Rhyan Ward

Softball
Madison Adams
Dallis Darnell
Justine Davidson
Danielle Franz
Emily Geary
Molly Heidrick
Sadie Sexauer

Women's Tennis
Michelle Trochez

Women's Track & Field
Kadence Berry *
Leah Kenney *
Maria Parisi *
Olivia Pearce *
Lilly Peters
Avery Shaw
Brenna Stearns

Volleyball
Dana Grib
Shannon Monahan
Greta Shadewald