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ST. LOUIS, Mo. - After an impressive season athletically, University of Evansville women's cross country sophomore Anna Lowry was awarded for her performance in the classroom and in competition as she was recognized as a member of the 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete team, it was announced in a release by the conference office on Tuesday.

Scholar-Athlete honors require athletes to meet performance standards, as they must finish among the first 20 runners at the conference championship and hold at least a cumulative 3.2 GPA and be a sophomore in athletic and academic standing to earn a spot on the MVC Scholar-Athlete team.

As the Purple Aces' highest finisher in Saturday's 2018 MVC Championship, Lowry earned a 15th-place finish, setting a PR with a time of 17:55. In all six meets in 2018, the sophomore paced Evansville, including an individual victory at the Austin Peay Cross Country Festival on September 22. Academically, Lowry holds a 3.98 cumulative GPA in athletic training and was named to the 2017-18 MVC Honor Roll. 

The scholar-athlete recognition is the first for an Evansville women's cross country student-athlete since 2013 when Kelby Jenkins earned the honor in back-to-back seasons in 2012 and 2013.

Evansville returns to competition on November 9 in the NCAA Great Lakes District Regional in Terre Haute, Ind..
 

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