PEORIA, Ill. - The Missouri Valley Conference has recognized eight Bradley student-athletes with the President's Council Academic Excellence Award, as well as 82 BU student-athletes who were named to the 2009-10 MVC Honor Roll, according to an announcement from the league office Wednesday.

The President's Council Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum 3.8 cumulative grade point average (through the Fall 2009 semester), participation in athletics a minimum of two years and student-athletes to be within 18 hours of graduation. The Valley recognized a total of 52 individuals with the President's Council Academic Excellence Award, with Bradley matching Illinois State and Indiana State for the most honorees with eight.

Bradley's President's Council Academic Excellence Award winners included four members of the women's cross country/track and field teams: Marlana Haefelin (Sandwich, Ill./Sandwich), Leann Murphy (Rochester, Ill./Rochester), Katie Nowak (Avon Lake, Ohio/Avon Lake) and Erika Sepich (Canton, Ill./Canton) in addition to baseball junior Tyler Anderson (Chillicothe, Ill./IVC/Augustana [Ill.] College), senior men's golfer Zach Wanken (Galesburg, Ill./Galesburg) and women's basketball seniors Renee Frericks (Wyoming, Minn./Forest Lake) and Jenny Van Kirk (Waconia, Minn./Waconia).

Of the 82 Bradley student-athletes named to the MVC Honor Roll by posting a minimum 3.2 grade point average, 36 also received the league's Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award. The Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum grade point average of 3.5 for the previous two semesters, a minimum 3.2 grade point average for the current term (Fall 2009), and participation in athletics. Freshmen are not eligible.

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