ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Missouri Valley Conference announced the 2021 Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete Team following the completion of the conference championship.

Six student-athletes from the University of Evansville's swimming and diving squad earned scholar-athlete team honors. Representing the Purple Aces were Emily Vasquez (3.90 GPA), Sarah Kempf (3.88 GPA), Margaret Franz (3.60 GPA), Natalie Gerard (3.52 GPA), Allison McDonald (3.50 GPA), Sage Moore (3.35 GPA).

The Missouri Valley Conference had an outstanding 63 student-athletes overall on the scholar-athlete team this season.

Scholar-Athlete honors require athletes to have completed at least one year and maintain either a 3.3 grade-point average and obtain all-conference honors, achieve a 3.5 grade-point average and finish top-16 in an individual event at the conference championships, or maintain a 3.8 grade-point average and participate in the MVC championship (including non-scorers).