BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – On Friday it was announced that 349 Ohio Valley Conference student-athletes, including 31 SIUE student-athletes, have earned the OVC Academic Medal of Honor for the 2024-25 academic year.

It marks the second-highest total in league history (trailing only the 356 winners in 2020-21). The total was 37 honorees higher than a year ago.

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 2024-25 academic year carried a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Of the 349 award winners, 60 were awarded Academic Medals of Honor for multiple sports (and counted just once in the final recipients list).

SIUE Honorees, listed by sport:
Daniel Gierer, baseball
Ethan Hamrick, baseball
Spencer Stearns, baseball
Declan Dillon, men's basketball
Ray'Sean Taylor, men's basketball
Meegan Fahy, women's basketball
Ava Gugliuzza, women's basketball
Olivia Loveland, women's basketball
Sofie Lowis, women's basketball
Courtney Anthonies*, women's cross country
Arianna Neisen*, women's cross country
Erica Woodard*, women's cross country
Bobby Pauly, men's soccer
Yasha Schaerer, men's soccer
Emma Czech, women's soccer
Matea Diekema, women's soccer
Allie Fishering, women's soccer
Abby Haskell, women's soccer
Sydney Lane, women's soccer
Piper Montgomery, softball
Kaylynn Salyars, softball
Stefaniya Anikina, women's tennis
Noelle Compton, women's tennis
Amelia Gorman, women's tennis
Payton Tomichek, women's tennis
Kaylee Allen, women's track and field
Cassidy Short, women's track and field
Kate Soderlind, women's track and field
Gabby Yaccino, women's track and field
Olivia Hogan, volleyball
Sophie Robinson, volleyball

*Also a track and field athlete