ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Kristen Giles once again earned a spot on the Missouri Valley Conference Women's Golf Scholar-Athlete First Team for her work on the course and in the classroom. Giles was the runner-up at the 2023 MVC Championships and has excelled academically in pharmacy school.
The criteria for the MVC scholar-athlete team parallels the CSC (College Sports Communicators) standards for its Academic All-America® program. Nominated student-athletes must have participated in the MVC championship or 50 percent of the team's tournaments in season -- with legitimate athletic credentials -- and at least a 3.