Kansas City, Mo. - The MIAA Conference announced the 2016-17 Academic Award recipients, with Southwest Baptist claiming 186 individual MIAA academic awards. Fifteen student-athletes earned the MIAA Academic Excellence Award, which is given to those who maintain a cumulative grade point average of 4.00, while 18 student-athletes earned the MIAA Scholar-Athlete Award, which is given to those who have a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 and earned All-MIAA honors in their respective sport. The MIAA Academic Honor Roll featured 153 Bearcats who had a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.00
 
Academic Excellence Award (4.0 cumulative GPA)

Andy Campbell-  Men's Basketball – So. – Biology (Pre-Med) – Russellville, Ark.
Taylor Fischer-  Volleyball-  Fr.-  Exercise Science-  Appleton City, Mo.
Brea Freeman– Volleyball – So. – Chemistry – Rogersville, Mo.
Abby Frieson-  Women's Cross Country/Track & Field-  Fr.-  Exercise Science-  Olathe, Ks.
Jacob Immel- Men's Soccer-  Jr.-   Chemistry-  Woolrdige, Mo.
Laura Manuel-  Women's Soccer-  Fr.-  Athletic Training-  Blue Springs, Mo.
Natalie O'Keefe-  Women's Basketball/Track & Field - Sr. - Art - Granite City, Ill.            
Greysen Roster-  Volleyball-  Fr.-  Sports Management-  Savannah, Mo.
Jalen Supancic - Men's Basketball - So. - Management - Plato, Mo.
Brad Tippin – Men's Soccer – Sr. – Athletic Training – Shawnee, Kan.
Klara Vickov – Women's Tennis – So. – Exercise Science – Forest Hill, Australia
Averi Walker - Women's Soccer - Jr. - Biology (Pre-Med) - Ovilla, Tex.
Rocky Walker- Men's Cross Country/Track & Field-  Jr.-  Religion & Philosophy-  Benton, Mo.
Trey Walker - Men's Track & Field - Fr. - Accounting - Benton, Mo
Luke Winfrey – Baseball- Fr.-  Biblical Studies- Lebanon, Mo. 
 
Scholar-Athlete Award (3.5 cumulative GPA + All-MIAA honors)
 
Bailey Baumann- Volleyball -  So.-  Biology (Education) -  Ozark, Mo.
Chris Blodig- Men's Tennis -  Sr.-  Management - Schwalbach, Germany
Sarah Brown- Women's Tennis - Fr.- Biology - Brisbane, Australia
Jacob Burch- Men's Cross Country -  Sr.-  Sports Management - Farmington, Mo.
Raul Cabalero- Men's Tennis- So. – Management -  Terrassa, Spain
Mary Carr - Women's Track & Field -  Sr.-  Social Work -  Dayton, Ohio
Marcel Castillo- Men's Tennis - So.- Chemistry - Barcelona, Spain
Garrett Gibson- Men's Soccer -  Sr.- Athletic Training -  Raymore, Mo.
Ashley Lawson- Women's Cross Country -  Sr. Elementary Education - Bolivar, Mo
Andrew Meier- Baseball - Fr.- Pre-Engineering - Tulsa, Okla.
Taylor Morrow- Women's Cross Country/ Track and Field - So.- Physical Education - Olathe, Ks. 
Natalie O'Keefe-  Women's Basketball/Track & Field - Sr. - Art - Granite City, Ill.
Caylee Richardson- Women's Basketball - So.- Economics/Finance - Hesston, Kan.
Katherine Sitzes-  Women's Track & Field -  Sr.-  International Business -  Farmington, Mo.
Klara Vickov – Women's Tennis – So. – Exercise Science – Forest Hill, Australia
MaKenna Watson- Women's Track & Field -  Sr. – Psychology -  Clinton, Mo.
Staci Wickersham- Women's Track & Field -  Sr.-  Social Work -  Nixa, Mo.
Chance Wolfe- Baseball - Sr.- Exercise Science - Clever, Mo.
 
Academic Honor Roll (3.0 cumulative GPA)
 
Baseball
Cory Dudley, Derek Galvin, Blake Hobbs, Jay Kaufman, Patrick Latham, Cody Massey, Andrew Meier, Nelson Muniz, Carter Newton, Jake Peters, Tyler Slawson, Mason Sturgeon, Chaz Verduzco, Drew Wagner, Luke Winfrey, Chance Wolfe, Brian Womack

Softball
Kacey Ayers, Stormy Christerson, Alexis Dock, Catlin Evans, Emma Ezzell, Joely Gage, Dana Graves,  Kaley Hansen, Kori Hillenburg,  Claire Miller, Jaidyn Mawhinney, Hunter Middleton, Raigan Ratliff,  Megan Schellert, Kaylee Schmidli, Shelbee Sterthman, Kelcee Welch

Men's Basketball
Kalehl Brown, Kalund Brown, Andy Campbell, Cartier Dean, Campbell Lakatos, Theo Oghide, Damian Prgomet, Jalen Supancic, Kai Woodfall

Women's Basketball
Alex Botkin, Morgan Henderson, Natalie O'Keefe, Kiana Peterson, Bailey Rezabek, Caylee Richardson, Megan Rosenbohm, Kameron Schaff, Mackenzie Skupa,  Madison Strong, Laura Vierkant
 
Men's Soccer
Vasya Birdsong,  Gabriel Gaviolli, Garrett Gibson,  Jason Hasenohr, Tyler Hedrick,  Jacob Immel, Zach Jennings, Brady Niswonger,  Derrick Penticuff, Dylan Saib, Brad Tippin, Alec VanWormer Lajos Zadravecz

Women's Soccer
Laura Carpenter, Callie Chenoweth, Rebekah Dinwiddie, Taylor Embry, Elin Hammar, Mary Harris, Brooke Herald,  Makayla Hussong, Nicole Lee,  Laura Manuel, Kayla Myers, AC Pettit, Abby Reeves, Taylor Rohde Whitney Snow, Brianna Stanley, Averi Walker, Tessa Wagner, Tatianna Wilson

Men's Tennis
Sherif Abohabaga, Ferenc Agoston, Gyorgy Agoston, Chris Blodig, Raul Cabalero, Marcel Castillo, Omar Diab, Torben Semrau

Women's Tennis
Sarah Brown, Lucia Diaz, Beatrix Federer, Zorana Jovanovic, Klara Vickov

Men's Cross Country/ Track and Field
Jack Allen, Austin Acosta, Jacob Burch, Asa Carter, Thomas Chabrecek, Nathan Evans, Terry Fenske, Trenton Finley, Travis Furtkamp. Judson Horton, Jeremy Inman, Jordan Inman, Mike McIntosh, Jonathan Murphy, Ryan Pate, Colby Sutton, Rocky Walker

Women's Cross Country/ Track and Field
Mary Bergmann, Bailey Bowe, Mary Carr, Memphis Coble, Katelyn Evans, Abby Frieson, Alexis Fritz, Ashley Lawson, Taylor Morrow, Natalie O'Keefe, Stephanie Penticuff, Summer Pierson, Bethany Rodgers, Kathrine Sitzes, Emma Sloan, MaKenna Watson, Staci Wickersham, Sarah Willhite, Jessica Williams

Men's Golf
Jordan Ells, Caleb Kubacak, Kerry Maguire

Women's Golf
Jacey Collins, Courtney Cox, Phoebe Finley, Ashley Kelley, Mirannda Pollard

Volleyball
Bailey Baumann, Taylor Fischer, Brea Freeman, Sam Ibarra, Whitney Johnson, Serena Mar, Taryn Marton, Carrington Peace, Katie Robinson, Greysen Roster, Kalyn Sotomayor