KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Forty-three Rogers State student-athletes were named to the MIAA Newcomer Academic Honor Roll, the league announced on Thursday. This list consists of true freshman and first-year transfer student-athletes.
 
Hillcat women's soccer's Amber Arnold, Zette Erwin and Hannah Schulze along with softball's Beth Denney and Bobbi Leitha and women's golf's Brianna Maddux all earned the prestigious MIAA Academic Excellence Award for their work in the classroom. A MIAA Academic Excellence Award recipient must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of at least 4.00 at the certifying member institution. The honoree also must have at least two terms of grades reported at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms.
 
Softball's Sara Llamas-Howell and Jade Sanders earned MIAA Scholar-Athlete honors. 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 and earn All-MIAA honors in their respective sport.
 
In total, 43 Hillcat student-athletes were named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll. To be recognized on the Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 3.00 at the certifying member institution.
 
Baseball
Colton Anderson
Noah Anderson
Geovanni Blackshaw
Giancarlo Cortez
Jake Mitchell
Kole Seeley
Mitchell Smith
Quinn Tocheniuk
 
Men's Basketball
Sam Davidson
Caden Fry
 
Men's Golf
Kaden Armstrong
Maddox Bullen
Jack Roche
 
Men's Cross Country/Track and Field
Ian Busking
Ian Conder
Dawson Crawley
Phillip Owens
Eric Ragan
Ty Rupert
 
Softball
Ashtyn Barrett
Harley Culie
Beth Denney
Paxton Donaldson
Bobbi Leitha
Sara Llamas-Howell
Jade Sanders
 
Women's Basketball
Fredrionna Adams
Sydney Ellis
Kamryn Estell
Kaya Goldsby
Trinity Jackson
Cayden Mershon
Mariana Minotto
 
Women's Golf
Brianna Maddux
 
Women's Soccer
Amber Arnold
Zette Erwin
Zoey Johnston
Delana King
Jada Lopez
Karsen Lynch
Hannah Schulze
Elysse TenBrink
 
Women's Track and Field
Lilli Joseph