Luke Ludwig Earns OVC Academic Medal of Honor

Luke Ludwig, Effingham St. Anthony High School graduate, earned the honor in men's golf at Southern Illinois University/Edwardsville.

A record 286 student-athletes have earned the OVC Academic Medal of Honor for the 2019-20 academic year. The OVC Academic Medal of Honor is given annually to the student-athletes who achieve the highest grade point average in a Conference-sponsored sport. Every Academic Medal of Honor recipient for the 2019-20 academic year carried a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Below are the SIUE honorees:

Nic Roes (Kent, Washington), baseball

Jackson Best (Edwardsville), men's basketball

Mikia Keith (Indianapolis Indiana), women's basketball

Christen King (Median, Tennessee), women's basketball

Allie Troeckler (Bethalto, Illinois), women's basketball

Zaria Whitlock (St. Paul, Minnesota), women's basketball

Austin Woodard* (Philo, Illinois), men's cross country

Olivia Beckwith*(Crystal Lake, Illinois), women's cross country

Keri Burmester* (Red Bud, Illinois), women's cross country

Luke Ludwig (Effingham, Illinois), men's golf

Emma Dutko (Granite City, Illinois), women's soccer

Jessica Hieb (Normal, Illinois), women's soccer

Sarah Magnoni (Des Plaines, Illinois), women's soccer

Allison Wendt (Troy, Illinois), women's soccer

Ashlin West (Glen Carbon, Illinois), women's soccer

Sydney Bina (Washington, Illinos), softball

Zoe Schafer (Noblesville, Indiana), softball

Amber Storer (Lincoln, Nebraska), softball

Bianca Vozenilek (Plainfield, Illinois), softball

Jill Lambrechts (Beerse, Belgium), women's tennis

Lara Tupper (Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia), women's tennis

Melissa Vizcardo (The Woodlands, Texas), women's tennis

Jamirah Meeks (St. Louis), women's track and field

Jordyn Klein (St. Charles, Missouri), volleyball

Gabby Wimes (Kansas City, Missouri), volleyball

*also a track and field student-athlete

Due to the extraordinary circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic, spring sport athletes who were eligible and met the GPA requirements, but saw their seasons cancelled (therefore not using a season of competition) received the award. Additionally, student-athletes who had pass/fail courses listed on their transcript were also made eligible so long as the institutional GPAs are calculated according to institutional policy.