INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) announced Monday that exactly 2,000 student-athletes have garnered Academic All-GLVC honors for the 2012-13 season.  After setting a new conference record with 1,680 honorees a year ago, the GLVC's member schools shattered the mark this season as representatives from the league's 18 sports met the Academic-All Conference criteria.

The increase of 320 student-athletes was aided by the addition of football in 2012, which boasted 144 honorees and included a combined 18 selections from GLVC associate members Central State University and Urbana University.  The balance, however, still equated to an 11-honoree average bump per school.  Not counting the 18 associate member selections, the 1,982 honorees from full-time GLVC members averaged out to 124 selections per school, which also broke last season's record average of 105.  Prior to last year, the per-school averages had been 98.5 in 2010-11 and 82.8 in 2009-10.

This year's recipients showcase the academic depth within the conference.  For the second consecutive season, the University of Indianapolis paced the league with 186 honorees, which included 28 football selections.  Without football, the Greyhounds nearly equaled their GLVC-leading total of 159 recipients from a year ago.  Bellarmine University was represented by 165 selections, while Maryville University (160) rated third, McKendree University (159) was fourth, Lewis University (158) ranked fifth, and Drury University (157) finished in sixth.  All top-six programs marked their highest Academic All-GLVC totals in school history. 

In addition, a conference-record 12 institutions had over 100 Academic All-GLVC selections, an improvement from last year's previous best of 10.  The other schools reaching 100 honorees included William Jewell College (136), Missouri S&T (129), Saint Joseph's College (125), University of Southern Indiana (120), Quincy University (115), and Rockhurst University (108).
The Academic All-GLVC honor is bestowed upon student-athletes that have completed two semesters at their institution and maintained a 3.30 cumulative grade-point average or have attained a 3.40 GPA over the two most recent semesters. Student-athletes that have attained a 3.40 GPA and not completed two semesters are also honored.

In its first season competing in the GLVC, McKendree led the conference by earning the most honorees in four sports, including volleyball (11), men's golf (10), women's golf (10) and women's tennis (8).  The Bearcats were a part of multiple-team ties in women's tennis and volleyball as Bellarmine, Drury and Maryville also boasted eight tennis honorees, while Lewis, Quincy, Rockhurst and Saint Joseph's each garnered 11 volleyball recipients as well. 

Three institutions – Drury, Lewis and Maryville – ranked second in the GLVC for pacing the conference in three sports.  In addition to women's tennis, Drury recorded league-bests in baseball (25) and women's soccer (20); Lewis was represented in volleyball, men's track and field (19) and softball (18); and Maryville scored a GLVC-high in both men's (12) and women's (17) cross country in addition its eight women's tennis standouts. 

Other sport leaders included Bellarmine men's tennis (9), UIndy men's soccer (19) and women's track and field (34), Rockhurst men's basketball (7), University of Wisconsin-Parkside women's basketball (12), and William Jewell football (31).
In terms of total honorees by sport, women's soccer earned a conference-high 229 selections after leading the league last year with 212 honorees.  Women's track and field (200) soared 34 selections from a year ago to rank second, followed closely behind by baseball (195), which increased 20 from 2012. 

Excluding football and counting indoor and outdoor track and field as one sport for each gender, 11 of the 15 sports saw a spike in its total number of recipients from the previous season.  Men's soccer (176), which ranked third this year, posted a conference-best increase of 38 from its total of 138 honorees in 2012. 

Rounding out the sport totals were softball (152/+21 from 2012), football (144/NA), volleyball (140/+10), women's basketball (127/-1), women's cross country (117/+12), men's track and field (112/-2), women's tennis (78/-7), men's cross country (77/-4), women's golf (73/+13), men's tennis (62/+5), men's basketball (61/+14), and men's golf (57/+4).

The complete list of 2012-13 Academic All-GLVC honorees is attached and can also be found online at GLVCsports.com.  Bellarmine honorees include (* indicates number of times honor has been received):
 

Baseball Anthony Baker, Bellarmine Philip Forbis, Bellarmine** Zachary Haynes, Bellarmine Brian Hockman, Bellarmine*** Patrick Krumme, Bellarmine** Phillip Leopold, Bellarmine** Michael Morrissette, Bellarmine*** Joseph Patzelt, Bellarmine Jason Sterrett, Bellarmine****   Men's Basketball  Ryan Burton, Bellarmine** Max Clemons, Bellarmine Billy Edelen, Bellarmine Keisten Jones, Bellarmine** Steven Loveless, Bellarmine** Cole Schafer, Bellarmine   Women's Basketball Kylie Brady, Bellarmine Nicole Bryant, Bellarmine Morgan Clemons, Bellarmine** Mary Dye , Bellarmine Elizabeth Goodin, Bellarmine**** Lauren Jones, Bellarmine*** Kelsey Lamb, Bellarmine** Therese Montano, Bellarmine*** Allison Osen, Bellarmine**** Chelsea Hawkins, Bellarmine** Darion Hutchinson, Bellarmine   Men's Cross Country William Ford, Bellarmine** Aaron Graves, Bellarmine** Dominic Perronie, Bellarmine** Robert Sandlin, Bellarmine*** Austin Zachary, Bellarmine   Women's Cross Country Jasmine Athanasakes, Bellarmine Kara Atwell, Bellarmine Rachel Clemons, Bellarmine Molly Culbertson, Bellarmine**** Emily Frith, Bellarmine** Cynthia Kiefer, Bellarmine Megan Kaiser, Bellarmine**** Jenna Lee, Bellarmine**** Carissa Martin, Bellarmine*** Angela Musk, Bellarmine**** Flannery Musk, Bellarmine** Virginia Steilberg, Bellarmine*** Sarah Turi, Bellarmine*** Briana Ulanowski, Bellarmine**** Rachel Whitman, Bellarmine** Men's Golf Bradley Black, Bellarmine**** Ryan Glass, Bellarmine*** Bryan Ratterman, Bellarmine   Women's Golf Maria Farnsley, Bellarmine Ellen Hosking, Bellarmine** Leah Pehlke, Bellarmine*** Angela Pugliano, Bellarmine Maggie Schad, Bellarmine**** Heidi Zimmerman, Bellarmine** Men's Soccer Paul Althoff, Bellarmine**** Joseph Bettger, Bellarmine*** Robert Bowling, Bellarmine*** Conner Brehm, Bellarmine Matthew Coffey, Bellarmine Zachary Dedman, Bellarmine Jon Hawkins, II, Bellarmine Joshua Hubert, Bellarmine Justin Klenke, Bellarmine*** Matthew Odem, Bellarmine*** Daniel Schiavi, Bellarmine Andrew Selk, Bellarmine***   Women's Soccer Maura Gorman, Bellarmine** Chloe Grammer, Bellarmine*** Kaylee Gabhart, Bellarmine***** Allyson Palmer, Bellarmine**** Ashley Boyd, Bellarmine** Darcy Egan, Bellarmine Abby Janszen, Bellarmine** Christina Kapsalis, Bellarmine**** Taylor Gamm, Bellarmine**** Jessica York, Bellarmine**** Virginia Zimlich, Bellarmine Allison Menchak, Bellarmine** Erin Ottman, Bellarmine Amy Kunowski, Bellarmine Chelsea McCarty, Bellarmine   Softball Casey Cleary, Bellarmine** Hannah Daunhauer, Bellarmine** Amy Feie, Bellarmine Allison Foster, Bellarmine Madolin Garl, Bellarmine** Megan Murdoch, Bellarmine**** Kayla Padgett, Bellarmine** Madi Ratliff, Bellarmine***** Tanner Tevis, Bellarmine** Men's Tennis Carlos Antonioli, Bellarmine Chris Cotton, Bellarmine**** Alan Gardiner, Bellarmine** Michael Heinekamp, Bellarmine*** Jacob Knagenhjelm, Bellarmine** Logan Knott, Bellarmine** Igal Mostkov, Bellarmine** Anton Rabinov, Bellarmine** Jonathon Staff, Bellarmine** Women's Tennis Jamie Claeys, Bellarmine*** Elizabeth Crush, Bellarmine** Abigail Day, Bellarmine** Abigail Dorton, Bellarmine** Sarah Hutton, Bellarmine** Hannah-Rose Hagan, Bellarmine** Bevan Sparta, Bellarmine**** Evann Waschuk, Bellarmine**   Men's Track & Field Nathan Dotterweich, Bellarmine** George Fehrenbacher, Bellarmine Jared Findlater, Bellarmine**** William Ford, Bellarmine Aaron Graves, Bellarmine James Greenlee, Bellarmine**** Matthew Klosterman, Bellarmine Bennet Kolb, Bellarmine Nathan McKinney, Bellarmine*** Andrew McWhorter, Bellarmine Jonathan Neff, Bellarmine Dominic Perronie, Bellarmine Whitield Pollock, Bellarmine Robert Sandlin, Bellarmine** Seth Sigler, Bellarmine Benjamin Turi, Bellarmine** Brian Ullrich, Bellarmine Austin Zachary, Bellarmine Women's Track & Field Judith Albanese, Bellarmine Jasmine Athanasakes, Bellarmine Kara Atwell, Bellarmine Nora Bowe, Bellarmine**** Rachel Clemons, Bellarmine Molly Culbertson, Bellarmine** Allison Echler, Bellarmine Rachel Eyckmans, Bellarmine Emily Frith, Bellarmine Elizabeth Goodin, Bellarmine*** Kristin Hamrick, Bellarmine*** Nicole Hess, Bellarmine**** Megan Kaiser, Bellarmine*** Hayden Kelley, Bellarmine*** Cynthia Kiefer, Bellarmine Remsing King, Bellarmine*** Elaine Kuntz, Bellarmine**** Jenna Lee, Bellarmine*** Carissa Martin, Bellarmine Courtney McIntyre, Bellarmine Angela Musk, Bellarmine*** Flannery Musk, Bellarmine Katie Neiser, Bellarmine Sydney Race, Bellarmine Rachel Rawson, Bellarmine** Amy Schwarber, Bellarmine** Mariah Schwenk, Bellarmine*** Virginia Steilberg, Bellarmine** Whitney Thomas, Bellarmine Sarah Turi, Bellarmine**** Briana Ulanowski, Bellarmine*** Margaret Wagner, Bellarmine Rachel Whitman, Bellarmine**   Volleyball Bailey BredenbeckCorp, Bellarmine*** Paula Byrns, Bellarmine Phoenix Fowler, Bellarmine Alyson Harmeling, Bellarmine Lucy Heidrich, Bellarmine***** Paige Stewart, Bellarmine