KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced its academic awards for the 2024 softball season. One-hundred and forty-two student-athletes from all 14 MIAA softball playing institutions were honored by the Association for their work in the classroom including ten Jets. 

The league's prestigious Academic Excellence Award was awarded to 23 softball players in the 2024 season. Two of these recipients were Newman's Jackie Gold and Travia Smith. An 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. To view the 23 recipients of the Academic Excellence Award, click here. 

One-hundred and forty-two MIAA softball players were named to the league's Academic Honor Roll. Along with Gold and Smith, Madi Canez, Madison Dewitt, Zoe Fulks, Lauren Kwak, Haleigh Pearson, Taylor Peden, Kaitlyn Praught and Alex Schreiner earned honor roll nods. To be recognized on the league's Academic Honor Roll, student-athletes must have a grade point average used by the institution for purposes of NCAA academic certification of 3.00 or above at the certifying member institution. They also need at least two terms of attendance at the certifying member institution, excluding summer terms. To view the 142 softball student-athletes named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll in the 2024 season, click here.
 
These academic awards do not include first-year freshmen or first-year transfers. The MIAA will release its Newcomer Academic Awards from the 2023-24 academic year in late June.