16 from women’s soccer earn MIAA academic honors

BY FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Fort Hays State women’s soccer team was well represented when the 2019 MIAA Academic Honors were released Thursday (Nov. 14), with 16 Tigers earning a spot on the Academic Honor Roll. Three student-athletes earned additional honors, with Darby Hirsch, Cailey Perkins and Maja Persa earning both the Scholar-Athlete Award and the MIAA Academic Excellence Award.

By carrying a perfect 4.00 GPA and earning All-MIAA honors in 2019, Hirsch, Perkins and Persa were three of just seven student-athletes in the conference to earn both prestigious honors.

To be recognized on the Academic Honor Roll, one must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 3.00 at the certifying member institution. The individual must also have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms. Transfers and true freshman are recognized at the conclusion of the school year, after they meet the two terms of attendance requirement.

To qualify as a Scholar-Athlete an individual must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 3.50 at the certifying member institution. They must also have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms. If competing in a championship sport of the MIAA, the student-athlete must earn All-MIAA honors.

An MIAA Academic Excellence Award recipient must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 4.00 or better at the certifying member institution. The honoree also must have at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms.

The complete list of Fort Hays State women’s soccer MIAA Academic Honor Roll recipients is below.

Name	Class	GPA	Major	Hometown
Macy Decker	So.	3.76	Biology	Topeka, Kan.
Katie Evans	So.	3.22	Agriculture	Parker, Colo.
Carmen Fanning	Jr.	3.59	Biology	Lee’s Summit, Mo.
Meghan Groom	So.	3.46	Nursing	Broomfield, Colo.
Darby Hirsch	Sr.	4.00	Nursing	Topeka, Kan.
Chloe Montano	Sr.	3.00	Communications	Calabasas, Calif.
Cailey Perkins	So.	4.00	Nursing	Manhattan, Kan.
Maja Persa	So.	4.00	Psychology	Palos Hills, Ill.
Shayla Podlena	Sr.	3.61	Communication Sciences and Disorders	Topeka, Kan.
Karli Potts	So.	3.59	Health and Human Performance	Corona, Calif.
Jenna Prince	So.	3.50	Elementary Education	Huntington Beach, Calif.
Taryn Schnell	Sr.	3.38	Biology	Littleton, Colo.
Zariah Smith	Jr.	3.60	Social Work	Aurora, Colo.
Jordan Thompson	So.	3.68	Psychology	Eureka, Mo.
Paige Utterback	Sr.	3.45	Communication Sciences and Disorders	New London, Mo.
Deonna Wellbrock	So.	3.70	Nursing	Hays, Kan.

Scholar-Athlete Award recipients in bold
Academic Excellence Award recipients in italics