ST. LOUIS - 17 student-athletes highlight more than 300 who earned selection to the 2011-12 Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll, as announced by the league office. Those 17 student-athletes earned the league's highest academic achievement by capturing the Missouri Valley Football Conference President's Council Academic Excellence Award.

The Sycamores had two student-athletes earn the President's Council Academic Award in Alex Sewall and Julian Easterly. A total of nine earned the Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award and 36 were named to the MVFC Honor Roll.

The President's Council Academic Excellence Award requires a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average (through Fall 2011 semester) and participation in athletics a minimum of two years. The student-athlete must be within 18 hours of graduation. Also, 127 student-athletes received the league's Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum GPA of 3.2 for the previous two semesters (freshmen are not eligible.)

In addition, the Missouri Valley Football Conference has announced its 2011-12 Honor Roll, which recognizes academic achievement of student-athletes. To qualify for the Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have recorded a minimum 3.0 grade point average for a specified term (Fall 2011), must have been a member of an athletics team, and must have a minimum of 12 hours of enrollment during the fall.

The following were the Indiana State honorees from the Missouri Valley Football Conference:

PRESIDENTS COUNCIL ACADEMIC AWARD - Julian Easterly, Alex Sewall

COMMISSIONER'S ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD - Alex Bettag, Keith Dietel, Julian Easterly, Luke Harris, Evan Norris, Chris O'Leary, Dillon Painter, Alex Sewall, Lawrence Young

HONOR ROLL - Seth Arnold, Alex Bettag, Cory Bichey, Logan Buske, Braden Collins, Keith Dietel, Patrick Doyle, Julian Easterly, Daniel Gabbard, Reuben Greene, Jess Harris, Luke C Harris, Taje High, Blake Hopf, Travis Johnson, Joshua Keyt, FN Lutz, Michael Mardis, Evan Norris, Chris O'Leary, Ifeanyi Osude, Dillion Painter, Casey Paswater, Desean Prentice, Logan Rehrer, Tanner Riley, Ryan Roberts, Jacob Sapp, Bryn Schwartz, Alex Sewall, Mark Sewall, Tyler Stafford, Alexander Stowers, Kendall Walker, Matthew White, Lawrence Young