ST. LOUIS, Mo. – In the wake of his Missouri Valley Conference Cross Country Championship, Drake senior Reed Fischer has collected numerous academic awards from the MVC this week.
Following his conference title, Fischer has been named the MVC Elite 18 Award winner, the Eagle Bank MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week and was named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete team.
The MVC Elite 18 award honors the highest achievement in academics and athletics by a student-athlete in each MVC-sponsored sport. Modeled after the NCAA Elite 90 Academic Recognition Award Program, the MVC Elite 18 award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average competing at the finals site at each of the MVC's 18 team championships.