1818 Chouteau Avenue TELEPHONE (314) 444-4322 St. Louis, MO 63103 HOME PAGE www.mvc-sports.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Quinn Zielonko July 10, 2013 MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES 2012-13 ACADEMIC AWARDS ST. LOUIS – Forty-seven student-athletes highlight more than 1,500 who earned selection to the 2012-13 Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll, as announced by the league office. Those 47 student-athletes earned the league’s highest academic achievement by capturing the Missouri Valley Conference President’s Council Academic Excellence Award. The President's Council Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum 3.8 cumulative grade point average (through Spring 2013 semester), participation in athletics a minimum of two years, and the student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation. Also, hundreds of student-athletes received the league’s Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum grade point average of 3.5 for the previous two semesters, a minimum 3.2 cumulative grade point average, and participation in athletics. In addition, the Missouri Valley Conference has announced its 2012-13 Honor Roll, which recognizes academic achievement of student-athletes. To qualify for the Valley Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have recorded a mini- mum 3.2 grade point average for a specified term (Fall 2012/Spring 2013), must have been a member of an athlet- ics team, and must have a minimum of 12 hours of enrollment during the fall or spring semesters.