EVANSVILLE, Ind.—University of Southern Indiana student-athletes garnered a total of 26 Ohio Valley Conference Academic Medals of Honor, with four student athletes earning the award twice.
 
The OVC Academic Medal of Honor is an annual award presented to student-athletes who achieve a 4.0 grade point average and participate in conference-sponsored sports.
 
A total of 421 awards were presented by the OVC, with 53 student-athletes winning multiple awards for their outstanding performance in various sports during the 2025-26 academic year.
 
The 368 honored student-athletes mark the highest total in league history, surpassing the previous record of 356 winners in 2020-21. 

Southeast Missouri had the most selections with 58, followed by Lindenwood (54) and Eastern Illinois (44). The sport of women's track & field had the most honorees league-wide (64), followed by women's soccer and softball (57 each).
 
Over the past five years there have been over 1,600 student-athletes earn the OVC Academic Medal of Honor.
 
The OVC will announce the recipients of the Commissioner's Honor Roll, the Academic Achievement Award and the Team Academic Achievement Awards next week.

USI Medal of Honor recipients
Baseball
-Kiefer Parsons

Men's Basketball
-Alem Fejzic

Men's Cross Country
-Tyler Zimmerman

Women's Cross Country
-Ellie Hall
-Sara Livingston
-Maggie Smith

Women's Golf
-Valeria Lopez de Haro Juste
-McKenna Lowe

Women's Soccer
-Kamryn Bea
-Addison Clark
-Emerson Grafton
-Anna Markland

Softball
-Grace Huffman
-Anna Kemp
-Mia Kiegel
-Kate Satkoski
-Caroline Stapleton
-Shelby Stivers

Women's Tennis
-Claire Meyer

Men's Track & Field
-Tyler Zimmerman

Women's Track & Field
-Ellie Hall
-Sara Livingston
-Maggie Smith

Volleyball
-Maeve Moonan
-Keira Moore
-Ashby Willis